Happy Valentine's Day!

I Love Valentine's Day. I Love putting up heart wreaths and making heart sugar cookies. I Love helping the kids figure out what they are doing for their friends and classmates. I Love hearing all the drama that went on with each of them as they gave them out and got them. I Love getting a little something for each of the kids for their Valentine gift. I Love going out to dinner around Valentine's Day- this year we are going out on Valentines night with the 4 kids and the missionaries! Should be interesting...

Skiing Fun

Over MLK Day we went on a super fun ski get-away. We met our friends at Steamboat Springs for the long weekend and had SO much fun. We got there Thursday night, which happened to be Kim's Birthday! We left the kids and went out to dinner then had some delicious poppyseed cake.

Here is Kim with her famous blanket! Congrats, Kim you made the blog.

Friday was ski school. The girls had been whining for two weeks prior about learning how to ski. They were not happy about going skiing, at all- the poor things.

When Phil went to pick them up after the day they were so excited! They couldn't wait to show him their skills. They begged to go skiing the next day. So they spent Saturday skiing together. They went on a bunch of different runs and were so happy to tell me they went on blues (whatever that means, I am NOT a skier). Can you see them- the three skiers on the left. Kim and I took the little ones to the slopes on Saturday to have lunch all together.
Nate, Zach, Gavin and Ashlyn.
We spent each night soaking in the giant hot tub.
On Sunday we went for a little hike to see a frozen water fall. It was beautiful.The lovely Keate family.
Here are the kids having fun together.

The girls are asking when they can go skiing again. It is so funny that they don't like to try new things, they get that from their dad not their mom- for sure. :)