Snowy Days

I would guess that it has snowed about 2 feet over the last 3 days. Mike had to snow-blow the driveway every morning just so he could get out of the garage. The piles of snow on the sides of our house are enormous! Eliza and I played in the snow for almost 4 hours yesterday. Luke joined us for almost half the time, and Jameson napped for 3 hours. He was like a hibernating bear in the basement.

We built a snowman in our front yard and I kept sinking in the snow, it went past my knees. I had to stomp down all the snow around the snowman so Luke did not get lost in it.



We walked to the park down the street and went down the sledding hill a few times. But Liza and Luke perferred jumping off the playground platforms into the soft snow.

We also dug a tunnel in a huge pile by our driveway. It reminded me of when I was a kid playing with Chris Roberts and Cole Christensen in the church parking lot. Good times! The tunnel was only big enough for Eliza, I did not want to test its limits. But she thought it was so fun.

Last night I was beat. I played like a kid all day and that takes a lot of energy. So today when Eliza asked to go out again I said she would have to go by herself because I was too tired. She only played for about 30 minutes and got bored. I guess I should be flattered that I made it so fun for her yesterday. I'm sure I will be up for it again next week.

Winter Sports

Because of our new climate we are having to broaden our horizons when it comes to outdoor activities in the winter. About a mile from our house is a park that is flooded in the winter to create a frozen lake for ice skating. There is a trailer full of skates to borrow at no charge. So you can go ice skating whenever you want for free. We went last Saturday and had a really great time.



Luke and James got pulled around the rink by Mike (who now wants to learn to play hockey). Luke was supposed to "boot skate" behind that chair for balance but thought it looked easier to sit and be pulled around. They had lots of fun on the stroller/chair train.



Eliza actually wore skates and used a little walker that slides with you for balance. She only fell once and really got quite good by the time we were done. She is so excited to go again soon.



She said, "Next time I am going to try to skate really fast. I did not say I will do it, but I will try." You might want to look for her in the 2018 Winter Olympic games.

Big Birthday Boy!

Jameson turned 1 year old on January 14th. It is hard to believe a year has gone by since he was born.



He is such a sweet boy and is learning something new everyday. He is not walking yet but he cruisers along the furniture like crazy. He sometimes will let go and take a small step forward and he can stand alone for several minutes at a time. Any day now he is just going to take off. We went to the Ketchum YMCA bouncy house on his birthday. He just loves crawling around and bouncing on his bum. He also loves to watch his brother and sister wrestle and tackle each other.





We did not have his party until Saturday afternoon because Mike's parents came to visit for the weekend and we wanted them to come to the party. The party lasted maybe 30 minutes. Jameson didn't really unwrap his presents, probably because Liza and Luke were doing it for him.



When we brought out the cake he went straight for the lighted candle and almost got it. Luckily I am faster than him and we did not have a crying baby on hand.



Jameson does not feed himself. He will pick up food but not put it in his mouth. So he got cake all over his hands but never really tasted it until Liza and Luke gave him bites from their fingers. He must have really loved the taste because he eventually figured out it was all over his fingers and started to lick them. But he was done after a few minutes so the clean-up was easy.





So the party was short lived but very fun. He is growing up so fast and I just love being able to watch him grow everyday. We love you JJ!

Luke is now a Sunbeam!

And guess who his teacher is...that's right. I had a feeling I was going to be called to be the new Sunbeam teacher but I was hoping I was wrong. So today was the second week of Sunbeams and it went much better than the first week. I have 8 little ones and they all come every Sunday. I thought Luke would do better with someone else as his teacher. But now that I have set some rules, no sitting on my lap and no crying. He actually is doing really well. I am of course biased but he participates the most and likes my games. It helps that I know what games he likes. I am glad to be in Primary again. The best part is that Michael has to take Jameson the whole time because my hands are full. At least I get a break from that little guy. But who wouldn't want to teach this cute boy Luke!