Merry Christmass! This is me and my brother's son William. So cute! 


We went to Laura's families Christmass celebration. They had the kids act out the first Christmass story. It was great fun.  


And then they all opened presents. 


The next day was Christmass at Jeff's house! w00t! What fun. The big hit was the really cool t-shirts Tricia got everyone from Ajo, Arizona. 


Here is Jacob and his cool Ajo shirt. 


Here is Jessica with hers! we LOVE Ajo. Mostly because Tricia and family are there. But don't tell that to the folks out there! :P 


Then it was off to Marilou's Brother, Jhun! Here you see Jessica, Jacob, Mara, Karina and Brielle. What cute cousins! 


Marilou is holding the cutie pie Brielle. 


Jhun says I will fix it all! Or hit you with my hammer of power. There is Jhun's wife Naomi in the back holdking Karina. 


Karina sure likes to play. Talk about a monkey on your back :P 


Here is Naomi playing with Karina. No matter how we tried Naomi would not let us take a picture of her. Well at least a proper picture. 


Naomi, Brielle and Jhun.Thanks for letting us stay!

Today I took a trip to the Blundale Power plant. I had some work out that way. I thought it would be cool to show you the place. 


This is just about half way there. Sure is pretty . . . . lonely. :P

No really this is a most wonderful place. 


If you look really close you and see to plumes of steam from the hot springs (the smaller one on the left) and the power plant (the larger one on the right). 


Here I zoomed in. This is still about 30 to 45 minutes away. 


Here is one of the 'wells' where the collect the super heated steam and pipe it to the plant. 


The pipeline has these open box shapes in it to allow for earth movement. The open end makes it so the pipeline can flex and expand. Really cool. 


More pipeline coming together near the plant. 


Here is the Blundale Power plant in all its geothermal glory. I have to say this is very awesome. 


On the way to the plant I stopped off at the hot springs area. I am told there used to be a few bath houses here built in the early 1900's 


It would seem the ground is very unstable. Sure looks neat. 


It almost looks like the gound is on fire with the steam rising up. It's funny there are a lot of little holes in the ground in the area where steam comes out. This must be what they mean by unstable soil. 


Here is a close up of the most active section of the spring. I didn't dare get any closer. It sure sounded like boiling water. 

Merry Christmas! Jessica and Jacob in the Richfield 5th ward Christmas program. 


Jessica and Santa! 


HO! HO! HO! Jacob and Santa. 


Jessica and Elyse. So cute. So much fun! We are in the best ward!