Skiing this Winter

Sam and Ellie had a great time trying on their ski's this year. Sam actually had ski lessons - Ellie just liked putting them on and being like her big brother. Sam loved ski lessons and did really well. I'll post a video later when I get a second.

Sam's first day of ski lessons

Sam insisted that I take a picture of their boots together

Ellie's 3rd Birthday

I am so bad about blogging but I thought I would hurry and post some pics from Ellie's 3rd birthday back in December. She wanted an Ariel birthday party.

Uncle Mikey is a good sport.

The cake - everything is edible except Ariel and flounder.

The latest Sam story

So I know I need to start writing the things that Sam and Ellie say down so I figured I'd hurry and blog it right now while I was thinking about it.

Yesterday I picked Sam up from school and as he was getting into the car his teacher told me that a girl kissed him on the cheek as he was leaving. His teacher asked Sam if he thought it was gross and he said NO! As he proceeded to tell me about school he told me that he hadn't been kissed once but 5 TIMES by the same girl. He also told me that on the next day she was also going to bring him a red gum ball. I asked Sam what her name was and he said he didn't know. I said that you should probably ask her and he replied with the following:

"Yeah and then we will get married soon and have 8 kids and buy a new house, but I won't have any hair."

I replied, " why won't you have any hair?"

Sam - "Did dad have hair when he was little?"

Me - "Yes"

Sam - " oh no! I'm going to lose all of my hair!"

He is so funny! I can't get enough of him! :)

The New Addition

We have recently added a new addition to our family. He is about 9 weeks old and very cute. Yes, he is a lot of work - but I'm mentally in a better place than I was the first time we tried the dog thing. He is a miniature australian shepherd - bi blue merle and we named him Cooper. The kids are in heaven! :)

Halloween 2010

So I know I am horrible about blogging but I figured I'd hurry and post some pics from Halloween. The kids had a great time. Ellie picked up on the door to door thing a lot faster than Sam did at her age. It was cold but luckily we missed the rain. If you can't tell Ellie was Belle and Sam was a green Power Ranger.

Problems watching the video

If you are having problems watching the video here is link to my facebook page with the video.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1585210603789&ref=mf

Brooke :)

Checkpoint Tracker National Championship in Moab 2010

Drew's team took 8th place in the Coed 4 person division.

3 miles of river boarding - 30 minutes

25 miles of flat water kayaking - 4 hours

Treking and Orienteering on Poison Spider Mesa - 6 hours

Biking - road from Potash to Slick Rock, Slick Rock trail and orienteering course, Slick rock to La Sals, La Sals to home - 13.5 hours

24 hours total! :)