March

These sunsets will never get old...

Here are some of our adventures in March:

Maya was part of a dance group in the "Stars of Tomorrow" talent show in Buffalo.  These little girls worked so hard and had lots of fun together.  :)

Maya has been in tooth-losing mode!  She lost two in one day on our way to Steamboat.

We stayed with my Mom and Dad for a couple days after Steamboat.  They took us to the Discover Center in Ft. Collins.  There was a really fun dinosaur exhibit.

Making the pterodactyls fly

Jacob thinks this huge train table is the best thing ever!

We celebrated my Dad's birthday a week early...bunny cake and all!

And....Jacob continues to get sillier by the day.  His two sisters love playing with him.  :)

Spring Break in Steamboat

We spent some time in Steamboat over Spring Break with some good friends from Buffalo.  We all skied for three days straight and had a blast!  The kids loved every second, especially following each other through the trees.  Jacob spent the time at my Mom and Dad's house, so we were able to all ski together!

The first day was really foggy!

The kids range in age from 6-9 and had a great time together

The condo we stayed at had a heated indoor/outdoor swimming pool.  All the energy that wasn't used skiing, was put to good use at night playing together in the pool!

It's sunny!

The whole crew!

Maya and Addison are best buddies on and off the slopes.  :)

oops!

I love their giggles.  :)

February

I think I'm finally about caught up!  Here are some more pictures of our adventures in February!  Thanks to all of you for checking in on us!

I went skiing with all of the 2nd graders to Meadowlark!  It was such a fun day and Maya had a great time skiing with her buddies!

A video that our friend, Kevin, shot of Maya (in the white coat) and his daughter (purple coat).

Jacob thought Valentine's Day was so fun.  His babysitter makes her kiddos feel extra special.  We are so thankful for her.

We had a small stretch of warm weather a week ago.  We braved the mud and hit the park.  Jacob loves it when his sisters act silly with him.

Our basketball hoop blew over in a windstorm.  Joe will be able to fix it once it warms up, but Jacob was determined that he could fix it.  He loves his tools and being a Mr. Fix-it like his Dad and Grandpas!

We went skiing at Snowy Range near Laramie last weekend.  Nicole was able to join us along with some of our friends from Colorado.  Maya and Gabi LOVED skiing with Nicole.  A fun day was had by all!  We were having so much fun we forgot to take pictures!  ;)

Wyoming Basketball Games

We were able to attend two Wyoming Basketball Games in Laramie this year.  One in December before the Mountain West Championship Football Game....

Maya & Nicole

Hanging out on the court with some buddies after the game

...and one in February with some of our other friends from Buffalo.  We were able to spot Pistol Pete during this game.  Jacob was so excited to go meet him, but then freaked out the closer we got.  Maya had to hold him to keep him from running away in this picture!

Watiki

We spent quite a bit of time at Watiki Water Park in Rapid City when we were there a couple of weeks ago.  Gabi's basketball games were played in the afternoon, so we were able to beat the crowds by swimming in the mornings.  This is by far the largest water park in a 500 mile radius and these kids ate it up!  They all loved the big slides.  Gabi and Maya could go down all of them by themselves.  Jacob is too little to go down the big slides by himself, so I went with him! I didn't mind a bit...a good excuse to have a little fun!  He is such a daredevil!

I didn't get any pics of the kids going down the big slides since I was going down as well, but here are a few of them on the smaller set of slides.  Gabi and Maya are such good big sisters and took Jacob with them.

Hiding in the tunnel during a bucket dump!

Adventures in Basketball

Gabi played on a basketball team of 3rd and 4th graders that did a little traveling to tournaments this winter.  She had a blast and improved so much.  We are so thankful to her coaches who volunteered their time and expertise to foster a love of basketball and sportsmanship in these girls.  Here are some photos from the tournamnets in Sturgis, SD, Gillette, WY, and Rapid City, SD.

Trying to clap while eating a ring pop.

Sturgis 4th Grade Girls Tournament Champions!!

Doesn't it look like Gabi's coach is pulling her ponytail!?

Rapid City 4th Grade Girls 3rd Place Team

Grandma Fern

Joe's Grandma Fern lives in an assisted living facility in Spearfish.  We were able to visit and take her out to lunch when we went to Sturgis for a basketball tournament in January.  She is in pretty good spirits and doing well for being 92 years old.  :)