it's official...

The kids are way faster/ better than me!

Fun on the slopes.

bonus

The house has been filled with music coming from the piano as of late. The kids are both in piano lessons and are loving it! We LOVE our teacher and she has passed on her passion of music to both kids. Ryan and Cole recently had an extra bonus of a mini harp lesson after piano. They are being taught that they can use what they know about piano to learn just about any other instrument. So fun to see them pick up a harp and play a song using the understandings they have been learning. 

finally finished!

We having been seeing these Colorado hats around and when Jeff asked me if I could make him one...I took on the challenge! I wrote my own pattern for the first time and only 2 months and 3 tries later I am finished.

Not bad eh? Love it when someone asks me to make them something...the best kind of knitting!

winter fun...

inside

new family favorite...Corks!

and out

Celebrating with our favorite...Karikins!

new years list...

Happy Happy New Year! This new year feels very different and extremely exciting. Like I have said, changes are happening and all for the best. Jeff's new career is starting to roll, we have more family time than ever before and kids and I are excited for the second half of our school years. Catching up with my good friend Lindsay over the break she was telling me of her dislike of resolutions and this year instead she wrote a list of 10 goals and started a blog about it...which got me thinking...what are our lists?

:: Qualify for the state swim meet
:: Eat healthy
:: Try new things: gymnastics
:: babysit
:: get better grades in math (multiplication facts!!)

~ try baseball again in the spring
~ read more books
~ get a 4 (A) in everything on my report card
~ play Mozart on the piano
~ have less "screens" and play with friends more.


My list...
Be more present ...one or two days a week with no media.
Finally learn to play the guitar.
Get healthy...cleanse and exercise
Play more...camp, ski,snow shoe, hike.
"make" more...bread, cheese, yogurt, clothes...
run 2 races - boulder boulder, triathlon
give more time and energy to the garden
family road trip
try new yoga poses in class...head stand, flip my dog
meditate

What is your list?

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