Easter

So, as always Easter was crazy but good! I think this Easter was special. I'm sure everybody understands this feeling and that there is no way to describe it, but here goes a try. I love that feeling that you get when your kids actually understand the things you've been trying since they were born to teach them. The feeling that what you are teaching them is bigger than right there at home and it's going to be something they take with them for the rest of their lives. I got that feeling on Easter morning when we sat and tried to explain the true meaning of Easter to Hunter & Hanna. It worked a lot better with Hunter and even then, it was just a glimpse, but it taught me something about my self and how important our jobs are as mothers. I can't believe sometimes how much these little people depend on me, and most of the time I feel so inadaquate. But once in a while I get that really wonderful peace that comes when I know what were doing is the most important job in the whole world and I wouldn't trade it for the whole world!

Sky high!

So my kids love this place I think more than home! They get there and go straight for the arcade area. I have never even given them a token, they simply love sitting on the motorcycles pretending they're getting somewhere! We went with some friends in the neighborhood and I think this is going to have to be a weekly thing we do!

St. Patricks Day!

Here's a few new pages of things we have been doing lately. I am so behind because of how busy we've been with birthday stuff and Jon being out of town for a month! But it's finally over WAHOO! Well Jon did tell me he has to be out of town all of next week too which I was totally bummed about until he said I get to come this time! We're leaving the kids with my sister and I;m just tagging along. He'll be working during the day in Pheonix and Tuscon so I will actually have a day off...woah, I don't know what I am going to do! Maybe I'll exercise...hahaha funny right? J.k. I actually do want to and maybe I can read a good book. I am way psyched!
The pics of the kids are on St. Patricks day. Our cute little neighbor friend Niki came over to play. My kids love it when she comes over. Her dad has arranged for Hunter to marry Niki in the far far far away future! They would be the best inlaws! They were playing ring around the rosie. Hunter sang the right tune but the words that came out of his mouth were; "jingle all the way...jingle all the way...jingle all the way!" It was hilarious!

BROTHER & SISTER!

So once in a while, you get to see the cutest thing in the whole world, your kids actually playing and getting along with eachother!
Lately Hunter and Hanna have been so fun to watch, not all the time, but sometimes they actually treat eachother like true little friends. I think Hutner is really excited that Hanna is finally to the age of talking to him understanding what he says and most of all, she'll do what he tells her to do! He has so much power...he thinks! I did manage to get a few cute shots of them playing together. More to come hopefully!






By the way...why are my kids always taking off their clothes???

Preschool at home!

So we have had to come up with a few new things to keep us busy this wintery season! This week Hunter is working on his spelling and mazes! while Hanna banana is trying all of Hunter andmy weird food concoctions from a new kid cookbook he got from Christmas! This week we made Astronaut pudding(instant pudding and milk in a baggie and you SQUISH it, cut a hole in the bottom and eat it)
and apple surprises!(cut the top off an apple, scoop out the middle and fill it with a peanut butter and raising mixture! YUMMY!)They were actualy pretty good, MESSY but YUMMY!

Some new stuff!

So the kids have a lot of fun in the bath and around the house, so excuse the nudity in these pics, I figured it was ok since they're 3& 1 year olds! Enjoy!

So Hanna is into taking off her clothes lately. I went in to get her when she woke up form her nap and look what I found...

Cross Country Skiing!

So Jon and I finally did it! We completed our first Cross Country Ski trip to the Yurt! He has been begging to do it forever and we finally had the time! IT WAS AMAZING! I loved every minute of it ... well not so much the sore thighs, but everything else was Awesome! There are no words to explain the peace and the magic you feel when you're sitting silent and it's snowing in the mountains!
We left last Thursday on Jons last day of his job and celebrated with a little overnight excursion to the Uintahs! My pack wasn't quite as heavy as his but I am still pretty proud of myself for carrying a pack at all! (I know it looks kind or rediculous.)
We left the kids with Jons parents and got there about 4:00 so we just hoped to make it to the Yurt by dark. Once we got there, Jon spent about a half an hour trying to start the propane while I tried to set up and start a fire inside. We were getting kinda hungry so I turned on the stove not thinking that it would need propane. Realizing that quickly I tried to turn it off and me being the girl scout that I am...hahaha... couldn't turn the dang thing off, which actually turned out to be a good thing since it started right away. I decided after about a minute of laughing to myself that I should probably tell Jon that the propane was already on and the hot water, he was pouring on the supposedly frozen pipes, wasn't doing anything! Anyway, it was an awesome trip and we can't wait to take the kids in the summer ...no I will not ski in with 2 kids on my back. Only Jon is that insane!