Birthday Festivities

Making Pizzas...

First Tri-cycle action...thanks to Maya

Andre is not so sure!

A gathering at Leslies proved to be most excellent. Friends, kids, food and music (thanks to the jam session on the banjos, guitar and drums)...Awesome Time.

Spring Day

Admiring the new red tractor..

New barn and back acreage in Benson....so pretty

Spring Day at Grandpas....

sitting on the blue tractor

The new toy...daddy learning the ropes


Our first bike ride this season happened today. We rode out to Grandpa's "Farm". Ian liked playing on the big boy toys and we made it on our bikes. What a lovely day out!

Hanging Out

Smelling the flowers...this was a new experience for Ian and he gave some great expression. Funny kid.

Thanks goodness for ELMO. These are Ians favorite PJ's and Elmo is our friend. He helps out all the time, helps make dinner, helps let mommy and daddy read or clean....Way to go PBS!

Ian is growing up fast...talking like crazy. My favorite saying lately is when we are at a restaurant and the food comes he screams "Oh WOW!" and always gets the waitress laughing. Maybe he will be a food critic or something...

He likes to eat whole items. Such as an apple. I took him skiing the other day and on the way home he demanded having the whole apple. Since I was driving I couldn't control that he ate the entire thing...seeds, core, stem. Here he is with a little more monitoring but he loves apples. He's starting to get angry when I break his sandwich in half or whatever...he wants the whole thing, none of that baby stuff!

Always Helping

DO not mind the steak knife...no harm done.

Spring Skiing...Is it too soon to say that?

Our lunch spot

Bean Pie

Family Time with an extra included

Trying out the new ski attachments

Cheese at the kids table

It is March 1st, we can call that spring

....Leslie and the kids came for a visit....A sleepover. We enjoyed their company...we talked work, played dice, enjoyed some beverage and went skiing. It was the perfect day outside and a great visit!

Evening Dog Sesh

First clean air day in MANY....outside was calling. Everyone's happy.

Beaver Mountain...on a lovely Sunday

Andy, Kaya and Tom....Kaya skis like a rocket

No lines on Marges Triple...no one

Empty chairs as far as we can see

Superbowl Sunday Skiing Smiles

Skiing today was a great choice...not sure why there was no one there but we didn't mind a bit.

Icy Weather...Snow in the mountains

The weather has been crazy...our driveway is/was 3 inches or so of pure ice. Totally hazardous. It has been raining for 2 days and we had to get to the snow. The air has been awful too. Red air for a week or so. Ian did great on our ski today...we went to beaver creek and saw very few people. The dogs came along too. Wet heavy snow but very nice to ski in :)

18 Months Old

Ian had his 18 month check up today...we went a little early because he has pink eye. Day care had an outbreak. I thought we had avoided it but I guess not. Other than that he is doing great. He weighs 27 pounds (72%) he is 34.5 inches (96%) and his head is still in the 99%. Apparently he has had a large growth spurt...he is quite tall all of the sudden. He says many words, runs around, climbs to crazy scary heights and has many bumps and bruises to prove his stage in life. We have to keep all stools up...he can climb a stool and be standing on top in seconds flat. He likes to do jazz hands while on top. Who can blame him. Again all the cliche stuff....he is the best thing to ever happen to us.

Trip to Boise

(stolen pic from http://the.porter-reporter.com)

Ian had his longest road trip over the MLK holiday...Nanny, Poppa, Mommy and Ian drove to Boise to stay with Michele, Travis and Julia....Julia turned 7 while we were in town. I didn't take very many pictures...these are of the guinea pig (sammy) and the cousins. Ian was not sure of the pigs...They are quite cute I must admit.

A little strange but entertaining

Happy New Year!

Kids Party

Moms Party

The boys party

Baby Line up #2

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Out for a cruise

New Years Day

Kate and Will

Elliott and Ian chilled together

Leslie, Maya, Elliott, Kate, and Will drove up from SLC to spend the New Years with us. They just left and Ian has been sleeping 2 1/2 hours and counting!!! Ian loved having his buddies for the night. They partied it up....all children sleeping by 9:00 made the parents happy and drunker...Must do a repeat in the years to come....

Ians perspective....

Snow Day

How awesome....while we sleep it dumps a foot of snow....when we wake the sun shines and we go play in it....in today's case, Andy went to Beaver, --- Ian, mommy and the dogs went around the park across the street on skis. We will venture further tomorrow.

Christmas Fun

Spent Xmas at Nanny and Poppas...only after a 2 night, parent only, getaway to Park City. Thanks to N and P for watching Ian. He had a blast.
Christmas Eve was especially fun when at midnight we realized the sewer was backed up....Vacuuming wet carpet at 1 am...oh well.

Ians favorite present. The sesame street ride along...full of buttons and compartments, a definite favorite.

Cheese by the tree

Brush, brush, brush