weekend fun

We continued celebrating Cole's birthday this weekend... a little zoo time, gymnastics class, a little birthday party and topped off by a Sunday afternoon of skiing.

 Needless to say we are all smiling and very tired. These are the days...

for Cole

 Crying but cool
Orange carrot eater
Laughing
Extra loving and sweet

Best Brother
Ultimate Lego builder
Sometimes falling off chairs
Terrific
Over the top funny
Super silly goofball

from: Ryan

 Happy 7th Birthday to our sweet boy...
 You make us smile everyday.

tickets please!

 Yesterday we finished the last chapter of bk1...Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! So of course we headed off to the library to check out the movie for a Family Movie Night.

 The ticket maker/taker was very serious with her job...making sure we presented out ticket sub for re-entry even.

 Treats were picked out...popcorn was popped and we were ready for the featured presentation. It was fun to hear them "know" what was going to happen and feel so proud of the correct predictions.  After the conclusion of the movie, it was music to my ears to hear them both say they thought the book was better. "They left a lot out of the movie."

Bk 2 : Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets... here we come!

snow day...fabulous snow day!

backyard

our snow dog

26 inches!

"We are the ultimate snow collectors."

tree in our front yard

20 inches in the last 36 hours for our neck of the woods. Snow day on Friday. Playing and shoveling...many  many games of memory and sorry...endless cups of hot chocolate and tea. Socked in and loving it!

two thumbs up...

from the kids after their first day of ski school. Took them up this morning despite the huge wind gusts, got geared up and off they went. They had a half day lesson and came off the mountain rosy cheeked and smiling.  

 I see a family day of skiing in the near future!

photo shoot

Driving around Denver I have spotted many fun places I have always thought would be fun to take pictures by...so I finally took the kids on a driving photo shoot field trip!

They were very good sports...more fun with the camera!

a little girl with a camera

Thank you for letting us see the view through your eyes for a day...my sweet girl.