Winter Fun

Here are some random pictures from January, February & March...enjoy!

Feeding the beef

Valentine's Program

Making a mess....I mean cookies! :)

Happy Birthday, Grammy Joyce!

Maya played Sir Isaac Newton in her class performance

Gabi & Marco studies planets for their science fair project!  :)

Maya helped with the Fabric & Fashion station for the 4H Expo.  She is wearing the skirt she made last summer.  :)

A Winter Full of Skiing!

In between weekends of basketball and swimming, we tried to fit in as many weekends of skiing as we could.  It still doesn't feel like enough, but it will have to do for this year!  :)  It is fun way to spend time as a family.  

We  headed to Steamboat before New Year's for a couple of days and then met my Mom & Dad and some friends from Colorado in Snowy Range for the third day!  Lots of fun!

Gondola

Hot cocoa break...it was in the single digits and below, but the kids didn't mind a bit!

Joe, Gabi, and Sam on a lift

Maya, me and my Dad on a lift

We also spent three days at Bridger Bowl in Bozeman, MT.  We love this place!

We finished up the season back at Steamboat for three more days with our friends from Buffalo.  Jacob is rocking it this year and even went down his first black diamond, aka "black crystal" to him.

on the gondola ready to go!

Kids have so much fun skiing together!

A little fun at the end of the day.

Stopping for a snack in the teepee

A train through the trees!

Jammin' at the end of the day!

Swimming!

Maya decided to try swimming this year and she loved it!  She liked the freestyle and backstroke the best.  She had a lot of success, so is excited for summer swim team and next year!

She got to hang out with her cousins too!

Basketball Fun!

 This is the 3rd year that Gabi has played with the "Buffalo Swish."  They have all improved so much over the years and are so fun to watch!

Swish, Swish!

Even Jacob got in on the basketball fun this year.  If there was a basketball equivlent to a "dandelion picker" in softball, Jacob would fit that to a T.  He really didn't pay attention or want to touch the ball much, but he had a GREAT time!

Christmas

We had an awesome Christmas at home.

Christmas morning breakfast at Don & Phyllis's house.

Cousins and their new blankets...so soft!

Present opening ceremonies at Dave & Joyce's house

Christmas dinner at Greer & Amanda's house

Santa brought Maya a new lego set for Christmas...she put it together in about 30 minutes!

Jacob received some new legos too!

 We went to Christmas Eve Mass and then opened our presents at home afterwards.

Ready for church

Gabi was very excited about the headphones that Jacob got her.

Patiently waiting to open the gifts from Tom & Angelene

Maya was pumped with her new ski garb!

We had the kids go through a scavenger hunt to find their last gift...a trip to Florida for Spring Break!  They had so much fun and really worked together.  Jacob even solved a clue that his older sisters could not figure out!!  :)  They are really excited to go to Disney!