A Get Away To the Cold

The past few days we were able to get away to Telluride, CO for a little ski vacation with some good friends, The Davis'. While we were there we had about 30'' of snow--so tons of powder to ski in but it was very cold! The sun finally came out the last day we were there but even then the temperature didn't get above the mid 20s.

Becky and Me all gear-ed up, trying to stay warm!

Jared catching some air.

Vim jumping.

This is part of the Villiage. If you look closely at the banner you can see how perfect our timing was in visiting. It ended up not being a big deal but we just thought it was funny that we were there for that one special week.

Valentines Day

Around here we do Valentine's Day as a family holiday. It might sound strange but it is the only holiday where a humorous card is acceptable and actually expected between Vim and I. And a card is all we exchange. We make pizzas as a family and I get little gifts for the kids.

This was Vimmer's first Valentine's Day and his last '1st' holiday. Sad. I know.

In a few weeks he will be one.

William has been consistently asking for a watch- so he was very happy when he got one.

Vimmer wasn't very interested in his gift...I had to stage this picture and put the toy he was playing with in the bag so he would go after it.

But he was very interested in his balloon!

Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day too!

Fun with Chuck E.

My niece's 2nd birthday party was at the Chuck-E-Cheese place a few weeks ago. I think she had a good time and enjoyed her cake, what do you think? She had a princess crown and medal and everything!  

And ALL of my boys had to play games of course. They loved the flying games.

I think he is really into it. What do you think?

Umm. Who is this dude I am having to share my car with??

I guess I will let him ride. At least I get to drive!

And don't worry we used tons of hand sanatizer after we were done!

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

Last week was Vim's birthday. His day was started with breakfast in bed, cards, and presents. We celebrated by having Mexican food with our good friends the Allen's. I made the cake and I am not baker by any means. The thing about baking that gets me upset is that you have a vision for how something will turn out and no matter how hard I try it looks like a 4 year old did it. I just don't have enough patients or a steady enough hand...oh well- at least the effort and love was put into it.

I don't know why, but it never gets old to see someone get sung too by all the waiters in a Mexican restaurant with a sombrero on!

Happy Birthday babe- I love you!

(Haha--got to love this picture of Matt!)

One Word- Willie

A couple weekends ago we saw Willie Nelson in one of the coolest venues I have ever been to. The stage is in the middle and it slowly rotates. There are seats all around it and there is not a bad seat in the house. We had third row tickets-- and the walkway to the stage was right next to us--eek! It was probably the best concert I have ever been too. He sang for over 2 hours straight. He was so close he would make eye contact and wave or smile at you. It was awesome. We went with our friends Shannon and Taylor. I some how left

my camera in the car so my sweet husband ran back out to get it. And even though the pictures aren't great--it was well worth his trip. One of the strange things that happened was people kept giving him hats to put on and even a scarf. They would walk up to the stage and try to get his attention. Then, being a good sport he would put the hat on for a few minutes and then throw it out into the audience. I didn't know why the audience members thought Willie wanted to wear their stuff. I really thought people must be quite full of themselves to have the gall to ask Willie to wear their old hats.

THanks Willie for a great concert, even at the age of 76!

We Are Walking!

You might have noticed in the last post the HUGE black mark on Vimmer's head...You might have thought that his momma just had not bathed him very well but the truth is that he had a head on collision with the coffee table! It was ugly and my head hurt for him! He has been letting go and taking 2 or so steps and then falling down for a couple weeks now but he really took off last Thursday. He was almost too sure of himself. He would stand up and just let go without having complete balance. Well it paid off because he will go 15-20 steps in a row without falling now. It is so funny how he is walking---his arms are straight up in the air!
William didn't walk till a week before his 1st birthday so Vimmer is 2 months early compared to William. But I guess William didn't have a big brother he was trying to keep up with everyday. I caught him on video for one of his shorter walks.

When the Cats Away, The Mice Will Play!

Dad went hunting last weekend so we had a fun filled weekend. It started on Friday when I picked William up from school. It was cold and rainy, so we headed to Starbucks for a hot chocolate and coffee. I have never taken William for hot chocolate before so it was a real treat! Then we had pizza and watched Mary Poppins that night. William got to sleep in the bed with me---he was super excited about this. For breakfast Saturday morning we had homemade waffles...Yum! For lunch we went to Chick-Fil-A and then we headed to the new museum down the road. We had been before but still checked out the frogs and giant dinosaur bones,

the frozen ice wall...

But they had added a new feature to the museum. The GyroExtreme. And William HAD to try it out. I glad he is so outgoing and not affraid of much.

I did something like it when I was younger but I know for sure I would be loosing my lunch if I tried it now. That evening Bics (Vim's mom) came and stayed with us. This was a real treat for me since she bathed and put the kiddos to bed for me! It was a fun weekend and I enjoyed the special time with my boys and I very much enjoyed when daddy returned Sunday!