Since we are back into the swing of things we have become very busy as usual. The kids are back in school. It is STILL freezing here and the activities are picking up. This week both kids started basketball and we now have practice three nights a week and three games on Saturdays!!! BUSY but GREAT!!!
Here is 5 seconds of Makena actually making a basket. She loves to shoot but lets just say we are not keeping stats just yet!!
Happy basketball season!!!
Today we have remained in our pjs and the kids have opted to make a fort out of every pillow and blanket they could find in the house.
Along with the blanket and pillows they have also drug most of their bedrooms downstairs as well. When I ask who brought all of this down I get the standard "Not me" times three. Notice the drama queen in the middle of my living room singing on the vacuum cleaner.
We did escape the blizzard of events for a quick New Years Eve trip up to our local ski resort for a ride on the gondola, a few days at the new indoor water park, tubing and a snowboard lesson for Miss Makena. It was a blast and we cannot wait to go back.
Did I mention that we have received a little snow this year. A snow average for this city is about 45 inches in a winter. We have hit 77 inches here in town and a bajillion inches everywhere else. Buildings are collapsing all over town. This is looking out the back at the golf course. The rooftops are slowly disappearing with my patience for Mother Nature!!
Over the last three weeks we have had movie mania with popcorn and all. Its a good thing Costco sells microwave popcorn in bulk. We just don't have a couch quite big enough for the whole family.
This would be yet another day when we never got out of our pjs. The kids decided to pack up because they were going to "Hawaii". Wait guys I am coming too!!!
Did I mention we are buried up here!!!! There is nothing else I can say!!
Feeling a little bit guilty about all the Blogging, Facebooking and coffee drinking I have been doing (did I mention I have learned to make coffee out of a coffee pot since going to Starbucks would require driving on the roads). I did decide to take on a little project. Finding homes for all of the loose DVDs lying around the house and finding DVDs for all of the empty cases lying around the house. So I had myself a little DVD party (much like a sock party) and spent the day organizing. You can tell a lot about yourself by looking at the movies you buy. We love a good laugh, we are obsessed with small blue trains, we live in a dream world and would love to live the life of a super hero!!
This picture was supposed to be last but never the less the calm after the storm!!
Thanks to Grammy who cooks Christmas dinner every year. Daddy did do a great prime rib but we were short Uncle Derek and his family and Aunt Keri this year. Hopefully next year!!
Hayden got a Doctors set and has proven he may be interested in the family business along with his helper Duke.
Bryden this year was all about Star Wars. He truly believes he is the Master Jedi. I can't bring myself to bust his bubble but I hope he doesn't go back to school and try to "Jedi" someone.
Christmas morning and the kiddos are so patient while the adults make their coffee.
This years was a little different for Miss Makena. She no longer wants toys and asked for clothes and very expensive electronics. She pretty much got a lot of clothes!!
