A couple cute videos

Our Little Gymnasts

We are very proud of our little Gymnasts. They work hard and have fun and are successful. It is so fun to watch them progress and be proud of themselves.

Look at that form on the girl in the orange. 

Lily doing her first big girl butterfly class. 

Bozeman Trip

Me and the girls headed up to Bozeman for a quick weekend while Kevin went to Nebraska for track and had a lot of work to do. We had a fabulous time. Got to meet our renters and play with friends, enjoy the library, and go skiing.

Moonlight Basin, MT , an awesome place to ski for families

Kaelyn going up the Magic Carpet by herself

Lily going up the red carpet by herself

So yes, I was a crazy nut who thought it possible to take two young girls on the slopes by myself and it actually worked.  I even had two girls on skiis.  Kaelyn did pretty well on her own but wanted my help and Lily needed my help but thought she could do it all on her own.  We spent some good time on the Magic Carpet and then hit the quad chair lift.  Lily road on my back (no skiis at this time) while Kaelyn skiied in front of me with a harness.  Kevin insisted that I get a harness this time and I was so thankful I did.  Lily doesn't look too happy in this picture but she was actually having a blast riding on the lift.  Thankfully everyone was so nice and helpful always slowed the lift down to get us off and on.  Each time we went down was quite an ordeal, but we made it fun and sipped hot chocolate out of my Kleen Kanteen everytime we got to the top before we headed down.  Kaelyn was getting turning down very well.  She likes speed and that scares me a bit cause she doesn't like to slow down and gets herself in trouble.  The harness let her feel the speed but gave me control and she fell twice and learned a bit, but nothing was disasterous, so she still had fun.  Lily kept wanting to stand on my skiis to go down.  I tried it once before strapping her on my back but not so easy with another toddler in front of you.  The trickest part was transporting everything from the car to the slopes.  Thankfully we had brought the pull sled and I drug Lily in it and Kaelyn on skiis.  The other tricky thing is when you are helping kids out, you don't have hands for poles so getting around the base is a bit tricky as well.  All in all a great success and would do it again.  Hopefully I will have Kevin with me though. 

Tyler and Crystal with their puppy Daisy and Grace's pacifier

January cuties

Just some pics from January that I wanted to share. We have tried to keep things low key but certainly we have been busy. We have been trying to do some real healthy cooking and that has provided for some fun getting dirty in the kitchen.

Playing with her doll house

A beautiful Gillette sunset

Playing school together

"helping" with the dishes

Our cutie

Enjoying a day at the park in January

Our homemade crackers.  Super yummy and easy.  1 cup of flour, 5 TBS cold butter, 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese.  put in food processor until it is doughy (takes a couple minutes).  roll out and cut shapes or roll into a log and slice in circles.  Cook at 350 for 8-14 minutes. 

Playing with homemade sparkle playdough

Enjoying here dolls

Our sweeties

Reading

So Kaelyn is amazing us with her reading.  She has been reading a full paragraphs and. stories.  It really hit me the other day when we were reading the wheels on the bus and I was singing it as I have learned.  I always saying "all THROUGH the town" and the book says "all OVER town".  Kaelyn Stopped me and said "mommy it says over not through".  Then we were reading another story that said the word roux And she said "mom you forgot to say X".  I didn't know she had been reading along with me. 

When doing our school lessons She comprehends the story far better than I do.  Beyond impressed. 

Sisters

This was a cute pic of the girls holding hands while taking turns praying.  Such sweetness. 

The things toddlers say.

Kiddos are so honest and observant.  Today when we were at Wendy's there was a lady standing behind us with buck teeth.  Kaelyn looked at her and asked her, "did you suck your thumb?"  Poor lady.  Then checking in at the hospital, there was an older lady with a wrap around her head and Kaelyn pointed and said, " I don't like her face."  Oh so much to learn.  At least now she sees what can happen to her teeth if she keeps sucking her thumb.