Caroline's First Ski Day

Do you see how hesitant her smile is? It takes a lot out of a little person to walk in ski boots. By the time we got to the bunny hill I thought I should have driven our own car up the mountain. That my little girl was not going to last all day. She didn't want to do it. She didn't want to ski and she didn't like it.

Oh.. but we went with my amazing friend Jessica! She was very encouraging. Jessica has a 4 year old of her own who did not want to spend his whole day on the bunny hill. And a 2 1/2 year old who has gone at least 15-20 times before and can ski great all by herself. Jessica (6 months pregnant) was wonderful to even try to teach her! She was very positive and Caroline listened to her!

Here they are skiing down the bunny slopes.

5 or 6 times down the bunny slope with Jessica.. she was skiing all by herself.. and
loving it! Check out that smile! She was saying I can do this! I love to ski! I can do hard things! I should never give up!... Oh how glad I was to go with Jessica at this point! Thank you- thank you!
She didn't want to take breaks. She didn't want to try and follow me (to try and learn how to turn). She didn't want to go to lunch. She just wanted to go down.. fast. I was so happy to see her loving it!



It ended up being a truly successful skiing day! She didn't want to leave. She even made up her own song on the way home. It went something like, "I like to ski, ski, ski, ski, ski, ski! {giggle giggle}." I can't wait to go again with her... and Jessica!

My Hula-Hooper (Again)

She really is SO good and... funny.

Henry trying it out...

Happy Valenitine's Day

Our day was filled with pink, hearts, candy, chocolates, crafts, flowers/roses and home made Valentine cards. We went to Five Guys as a family. Exchanged cards. Aaron gave me the movie The Tourist. We started the movie late and fell asleep half way through. Even though our Romantic Valentine's Days have changed, Aaron gave me the sweetest card. Hearts definitely grow fonder as the years go by. I couldn't imagine life without him. Love you sweetie.

Happy 2nd Brithday Henry!

I'm Handsome and I know it.

Whose birthday is it? It is hard to tell in this picture.

But not in this picture!

A Car sleeping bag.

Hi, I am 2 today!

More videos.

Dinosaur Cake!

Turn off the sound for this video...

Henry, I am sorry...

that I can't sing

and that I didn't sing the whole Happy Birthday song to you

and for all of the Mom or Dad sounding comments in this video.

Thanks for putting up with us.

Henry...

LOVES pancakes

loves stickers

loves balls

loves books

loves oranges

loves to color

loves trains

loves cars

loves to move stools to reach things that are higher

loves the bounce house

loves to do things with his sister

loves to give kisses

loves cheese

loves peanut butter sandwiches

loves to play outside

loves giraffes and elephants

loves pa-pop (papa)

loves to be in a stroller... and find his way out

Nap time?

Nap times seem to be getting rare at our house.

How sad.

Go with what you know...

The other night I tried a new recipe. It did not go so well. I didn't have enough of the main ingredient (what is potato soup without enough potatoes?). I ran out of some ingredient tried something different. It tasted... a little off. Then I tried spices to cover it. I try not to waste food. I eat things even if they didn't turn out so great. This night... we ate a bowls worth and threw the 'leftovers' out. I shouldn't always experiment.

So the next night I decided to go with my trusty Chicken noodle soup. But of course I have to try something new again. I usually put a can of cream of chicken soup in it, but today I wanted to be adventurous and try to make my 'own' cream of chicken. It took longer than opening up a can and putting in the mysterious glob, but it turned out great!

So my new cream of chicken came from Tammy! Yum!

Happiness

I love when laughter fills the house that is over silliness. You got to pause the music and listen to these sweet kids laughing away.

Beware of my future posts... they are a little out dated, but worth the memories.

Hula Hooping!

This sweet girl takes after my skills

Christmas Stocking #4

As usual, everything "extra" in life is pushed aside when I am finishing a stocking before Christmas. My stocking is finished and actually hung up over the fireplace this year!

It is called "Christmas Cookies"

Yay! I am all caught up. And I love them! Okay I really do have favorites, but I don't need to share.

Have you ever thought about your family having personalized stockings... and don't want to do the work? I saw a lady selling them finished on Etsy! If you do have a desire to do them yourself, this is my favorite site to purchase the kits.

I Love Giveaways!

So my amazing friend Jessica and her family have an outdoor adventure blog. They share great tips on how to take your kids on adventures in the outdoors with you and your spouse! They always have amazing videos and great pictures to share. In preparing for Christmas they are doing the 12 days of Outdoor Christmas and giving away FREE stuff for your family for the next 12 days! Today starts with something we always enjoyed as a kid... go on over and check it out. They choose a winner totally random so go take a look.

You won't be disappointed!