Simplot Games at the Holt Arena!

My Favorite Way to Spend Valentine's Day!

Enjoying our incredible desserts at Grappa's! What a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day with my sweetheart...skiing at The Canyon's and dinner at Grappa's, our favorite restaurant in Park City!
Dad knows I love candy bar posters so he made me one to ask me out for dinner at Grappa's in Park City on Valentine's Day! So it was fun to come home one night from a long school board meeting to find the cute candy bar poster for me! What a sweet Valentine!

Celebrating Dad's birthday in Park City!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! We hope you had a great birthday weekend! Thanks for sharing it with us!! You are the BEST dad on and off the slopes!!

Allie turns 20!

20 things we love about Allie:

1. We love...her big brown eyes!
2. We love...the way she makes us all laugh!
3. We love...her gorgeous smile!
4. We love...her adorably cute, raspy voice!
5. We love...that she LOVES Zebras!!
6. We love...that she is incredibly smart but still seems to misplace her keys, her camera, ipod and the homework that is due today:)!!
7. We love...if she is having a bad day...all you need to do is buy her a bean burrito, no cheese, no onions and no sauce...just beans at TACO Bell and its all good!!
8. We love...her scar on her leg that she got when she fell out of the family van at great Grandma's house when she was a little girl (ask her to show it to you someday!)
9. We love...that she doesn't have an "inside voice!"
10. We love...the way that she demanded Apple Juice when she was a little girl!
11. We love...the way that she is amazingly kind and sensitive!
12. We love...her red ruby lips and beautiful smile!
13. We love...the way she dances to "Ace of Base"!
14. We love...that she loves speaking spanish and she is good at it!
15. We love...skiing Park City on a powder day and singing "Winter Wonderland!"
16. We love...the her giggle and laugh!
17. We love...the way she snorts when she giggles and laughs real hard!
18. We love...that she is so gullable and believes all my stories no matter how ridiculous!!!
19. We love...that she is going to be a nurse because she loves to take care of others!
20. We love...that she is passionate and cares a lot about the things that matter most: the gospel, her family, and her friends!

Welcome Home Elder Holt!

What a wonderful Christmas it was for the our family this year! Allie was home from BYU, and Kimber & Brett joined us right after Christmas to welcome Elder Holt home on Friday, December 29th! Tyler missed his plane from Sao Paulo to Houston, so he spent the next 24 hours trying to get home. He was supposed to arrive on Friday at 11 am but instead he got in at 11 pm! After spending 36 hours traveling, he was exhausted but so happy to finally be home! What a fun reunion we had at the airport! The anticipation and joy that we felt was awesome! As a family, we decided to wait and celebrate Christmas when he got home. So we greeted him at the airport, took a few pictures at the airport (Dad said it was a lot more than a few!), hurried home, had Christmas dinner at midnight and stayed up until 2 am opening presents and listening to missionary stories! It was awesome! So good to have him home and be together as a family once again! Saturday, we had all the family and friends over for a party, and of course, basketball and jacuzzi with Tyler's buddies! It was wonderful! Sunday, Tyler spoke at church and did an awesome job! Ashley sung "A Window to His Love" and it was beautiful! After church, all the family and friends came over for Sunday dinner! We visited all night and played the Wii. Everyone had to participate! After much coaxing and persuasion, we got Grandma and Grandpa Olson to play Wii tennis! They were adorable! Monday, we watched football and packed. Dad was so happy to have his boy home so that they could watch the bowls games together again! That night we went to Ruth's Chris for dinner with just our family. It was wonderful to have a few hours to just visit and hear Tyler's missionary stories and be together as a family! Tuesday morning, Brett and Kimber flew back to NYC. We had so much fun with them and we are going to miss them! Tyler was excited to meet Brett and so happy to have a brother! He loved talking about his mission and football with Brett! Wednesday morning, we packed the car up and headed to Provo to get Tyler moved in and settled for school! It was a busy, but fun few days with Tyler! It was hard to leave him so soon...but we back in Utah in a few weeks so we will be able to spend more time with him. We are grateful to have him home and listen to his wonderful stories about the people that he taught in Brazil! We are so grateful that Tyler was able to serve a mission, grateful for the gospel and the joy that we experienced as a family when he was on his mission! And grateful for families and the love that we have for each other and to be reunited again! We are most grateful to be able to Welcome Home Elder Holt!! We love you, Tyler!

