Pacific Science Center

Why Daddy was working we explored the science center. Carter was loving it, he kept thanking me for taking him and telling me how much fun it was. Logan had a great time, he loves to explore. His favorite things were the dinosaurs, the butterflies and the water table...he was soaking when we left, but he thought it was worth it.

Carter couldn't quite take his eyes off the T-rex to get a pictures...even though he knew they weren't real I'm not sure he really trusts them. :)

One of Logan's newest words is dinosaur, he has a book of dinosaurs at home and is really into it.

Logan and Carter both fit inside a dinosaur's footprint.

Water table

At the Mars exhibit they had a mission control and space shuttle exhibit. There was a boy on the other side at "mission control" telling them what to do. They were opening and closing compartments, moving air filters around all through a microphone. They had a lot of fun.

Playing at the park in Bellevue

We traveled with Dad this week to Seattle and while he was working we got to play. We found a great park just a block away from our hotel and the kids had a great time. For dinner we went to Carter's favorite restaurant, Rainforest Cafe. Both the kids had a great time checking out all the animals and even enjoy the thunder storms.

I love spring blooms, how exciting...

Check out this yummy dessert, its chocolate pudding with oreos and gummy worms...delicious dirt :)

New tricks

The boys love to show off new tricks so I thought I would post a few. We saw some kids performing karate at the WSU basketball game halftime, it was a really cool show. The kids were breaking boards so Daddy and Carter were recreating this with the paper towel roll.

Here is Logan's version of a summersault. He is really proud of himself.

Logan loves to make his tiger noise any time you say tiger or he sees one in a book he makes his noise.

Snuggling

Our family definitely loves to snuggle. The boys favorite thing is to come snuggle in our bed first thing in the morning while they wake up. I captured a picture of Carter laying on Logan's lap that I had to share. The other morning Logan was laying on Carter's lap and Carter was petting Logan's hair, it was so cute. But I didn't get a picture because Logan never stays still for long. :)

Papa turns the big 60!

In February we celebrated my Dad's 60th birthday and Danelle's 25th. It was a fun party with family and friends.

Doug where are your stripes?

Watching the imovie

Valentine's Tea

We had our annual Valentine's Day tea with my family and high school friends, it has become something to really look forward to. I love to catch up with everyone and I love the stories everyone shares each year, especially my Grandma telling us all her wonderful adventures from her younger years that she rarely speaks of.

It feels like we were just in high school and here we are all grown up with our little ones, who aren't looking so little anymore. (Sarah with Grace, me and Carter, Val with Serena)

While all the old people were talking the kids moved on to better things like building a fort and working out. :)

On the slopes again

Two babies and four years later I finally went snowboarding. I was hesitant after so long but it was a great time and I remembered why I missed it so much. Thanks Kristi and Ryan for getting us going again.

Kristi and Ryan hanging on...

We checked and Carter's snowman was still there a week later.

A Sweet Night

We had a sweet Valentine's Day with our boys and then Mommy and Daddy got to sneak out to a movie at bed time. Daddy worked hard and made us all sushi and we loved it, it was delicious! Thanks Daddy!

I love these chopsticks that our friend Emily gave us when Carter was just a toddler...he loves his sushi

I had to capture this...Logan praying at dinner. He has been watching us pray each night at dinner and Carter always rests his head on his hands so this is Logan's version...I love it!

Each boy got a little kids box of chocolate on their present and so we let Logan eat one and he was in heaven (above). We didn't give him anymore though until he found Carter's box on top of the table several weeks later and I came in and found him on the table shoving one in as fast as he could (below).

Blanket baby

Logan loves blankets and especially his little snugglies. He has loved to have a blanket close to his face since he was a baby. Now that he is bigger he loves to grab up as many blankets as he can when we come to get him from his crib and bring them along to snuggle. He has little blankets and snugglies all over the house and every time he finds one he has to grab it up and snuggle it. I wanted to capture a few pictures of his love for blankies.

These are all the blankets that Logan brought out of his crib.

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.