Skiing again...

Just another day on the slopes. What a fun way to play the afternoon away....it's just so easy to love this life!

Snow friend

It was finally warm enough to get outside and build a snowman...I feel like every year our snow friend has such a tiny head (must be Quinn's job)....but this year the eyes are my favorite! What a good looking fella! 

puppet theatre

quinn got a 'spoon' puppet theater for christmas. i have a feeling this is going to be hours of entertainment, not only for her, but for all of us! she put on a little birthday show for me the other morning, oh, it was so fun watching and listening. i remember putting on plays of all sorts with my sisters and cousins....this is what childhood is all about:)

ski bums

so this is what we've been up to lately! these two have once again shocked jesse and i with their skills. both kids are loving this new sport, and although jesse and i were a bit apprehensive to hit the midwestern slopes (after being out west for 10 years), it was so nice to slap those skis back on and hit the slopes with the littles! this is going to be something we can do together for years to come.

winter recital

what a graceful dancer she has become. we just love watching her so much!! my favorite part this session was watching her little hands, she's been working on perfecting the ballerina hand....i totally remember doing that too when i was little:)

o' christmas tree...

 the idea of walking around outside in the crisp fresh air, with the scent of pine passing by my nose, singing christmas carols, talking about our day, working together to find the "perfect' christmas tree, sounds so ideal....then, i wake up and realize that my kids are fighting, my husband is anxious to get back to work, no one is having fun, and we've become the family that you feel bad for at these kind of places. yep. that happened;) alteast we have a the lovely tree!

cribbage

while the girls were playing at the grandparents, ryder found his place amongst all the older boys (dad, grandpa, and the uncles), he loved it. they tossed the footfall, talked "guy" talk, and played many rounds of cribbage….which, ryder caught on very quickly, and became the "cribbage champion of thanksgiving 2013"!!  i've asked him to teach me, and he said "ah, mom, i hate explaining things, it's just too tiring"…..ha, tell me about it ryder:)!!