Breaking out the snowshoes

Our family headed up to Whitepass for a few days in search of snow. We went snowshoeing on their beautiful Nordic track around the lake a few times. It was a ton of fun for all of us. We were really proud of Carter since last year he would walk about 10 feet and he was tired but he walked more than half the time with breaks getting pulled on the sled in between. He really enjoyed exploring the crevices where snow doesn't fall around the trees, the frozen lake, ice and all the cool things about snow. We also left quite a few snowmen behind and did some sledding. It was beautiful weather and we really enjoyed getting away.

My boys - I'm so blessed

Carter checking out some icicles

Brady and Logan explored some fresh powder but Logan dropped his binky so I had to retrace their steps looking for a white binky... and I found it I couldn't believe it

Carter climbing the mountain

He did it...yeah!

Carter's family of snowmen...according to Carter there is a Mommy and a Daddy and a baby and when i asked him about the big snowball (not pictured) that was not finished he said that was the Uncle who went to heaven. I have no idea where that came from :)

Logan kept taking his gloves off the first day so we found some duct tape and taped them to his jacket...he didn't like it at first, but his hands were warm.

Digging down to see the frozen lake

Carter wanted to be buried just like at the beach...Logan thought it was funny, Carter not so much

This tree was sticking out of the snow just enough to form a cross...pretty awesome.

Kid's expo

A few weeks ago we took the kids to the Kid's Expo at the TRAC and it was a lot of fun. They had all kinds of free games and activities. Carter and Logan had a great time, they really enjoyed the bouncy houses, the sand tables filled with bird seed and the gymnastics area. It was a real eye opener to how much Logan can do now and so sweet to see how much the boys enjoyed being and playing together. The funniest thing was Logan's obsession with balloons. He got a balloon and even though it was tied onto his wrist it slipped off and floated up to the ceiling with about a hundred other lost balloons. He was constantly pointing to it and talking no matter where we went in the building. So Brady got him a new balloon and we tied it to his waist but you can see in this first picture he did not let go of it no matter what...he wasn't going to lose that one.

The kids climbed up the mats and they had someone help them slide off the big one. This was one of their favorite activities, they kept going back.

bouncy house

Arizona

Carter got to tag along with Brady to Arizona on a business trip and they met up with Papa and Dawna. They had a great time and Papa and Dawna got to babysit while Daddy worked. The weather wasn't too good and not all their plans worked out but that doesn't matter when you are 4, excuse me 4 1/2 as Carter constantly reminds us, he just enjoyed being with his family.

His new pair of cowboy boots them bought him.

Cart cruisin'

When we are out doing boring things like shopping we try to have a little fun. I try to catch a few fun moments with my phone on my camera and send them to Daddy to let him know we are thinking about him. Here's a couple. The first one Logan is giving Carter kisses and he is so funny now because he likes to give everyone kisses goodnight and he makes the little kissing sound, which is hilarious.

Logan and Carter helping me pick out some new sunglasses. Can you guess what happened to my last pair?....Logan :)

Logan's other favorite activity in the cart is to pet his brother's hair...it is soft.

My little sweetheart

Just a couple of sweet stories about my big boy. Last Sunday afternoon I was driving him to a birthday party for his favorite girl in his preschool class, Madison, that he talks about constantly. In the car he commented on what a nice sunny day it was and then he asked if he could pray to God about it...sure. His prayer went like this" Dear God, thank you for this nice sunny day, please keep my family safe and please help us find Madison's house, Amen." I just love how he appreciated something simple like sunshine and his first thought was to thank God.

Tonight Carter got $10 in the mail from his Nana to get a toy. Daddy took him to the store and instead of getting the toy he really wanted, he picked something less expensive so that he could buy his baby brother a football that Logan wanted. I am so proud of him.

Uh oh

This morning Carter was getting ready for school and we were trying to be quite since Logan was still sleeping. He just got dressed and we headed into the kitchen to get breakfast and we heard Logan's door moving a little. I opened the door and there he was, he had climbed out of his crib and was trying to open the door without making a sound.

I couldn't believe it. I am a little amazed that he has already figured out how to climb out of his crib, but a little freaked out. What do you do with a 17 month old that can climb out of his crib? Little stinker :)

Glasses

One of the advantages of of having grandparents is getting to try on their glasses. Here is Logan showing off Nana's glasses. Usually he is trying to take them apart, but now he has discovered it is just a fun to wear them.

When Logan was wearing those glasses around I was thinking of this picture of Carter. They are close to the same age and this is Carter wearing Papa Fred's glasses. I guess not much has changed....

Bad haircut

Saturday was a sad day at our house when Carter cut his own hair and we had to get it buzzed off. He was home with Brady and he snuck off and got the hair cutting scissors out and cut a huge chunk of hair. It was so short there was no fixing it, we just had to buzz it off. When Brady found him he said he was trying to look good for Daddy and Mommy.

Brady was good he called me and warned me before I got home so I could prepare myself. I took him to get his hair cut and he did good, but was really sad when he had to get it all cut off. He loves to pet his hair and does it constantly so he will miss it the most. He told his Nana that it will be okay because he is going to pray God and ask him to grow his hair back fast. You can check out the before and after pictures.

Logan

Just a couple cute pics of Logan. He figured out how to put his glasses on so he loves to wear them around and especially look at himself in the mirror. In the bottom pictures he is wearing his sweatshirt that says Logan from Gee Gee.

Elk feeding station

Last weekend we went up to the Oak Creek Wildlife Area Elk feeding station in Naches. It was really awesome to see that many elk in one place, we saw 850 and if there was more snow there would be more. We took a little ride on a truck out in the field and we got to observe the elk and talk to a guide. The boys loved it, Carter loves animals and enjoyed watching them run around and seeing them up close. Logan watched them intently and even said elk and truck, it was really cute.

One of the coolest things we saw were two bald eagles that were perched on the mountain right above us and kept flying around. We've seen a lot of bald eagles, but never two together like that. They also have big horn sheep they feed that we saw, but didn't get any pictures. I would highly recommend this to anyone heading that way, the best time is January and February.

There is a little visitor's center that Carter really enjoyed, they have a bunch of taxidermied animals and a box of bones and hydes the kids can explore.

Snow! Snow! Snow!

We only had a few days of snow, but we took advantage of it. There is a great sledding hill at the school just a few blocks away. Our family loves to sled and it was great to meet up with our neighbors and have a great time...we only wiped out one kid this year, not bad. Poor Logan had to go during his nap time so he was a little laid back.

The boys got there in style with Daddy pulling them.

Logan has it made he goes down and up and never moves. He gets a big smile every time he went down the hill, but eventually he fell asleep.