Winter Ball 2007

I went to WinterBall with Jeff Whiting this year, and it was such a blast! We ate dinner at our friend, Andrew's house and went with a group of all the mormon kids! Mom and Dad chaporoned at the dance, which was great! I had so much fun at my first date dance! ~Ash

We love BYU football! Go Cougars!

What a great season it has been for the BYU football team! The BYU/Utah game proved to be just as exciting as last year's game. It was so intense, much too close, stressful and frustrating at times (can't we just get the ball into the endzone?!) and then incredibly exciting with a touchdown in the last minute of the game! It was much more fun this year at the LaVelle Edwards stadium with all the BYU fans cheering the team on to victory! Here are some pictures from all of the games this season!

Disney On Ice-High School Musical!

For my 16th birthday, Kimber and Brett bought Brooke, Dani, and me tickets for HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE ICE TOUR!!! We were insanely excited, and it was one of the best nights of our lives. We danced, sang, and screamed along with all the 6-year-olds. Actually... we screamed louder than the 6-year-olds. For real. Thanks soooo much, Kimber and Brett! I cannot even explain how much I loved your present!! -ash

Speedy B takes 1st place at the League Championship!

Brooke has had a great cross country season this fall, taking first place at every league meet and tied for 3rd at the Stanford Invitational. For a freshman, running on varsity, that is pretty amazing! On Wednesday, she took 1st place at the SFL League championships! Congratulations Brooke! We are so proud of you!

A Night to Remember!

Last weekend we had the wonderful opprotunity to attend the regional Emmy Awards night with Kimber & Brett, Josh Greenbaum (the photography and co-producer) and his girlfriend, Jenn, and Brett's parents, Dennis and Laura Crandall. It was such a fun evening and the best part was when they announced Kimber and Josh's documentary as the winner of "Best Photography" and "Best Documentary." It was so great to be able to share this special evening with them and to celebrate their amazing accomplishment! Congratulations, Josh and Kimber!

Nurse Allie!

We are so proud of Allie getting into the nursing program this fall at BYU!
She worked really hard last year and was 1 of 16 girls to be accepted!
Congratulations Allie!

Allie showing off her silly "Nurse Kit" that I sent her!
Allie~You make me giggle and laugh! I love you!

Allie and Justin on the 1st day of school at BYU! Allie, I would like to thank you for continuing the tradition of taking a "First Day of School" picture for your mother! And Justin, thank you for being a good sport and posing with Allie!

Allie and Justin at Homecoming Spectacular
with Grandma and Grandpa Olson!

Allie and Justin took a drive up the canyon to see the fall colors on Sunday! Much to their surprise, it was snowing already in the mountains!! Well, I guess it's time to get the skis out!

Elder Holt in Brazil!

Here are some recent pictures of Tyler in Brazil! Enjoy!

GB3 YW at the Sacramento Temple!

Last night we took our Young Women up to the Sacramento Temple, walked around the grounds and took pictures! It was a gorgeous evening and the temple was beautiful! And don't our girls look stunning?! So much fun! I love our Young Women! Isn't it great to be...from GB3:)!!

Brooke takes 1st place at league meet!

Brooke ran in her first varsity cross country league meet today and took 1st place! She lead the whole way and finished 19 seconds ahead of the next girl! She was definitely "Speedy B" today! Go! Go! Holt Champion!

 

SUMMER FUN!!!

Here are a few slideshows of the fun things we did this summer!

Holt Family Reunion in Cancun 2007!