Life's Little Adventures

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Spring Fun

We've had all sorts of fun this spring. . .as the kids get older, it gets harder to find time to sit down and write about all of our adventures so my posts have definitely become shorter and I find the kids enjoy looking back at the pictures the most.

Ryan presenting his Challenge Landmark project

Playing at the Park

Spring Break at the Bike Park (Ryan)

Brandon

Flexing our muscles

Lukey over for a playdate

Look who's learning to mow the lawn. . .

Yay!! We have 2 lawn mowers :)

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Spring Dirt Biking

Nate, Ryan, and Brandon have been doing some dirt bike riding in Emmett this spring. Here are some fun pictures of their adventures. You can see that the motorcycles the boys got last year are already almost too small for them. . .STOP GROWING BOYS!! Ryan is riding the blue Yamaha and Brandon is riding the KLX110.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Cabin Adventures

After Christmas, we packed up the suburban and headed North. We were able to stay at the cabin for about a week. It's so much fun to play in the snow, ski, ice skate, and cuddle up by the fire. The kids LOVE being up there and it is definitely a break from the hustle and bustle of regular life.

This was Brooklyn's first year of skiing and she did what I would call "fair." Our goal. . . to teach her skiing is FUN!! How do we accomplish this you might ask? By letting her ski how long she wants and as soon as she is done, buy her hot chocolate and french fries!

First Chairlift Ride

Trying on our gear

Ice Skating in McCall

Watching Cinderella at the Cabin

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Christmas Season

Christmas is always so much fun, but with a 2 year old in the house, Christmas is SO exciting. Not a lot of sleeping got done in the month of December, but who needs sleep? Brooklyn thought the Christmas tree was the most "bootiful" thing she had ever seen and if even one small present was added under the tree, Brookie was the first one to notice.

As for the boys, this was the year they pieced the whole "Santa Mystery" together so they were great about playing up "Santa" for their sister.

This was the first year that Nate and I gave the boys money to go shopping for family members. I enjoyed the fact that Ryan and Brandon were excited about giving presents to others and also seeing the process of them trying to pick a gift their person would enjoy. The funniest part of this adventure was taking the boys separately to shop for each other. Wouldn't you know it? They picked almost the exact same thing for each other :)

The kids had their church Christmas program the week before Christmas. Brandon wasn't feeling well so he stayed home with Dad, while I took Brooklyn and Ryan.

On Christmas Eve, we went to our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 4:00, headed back to our house to open presents from my side of the family, and then went to Aunt Darlene's house for pizza and treats.

We opened presents on Christmas morning at our house and then had Christmas Dinner at Nate's parent's. It was a great day filled with family and love and most importantly. . .a celebration of the birth of our Saviour.