Friday, January 30, 2015

Girls First Skiing Adventure

Last week my sister was going to watch our kids as part of swap so we could go on a date.  We were having a difficult time coming up with something to do.  Steve somewhat sarcastically throughout the idea of skiing--I said we could probably do night skiing.  So we started talking through things and realized we could probably pull it off.  We were both nervous since it had been over a decade since we both had skied, but we ended up having a wonderful time.  We made plans to take the girls the following weekend which was today.  Steve managed to find a great deal on helmets and goggles at the Costco in Draper near where he works so we tried those on last night and had the girls practice their pizza wedges (snow plowing).  They were so excited to go.  When I did kinder pick-up Lila came running straight to the car (she usually saunters out).  She explained that she was so excited to go skiing that she ran.  The girls had three hours of private lessons.  After the first hour the instructor took them up on the lift and they made three runs down the mountain.  By the end Ellie was snow plowing down all by herself and Lila was still using the little stretchy thing to keep the front of her skiis together.  Ellie decided to go down again with Steve and Grandpa (Mimi & Grandpa came down to go with us).  Grandpa said she went so fast it made him nervous--Steve said she did great.  Lila wanted to go in to the lodge after lessons to obtain the promised hot cocoa.  She hiked up the little hill to the lodge in the ski boots like a pro.  After our little dinner and cocoa we were ready to head home, but Lila didn't realize we had already turned in the skis and started crying because she wanted to go again.  It broke my heart and I felt bad that we had turned in our stuff, but after being in the car for 20 minutes the tiredness settled in and I was glad we left when we did.  Lila asked how come we didn't sign them up for lessons on Saturday again.  I explained that we wanted to try it and see how they liked it before we signed them up for too much.  We will definitely be skiing again!






















Monday, January 19, 2015

Family Fun Days

Last Friday, Jan 9th, Steve went to Costco in Draper after work to pick-up some items for us. Late that night he realized that he somehow lost the van keys and that it was most likely at the Costco. Well you know expensive keys can be to replace with all of the high-tech stuff that have in them plus it was attached to one of our keyless entries. So we decided to drive to Draper to look for the keys and planned an adventure to the new museum at Thanksgiving Point to make the day fun. The girls had fun exploring the different areas and Andrew even enjoyed the little kids zones, but it was packed so after almost 3 hours we decided to get some lunch. We enjoyed a hot dog at JDawgs. Then we debated doing some shopping at the outlets there, but we were all beat so we headed home.












Today was a holiday--the kids didn't have school and Steve's Monday meeting had been cancelled so we decided to take the kids bowling.  They each had received a free game of bowling from their teachers and Lila had some arcade money left over from when Mimi & Grandpa took her so after our game of bowling we enjoyed a few arcade games, spent a few of the tickets and went home happy.  Did I mention that I beat Steve bowling--I told him we need to go bowling more often so he can practice. ;) Andrew even held a bowling ball in his stroller for a while thinking he was all bad.  The girls really wanted to order pizza with bowling, but we went first thing in the morning which I'm glad we did--it was busy but we beat the big crowd so when we got home we made our own pizzas.  The girls are becoming pros at rolling out the dough and distributing toppings while eating pepperonis. :)

Monday, January 5, 2015

2015 - Love One Another

Every year for our first family home evening we set family goals which may include a few personal goals for the girls.  Then Steve gives them a father's blessing.  We had planned to do this on Sunday before they went back to school, but the first Sunday of the year in primary wiped me out.  I was at the church from 9-4 and it was fast Sunday which triggers migraines for me, but I was trying to set a good example for Ellie.  I should have known that with the stress of the first Sunday I should have eaten something simple.  All evening I was afraid the girls may suffer like me from fasting, but they were happy after scarfing down dinner and then eating apples for snacks.  Anyway, the migraine knocked me down for the rest of the evening so we held our goal meeting tonight and Steve gave beautiful blessings to the girls.  Lila was so excited she couldn't stop grinning and it eventually led to a giggle, but it was pure joy.  I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who sent me such a wonderful husband who loves our children and is supportive of the crazy Sundays I have with my calling.

Our family theme this year is Love One Another.  Here is our goal sheet:
 
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