Saturday, February 20, 2010

Skiing with Uncle Heath

The kids have truly loved skiing this year. Heath called and planned a trip with Lowell and the kids to meet them at SnowBasin to ski for a day. They skied together for a little while and then after lunch, Austin and Heath ventured off to the big hills. Austin did black diamond hills all afternoon with Heath. He was stoked that he could do it and keep up. He is daring and has no fear. He has informed us that he will not need lessons again next year. Who knows who will ski with him next year because Lowell likes to leisure ski and I am far from a black diamond skier. I guess we will cross that bridge when it comes. I will stick with the little ones on the bunny hills. They all loved the day and loved being with their Uncle. Thanks for the fun!

Friday, February 19, 2010

President's Weekend

We drove down to Utah to visit the fam for the long weekend. The kids went skiing with Dad at Alta. They had a blast and it was a beautiful day to be up on the slopes. We visited the big annual boat show at the convention center. They had some huge houseboats and tons of boats and accessories. Lowell was like a kid in a candy shop loving every minute of it. Then we held a shower for Aunt Emily for her new baby girl. She could've opened a little store by the time she was done with all her gifts. It was fun to see all the cute clothes and accessories that girls can have. It also happened to be Valentines Day while we were there so grandma watched all the grandkids while the parents went out for hot dates. Thanks to her. Then they had a major sleepover in grandma's basement and stayed up way too late but had a blast being all together.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Hoop it up Austin!

Austin played rec basketball this winter. He really enjoyed it and was good at it. He has talent if he can overcome the fear of the ball hitting him. They had a pretty good little team and would either win the game or lose by just a few usually in overtime or in the last seconds. I thought football was an aggressive sport but I learned that basketball can be worse. At least in football there are pads to protect you. We survived without any major injuries and will want to play again.




Monday, February 1, 2010

We made the change to the big boy bed.

Well like I said I needed to switch Jett to his big boy bed because he was climbing like crazy in and out of the crib- we did it. The first night went smooth. Almost too good to be true. He laid down, stayed in his bed (which is big), and fell asleep within 30 minutes or less. I didn't really want to go in and check on him because it was so quiet.
Then I hit nap time the next day - not as smooth. After and hour plus of seeing if he would go to sleep, I finally got him out of his bed and chalked it up to no nap and we would try again tomorrow. I guess I can't complain if the night time is going well.
Night two was a success as well and he loves it. I think it is cute that he still calls the nursery HIS ROOM so we will see if that changes as the new sister comes.