April showers

April always seems to take me by surprise! March goes slowly and ends in Spring Break and then BOOM! Eliza & Finnegan's birthday appear. We had an awesome Spring Break trip to Jackson Hole Wyoming. My first real trip that wasn't just passing through. The kids loved the seeing the wild animals, the snow and especially staying at the Painted Buffalo!

Eliza and Finn had great birthdays. No friend parties, thank goodness. Just family fun.

 Eliza loves loves loves her new drum and needs Uncle Richard to teach her a few beats. She is growing up so fast and is so excited to be 8 years old.

 By request, Eliza had a ice cream cake this year. I think I am going to have to teach myself how to make these things because they are delicious.

 Finn turned 3 years old today! What a sweetie. He really is so much fun. We will miss having a 2 year old around the house, he is so unpredictable. He talks non-stop and never rests.

February 2015

Well the good news is that this year's Presidents Day ski trip resulted in no broken bones for anyone! Just some tired kids. We drove up to Island Park and hit a park and ski trail called Moose Loop. We were thrilled to find snow, since Pocatello winter has been a flop. 

 Mike hauled a large sled with Finn, various gear and at one point a sleeping Eliza.

 Ian was such a trooper! He is getting to be a great cross country skier, better than me. I am still figuring the thing out.

 These crazy kids love to fight as much as they love to have fun.

 In other news, Eliza is the newest girl scout in the neighborhood! She joined just after cookie sales, but next year all you family members and friends better watch out, because she is planning on selling cookies to ALL of you! She has loved loved LOVED being a girl scout and comes back from every meeting with a huge smile.

P.S. for those of you like me who are still blogging occasionally, yes I am reading your blogs!!

Birthday Bash in Pocatello

We hosted the annual Stubbs brother birthday bash in Pocatello this year, minus one Stubbs brother. We hit the skiing at the nordic center, It was beautiful but a bit muddy and icey. They really need a few more good inches of snow!!

 The kids did fantastic this year, had great time skiing and drinking cocoa in the Yurt.

Abby did a fantastic job on the cakes this year but I didn't get a great photo of them. We had a superhero theme. Thanks for coming, can't wait until next year!!

It's beginning to look a lot like...

I am a week early for Christmas pictures of the kids this year, but I decided I'd better try early since they don't have a great record of cooperation!

These were the best. There were a ton of photos of Finn running away! Eliza lost another tooth last night to add to her cute kid smile.