Skiing with Papa

One of our other "good weather" days during spring break we headed up to the slopes with Papa Jim.  Allie had gone up with Papa earlier in the year and really did "awesome" according to Papa.  We just had to see it ourselves, so Blake, Sophie, and I joined Papa and Allie to watch for ourselves. 

Allie geared up ready to go

It was lightly snowing when we first got up there, but not bad enough to keep Sophie and I inside the lodge

Sophie and I stayed outside for over an hour, yelling for everyone as they would make their way down the hill.  Sophie yelled for "Ayie" most of the time:)

We loved watching as Papa, Allie, and Dad would pass by on the chair lift above us

Sophie decided to try the snow and enjoyed it when it would make it into her mouth 

I took a few snap shots of Sophie and I and actually managed a good one with both of our faces looking at the camera

Sophie soaking in the snow as it falls; she absolutely LOVED it and we spent most of our day outside in the snow

Cute Allie girl at the end of her day; she made it down the chair 18 times and wanted to keep going.  If it wasn't for Bogus shutting down, she would have kept going.

Sophie couldn't end up shorthanded.  Papa hiked up the hill with her and gave her a few lessons herself

Everyone was laughing as they watched this little baby come skiing down with Papa.  She loved it and kept saying MORE after every short run they would do.  Papa might have another little one to start giving lessons to next year. 

Field Day

We didn't have that many sunny days during our Spring Break so on one of those days, the awesome moms in our ward put together a field day out in our neighborhood for the kids.

Love how I as a mom was caught by a 9 year old spelling the word "course" wrong.  I had to go correct myself on all of the courses:)

Just a glimpse of what my camera could capture; we had over 50 kids show up



Not sure what it is, but Sophie HATES a crowd.  It doesn't go well since Blake and I love to be with people, but she is always whinning and clinging to me when we are out.

Here is Allie making her way through some of the courses

Jumping through hoops

Walking the tightrope

Three legged races

Walking with tin cans



Sack races

To top it off we had a handful of the older kids in our ward volunteer to paint the little ones faces; seriously such great kids and a fun morning outside burning off energy.

Gymnastics

We decided to beat the winter months by enrolling in gymnastics.  Allie enjoyed expounding her energy every week by bouncing, jumping, running, and twirling.  At the end of the term they had a small meet for her class where they performed a floor routine as well as a routine on the beam.

Each individual getting ready to solute

Allie being goofy; I think her nerves were causing some silly behavior

The start of Allie's floor routine

Allie does not like the attention that is put on her while she is alone in front of a crowd, I guess she takes after her mom. I can tell she was nervous because she likes to bite her lip.  So proud of you for getting up all by yourself Allie!

Onto the beam routine

Getting a little bit of help from Miss Shayna doing her candlestick on the beam

At the end of the meet, each child got a ribbon and a certificate.  Allie enjoyed her winter break taking gymnastics but was so excited to get back to playing soccer which starts in the spring.

St. Patty's Day

Allie had been looking forward to her St. Patty's Day party at school this year.  There was going to be a contest to see who could wear the most green.  Allie was very excited about the competition.  

She wore a green shirt, green skirt, green tights, and a green necklace

She came up with the idea to dye her hair GREEN too....this was her reaction when I told her that her hair was green, but she hadn't seen it yet

Allie unfortunately didn't win the competition.  Another girl with 20 green necklaces won.  I told Allie she needed to have her teacher count all the green hairs on her head and then she might have won.

We also got a visit from the Leprechaun this year...he led us on a scavenger hunt that ended with everyone's pot of gold in the fridge.  Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

Sledding at Steamboat Gulch

We decided to venture out sledding with some friends for President's Day.  We packed up and headed up to Idaho City to check out Steamboat Gulch; it ended up being well worth our $5.  It snowed on us the entire time and it luckily wasn't a heavy wet snow that soaked us, just big snowflakes that were amazing to watch as they fell.  The kids, including the babies, lasted for a couple of hours and it was so much fun!!!

Alice, Sophie, Allie, and Macy-All the girls enjoyed getting pulled from the parking lot to the sledding hills

Sophie bundled up enjoying the snowflakes

Blake and Allie were off....what a great workout and way to get to the top of the hill

Allie jumped on her saucer and hit the hill tubing.  It was a great hill for the kids; there were a number of bumps and the kids could get going fast, but no one ended up hurt

Blake and Allie trying some crazy moves to get down the mountain

Allie was all smiles

Sophie took a few runs with both Blake and I.  She was going without a nap for the day and exhausted, so she wasn't enthusiastically asking for more at the end of the run

Allie brought her good friend Macy up to the hill with us

Allie and Hannah shared a sled and hit a few runs together.  I love Allie's face; it was snowing so hard, you pretty much had to close your eyes as you flew through the wind

We tried a run as a family and then that was the end of that....not to comfy on the long sled down a bumpy mountain

Allie wasn't thrilled we were stopping on our way back to the car to grab some pictures

A bribe for some cocoa for a smile....What a fun day on the mountain, we will be back!

Sisters

These two girls are becoming the best little buddies.  They love to hang out and play together.  Sophie is finally learning that Allie is fun to play with and she doesn't have to be attached to my hip. Allie is finally glad Sophie is big enough to join in on the fun things she plans for them to do. 

Riding bikes at an open gym.  Sophie loved being pulled around on this little bike all morning.

Wresting together....Sophie knows how to hold her own and take Allie down.

Bathing beauties

Allie went through a period where she didn't want me to do her hair. Now that Sophie's hair is getting longer, I get to do fun stuff with her hair.  Allie is always wanting matching hair these days and it's so fun.  Allie's hair parts to her left and Sophie's goes to the right....two little opposites.

Cute twiners

Allie has been having fun playing make believe with Sophie.  They are always "boating" and off in their basket adventures.

Allie loves using the stool to push Sophie around in too.  Sophie is always saying "MOOR" to Allie.  Allie is such a good little sport about it, always taking her on more rides.  Love you two girls!!!