Aubrey's First Ski Day

So, Dallin has been chomping at the bit to get Aubrey up on skis since last year. In fact, we bought her her first pair of skis last winter, but haven't had a chance to get her up until just this past weekend. I was a bit curious to see how she would do -- considering she whined all morning as we tried on her boots, helmet and other ski stuff. But Dallin said that when they got to Mt. Rose, she was WAY excited to be there. Dallin put Jacob in a group ski lesson while he went with Aubrey and "taught her the ropes." Our neighbors let us borrow their "harness" and off they went down the slopes together. Her favorite part of the day? Riding the ski lift, of course.

I was fully expecting them to come home right after lunch, assuming Aubrey would be tired and fed up with her first ski lesson. But they actually ended up staying there the whole day b/c they loved it so much!

I am a terrible skier, but am determined to take lots of lessons next year so that I don't get left in the dust once my kids get older. Anyway, I'm elated my kids are learning to ski and let's just say that Dallin is on cloud 9.

First Day of PreSchool

Yes!! Evan has officially started preschool and I could not be happier. We have a preschool literally 30 seconds from our house so I transferred Aubrey from her old preschool and enrolled Evan. So 3 times a week, I have the house all to myself in the morning.... but obviously not for long. I am fully taking advantage of this and trying to get a lot of rest in before our next baby comes. But I have to admit.... I am enjoying every minute of my freedom 3x a week! :)

Belated photos and more

OK, I'm finally posting pictures of the last few weeks/ months. The first couple of pictures are from our trip to San Antonio. Even though I was exhausted during a lot of the trip, Dallin and I were able to get some good R&R in.

Grandmacita watched the kids for us while we were gone

Feeding the Dolphins at SeaWorld

Our River Cruise

Here's also a picture of Dallin and his brothers and Dad in SLC last month.

I'm finally throwing in some bday pics of Evan at Red Robin.

Eating his most favorite food: Mac and Cheese

Family Shot

Getting sung to by the Red Robin staff

Next up is Easter. We did a cute easter egg hunt at home and then the kids had a big neighborhood easter egg hunt later that day. All in all, my kids walked away with WAY too much candy but had a blast playing with each other and the neighborhood kids.

Ryan leading them in their Easter "Cheer" before the big hunt

Decked out in their Easter Clothes