Bowling

Todd and Morgen went bowling with his school and had so much fun. Morgen knocked two pins down and thought that was great! It was a good opportunity for them to spend some one on one with eachother.

Christmas

Mariah's 4th grade ski day

Mariah and Todd had a good time together skiing on magic mountain. They left early in the morning. I did not think Todd would even attempt to ski, but he did. Yes...even with his out of shape body he actually made it down the mountain! Mariah had fun as well. She fell down a lot, but would not give up. She eventually got the hang of it. I am proud of her for trying something new that was scary for her.

Todd is totally corupting my girl. There is no hope in this battle. She LOVES to hunt with dad. Not in her dress of course. This time she just got to hold them. She cries whenever he leaves without her!

So I have not blogged in a while because seriously my kids are keeping so busy. I am not really sure why I even try to keep a clean house. The next morning it always looks the same! When people call and ask what I am doing 99.9% of the time I say cleaning. Now that is just pathetic! So hopefully I can get life back to normal when the kids start school again. Christmas eve we went to Todd's family party and we got home about 10:30. The kids crashed about 11:30 and then I had to wait till I was sure they were asleep until I could put stuff out and build some stuff (I say I because Todd was sleeping like a baby while I slaved). The building took a little longer than I thought and so I finally made it to bed around 2:00. Christmas was great except for the howling wind that kept me up all night and Noah waking up SO early. Noah came in at 3:30 to say Santa came. At 4:00 he and I bundled up to go rescue the garbage cans that were blowing down the street. We linked arms so we would not blow away! After that I was wide awake. Noah and I hung out until 5:00,looking at the frogs he got from awesome Santa (honestly I think we parents get gypped)and then he woke everyone up. This had been our earliest time ever, but it was fun!

The perfect tree...not really...but alot of fun!

Armed with hot cocoa and donuts, we headed up south in search of the perfect tree. My version and Todd's are quite different. He grew up with the long needled pine and I wanted a charlie brown tree. So that's just what we got. I really have a hard time with a long needled Christmas tree, but Todd is really happy. We hiked for about an hour, making a mental note of ones we liked. In the end we back tracked to the very beginning of the trail and picked the first one we liked. It was fun and even though it is not perfectly proportioned and very skimpy, it will always be a memory for our family. No more fake one's or in town on the corner real ones. It was too much fun this way and MUCH cheaper.