Skiing at Welch Village

What a great day of skiing! Mathew has gone from crying at the sight of his ski boots to asking "Can we go (s)kiing? I go (s)kiing!" Mathew skies down the bunny hill on his own with his hands on his knees. When he gets to the bottom, he says "Again!"

This time, we got him on the chair lifts. He did a couple of green runs on a harness with Chris. He had a great time!

Nathan and I skied green runs together. He started out on a harness and after he was comfortable I started dropping the harness straps and letting him ski the bottom half of the runs on his own while I followed. He is a speed demon and figured out that he goes faster by tucking down lower, resting his elbows or forearms on his knees (instead of hands on his knees). By the end of the afternoon, he was able to ski an entire green run without the harness.

Birthday

Chris picked up an ice cream cake for my birthday. Yum!


This was 4 days after my surgery, so I was still pretty sore.
Mathew was very careful to avoid my middle when hugging me.
He can be a very ferocious hugger :)

Bedtime Friends

I was headed upstairs and found this scene halfway up. These are very improtant items in our household: Nathan's superhero pillow and "Kitty" along with Mathew's "Puppy and Blanket". Someone took the time to make them a bed and tuck them in together on the stairs. Done with care and love :)

Igloo

Matt Christensen built an igloo in his front yard for Meredith and Devin. They invited us over so the kids could have dinner out in the igloo.


Seven kids and one adult tucked into the igloo eating mac and cheese and fruit cups around a light bulb :) The kids thought this was pretty darn cool. From left to right: Cole, Nathan, Mathew, Meredith.

Upside Down

For some reason, everything is funnier upside down. I heard the boys giggling from upstairs, so I ran downstairs, half expecting to find a gigantic mess. Instead of I found both of them flopped over upside down on the couch, giggling hysterically. It was cute.