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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Soccer

Griffin played soccer with his buddies and had a lot of fun with it...some pictures from the last practice:




 

Griffin's 1st sports picture
The team picture ... Griffin is the second child from the right
Grace had fun watching Griffin play, although she wanted to be out there herself!

February 2013

February was a fun month ... some pictures:
Griffin and his Baby Cow 
A fun Monday at the zoo
We introduced Griffin to a bigger bike and the size is perfect for him.  That weekend he rode over 10 miles and just loved every minute of it!  Riding his bike is now one of his favorite things to do outside. 
 Grace is loving the swings
Griffin does too ... we spend some time swinging after picking Griffin up from school every day. 
A special morning at Starbucks  
 Afterwards we went to a park and the kids played so well together...
They really are best buddies... 
Even if Griffin is squishing her half the time!  She thinks it's fun! 
We finally got some snow!  It was snowing like crazy when we went sledding so it didn't last too long, but was fun.
We even had to grab a spare pair of Grace's pants from the car to wrap around Griffin's face and neck ... after that he was much happier!
They had fun sledding while Grace and I sat in the car - she wanted no part of the wind and snow! 
Griffin has started waking up early and playing by himself in his room.  He is always so proud to show us what he's been doing and this particular morning he had made a truck that he was so proud of he asked me to take this picture of him. 
Grace hasn't been a huge fan of sledding up until now ... while walking up the hill she was saying, "I not be scared Mommy."  And she went flying down the huge hill like she'd done it a 100 times.  She was so proud of herself! 
This was her face after her first run where she wasn't scared - she was just so proud!
 Sledding together


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Family Trip to Breckenridge

We had a week without Josh traveling so took advantage of it by going up to the mountains for a night.
The kids had fun sledding
Grace actually only lasted one run ...
...but Griffin loves sledding!
The kids were excited to head out to Breckenridge
All dressed in his ski gear!
He was really excited.
A little father-son moment : )
Riding the gondola for the first time (well, since last year).  They love it!

On skis!  
Grace wanted to be included too
He was working hard to keep his skis together
And a little marshmallow motivation 
One happy boy!
He did fall a bit and needed a few pep talks, but overall he loved it. He kept wanting to go on the chair lift and go down the steeper runs!
On the way back down the mountain
And some very tired kiddos!


Friday, February 15, 2013

Valentine's Day 2013

We had a fun Valentine's Day ... 
We took some pictures to make cards:





Valentine's Day:
We're pretty sure Grace loves Stella just as much as us ... she gave her big hugs on Valentine's Day!
We hung hearts with notes about what we love about them on their doorways to count down to Valentine's Day.  They looked forward to reading the new note each morning!

We had fun making Valentine's Day cookies with friends:
Cohen
Eli (notice the amount of sprinkles on his tray!)
Isaac happy as can be
Griffin thrilled with the opportunity to dump as many sprinkles as possible onto his cookie
Grace loves sweets!