Winter Fun

It seems that everybody stops blogging during the cold winter months! I hope it is because everybody is too busy playing in the snow. One day in January we took an excursion to Ashton Idaho and cross country skied into Lower Mesa Falls. They close the road to cars and let skiers and snowmobilers take over.

 We spent about 5 hours skiing, with a few snack and cocoa breaks.

 You can see a bit of the waterfall to the right of Ian.

 The kid's were super troopers. They worked so hard and were happy most of the time. Finn's frustration was that he wanted to walk but we kept sticking him back in the sled!

Finn is changing in growing up so much! We were surprised recently to notice that our blue-eyed baby has been replaced by a little green eyed monster! Where did those green eyes come from?? 

Birthday Boys

It was our turn to host the annual birthday party! This year along with the regulars, we had Richard's family and the Grandparents join us! We had a lot of fun. Swimming, skiing, talking, eating. It was the first year that we have had a themed party, and I think it turned out ok!

I wish I had taken pictures skiing but the sideways snow would have made it a bit difficult. We even got a crazy snow white out storm Saturday night so Richard & Janae and the girls got to stay for an unplanned over-nighter. We had fun playing games and watching movies. So far 2014 has been good to us. Lets keep our fingers crossed for a good year. (We missed you Julie & Missy's family!)

Christmas 2013

I love making my kids take a Christmas photo each year. Some years are better than others. This years photo turned out surprisingly good, even with the inevitable before church rush.

I love how alive my kids look. Ian cheeks are pink as he and Mike had just returned from a 7 mile walk in the snowy woods, Finn has a slight black eye from falling off a kitchen chair and Eliza's toothless grin is delightful. Merry Christmas to our Friends and Family. 

Halloween again...

I know most of you have seen some of these Halloween photos on Mike's facebook, but my blog wouldn't be complete without chronicling the kid's costumes each year!

 At the trunk or treat we had a ghost, a bat and a hobbit.

 But on Halloween we had a Ranger, a Bear that couldn't lift his arms because the costume was so tight, and a pirate girl. Eliza was determined to dress in different costumes each activity we went to! I was a bit disappointed as I actually made her ghost costume! It only got an hours worth of wear.

After the sugar rush of Halloween ended we took a Saturday and volunteered at an aide station for a half marathon! The kids loved filling up the hundreds of cups with Gatorade and water. Ian stood on the side of the road with cups calling "water water water water" to all the runners passing bye. It was really fun and we also scored some t-shirts and ski passes.

I will post a video of my darling baby. Only Grandmas are required to watch it, the others can just smile and nod and say how cute he is.