Bridger Bowl

We met two other families in Bozeman for a long weekend of skiing!  The kids had a blast and of course, it's always great to see our friends!

Jacob and Callen on the magic carpet

10 Years Together

It was 10 years ago, that a sweet little girl from Guatemala came to our family. We love her spunk, spice, and kind heart.

Sun Powered

We had 49 solar panels installed on our barn roof in February.  These panels will provide our home with all of our energy needs, in combination with the solar hot water panels on our house.  We purposely built the barn with this side of the roof facing South to collect as much solar energy as possible.  The electricity flows into a net meter, so when we are producing more energy that we are using, the meter actually flows backward and we "bank" electricity to use later.  The return on investment is about 8-10 years, but these solar panels are guaranteed to last for 30 years!  I'm really looking forward to paying $0 for electricity for a long, long time!  The kids love to watch the meter numbers and cheer on our awesome solar panels.  :)

Bring on the Wyoming sunshine!

More Winter Fun!

Maya has been collecting Beanie Boos  :)

Making holiday pillowcases as part of a 4-H project

 When we were in Rapid City for basketball, we spent some time at Watiki, an indoor waterpark

Gabi snowboarding in our backyard on her cardboard creation

 Ice skating in Sheridan with some friends:

Maya and her science fair buddies with their project

All of the KL&A Buffalo kids!

When we were in Casper for basketball, we went to JumpCraze and the Oregon Trail Museum:

Gabi playing basketball in Casper

Jacob playing paw patrol under the basketball bleachers :)

 Jacob took his Sea Patroller for show and tell:

Visiting the new calves on a winter walk:

Celebrating Joyce's birthday:

Ski Steamboat!!

We headed to Steamboat last weekend for 3 fun days of skiing with another family from Buffalo.  The kids had so much fun, as did the adults!, skiing in fresh powder each day!

Ready to go!!

Jacob loved riding the gondola!

 He is really learning to ski fast!  His turns and stops are great, but he is easily distracted and likes to go a bit too fast for my liking!  :)

Skiing buddies!

 Lots of giggles at lunchtime:

Gabi was really focusing on parallel skiing (no more snowplow for her!)  She loves moguls and can legitimately beat her old mom down a hill in a head to head race. 

The kids thought they were so cool riding the lift by themselves!

Just like watching the half pipe on the Olympics!

Skiing Rocks!!

Basketball, Basketball, & More Basketball!

Gabi has had fun this season playing on the "Buffalo Swish."  It is such a fun group of 4th & 5th grade girls that have been playing together for two years now.  They played in 5th grade tournaments this season and won all of them except one, where they got second.  They have one more to go...the 4th graders only will head to Casper next weekend to see where they stand without the 5th graders.  Gabi's skills have truly shined while playing Y ball as well...she has improved so much from playing on this team.

Champions in Worland:

 Champions in Sturgis:

2nd Place in Gillette:

Champions in Rapid City (beating the team that they lost the Championship to in Gillette!):

And she's done...

Red Lodge

We made a quick trip to Red Lodge, MT to get some skiing in between many weekends of basketball.  Jacob took a lesson and had a blast!  Girls picked up right where they left off last season.  :)