Visiting Telluride, CO

It was a gorgeous day yesterday, so we took a drive up to Telluride, CO with Lynnae's family. Kyle skis up there alot, but I had never been during the ski season. It is a great place to visit year round.
When we got there, we rode the gondola down to the town and walked around. The kids really love the gondola. We found a place to eat in town and walked the main street. There are lots of shops to visit and sites to see. While on main street, we saw this plaque that was on the site of a old bank that was Butch Cassidy's first bank robbery.
Here is the whole gang (except me taking the picture) by the gondolas, ready to go home. As you can see there were quite a few skiers around that day.
Lynnae took this picture of Telluride from the gondola on the way back up to our cars. It is a beautiful place and we really had alot of fun.

Sledding in Durango

We went sledding in Durango yesterday with our family and Kyle's sister Lynnae's family who is visiting from Texas this week. We found a great sledding place close by the ski resort there. The snow was coming down pretty hard at first, then it slowed down.

Kyle and Landon are watching as the others go down the hill.
Kaleb needs a push to get started. His first try he went off the side of the hill and caught some air. He thought it was fun, but it scared me.
Landon mostly enjoyed eating the snow rather than sledding in it.
Kyle takes Becca and Landon down the hill in the tube. The kids really had a fun time. The two older boys were off trying out the snowboards they had just rented for the next day. It was a great day!

Play @ the Park

Yesterday we took our first trip to the park for the new year! It was mostly sunny and 55 degrees and gorgeous! We saw some friends there that had the same idea that we had and they boys enjoyed to sunshine. As you can tell, there was still lots of snow on the ground, but the play area was mostly clear. I am so ready for spring!!

Sidewalk Chalk

Landon and his friend Thayer Plewe took advantage of the beautiful afternoon we had on Tuesday to make some chalk art in our driveway.
It was so nice out, they didn't even need their coats or boots, but I guess it was just habit to have them on. It was 50 degrees for the high that day. Wonderful!

We are definately ready for spring here! But don't worry Lynnae (her family is coming to visit us for spring break), it is supposed to snow again this weekend.

Fresh Haircuts

This pictures was from last week, but I just remembered to add it. The boys had just gotten haircuts from dad and were looking so handsome I had to take a picture. What beautiful boys, but I'm not biased or anything!

Presents Galore!

The best part of the party for Cole was opening his presents. He got lots of great stuff: a light up light saber, a Spider-man car, Star Wars action figures, markers, card games, a calendar, hot wheels, a sidewalk paint sprayer, and more. Everyone was very generous, and he is grateful for wonderful friends to share his birthday with. Happy Birthday Cole!

#5 Birthday Party!

We had a birthday party for Cole at our house with his friends from school and church. We had about 12 kids there ages 3-7 and their parent. The theme was Star Wars, so we had a Darth Vader cupcake cake and party favors.
To entertain the kids, we moved out the furniture from the family room and set up the Geo Trax train with 5 trains and remotes for them to play with. When they got bored with that, they could go down to the playroom and play with the other toys.
We had pizza for dinner, so the kids ate really fast and then went back downstairs to play.
When it was time for cake, we tore apart the cupcakes and dug in.
The blue frosting was a hit, and Landon enjoyed making a big mess with it.