Spring Break Day 4 (morning)- "Relaxing" Day

Tuesday was our day to "relax". We didn't really plan anything so we could just hang out and relax. The morning started off relaxing, we just ate breakfast, drank coffee, and pretty much did nothing. Then we decided to go out and play in the snow. That was fun, but definitely NOT relaxing. Trudging around in the deep snow gave us all a workout.

The view from the dining room table. I love the huge windows in this house. The views are perfect and relaxing.

As soon as Carter woke up he went and sat in the window and said, "Mommy, take a picture of me and the snow!"

How could I resist?!

**Carter was Cubby from Jake and the Neverland Pirates when he woke up today. (I was Izzy, Monte was Jake, Dan was Captain Hook, and Wyatt was Mr. Smee. Wyatt was thrilled to be the fat old man-ha!)

Dan and his kids peacefully putting together a puzzle. Ha!- If you know Dan, you know he is majorly OCD. He had a method, and if you didn't follow his method... well, it was hilarious to watch!

Next to the drive way, we had a huge mound of snow that went to a drop off down to the front yard. It was awesome and made a great hiding spot during snowball fights. (As long as you were on top of the mound.)

Carter has turned into a pro at making and throwing snowballs.

Cubby :), Kalin, and Katherine at the top throwing snowballs at Wyatt.

Poor Wyatt, he was getting pounded with snowballs.

I was his favorite target today.

Where did Wyatt's lower half go?!

The snow was so deep! You would be walking along just fine managing to stay on top, and then without warning you would lose half your body.

Dan and Wyatt wrestling in the snow.

Lexie decided to make a track to sled down. She's crawling along trying desperately not to sink.

Oops! Daddy lost his legs. Luckily Cubby was light enough, he didn't sink very much.

Lexie made a track!

I love the house in the background here.

Whoops! Carter lost his arm; he didn't like that too much.

Kalin making a snow angel.

Wyatt made a track through the trees. The hill was pretty steep; they flew down!

Peek-a-boo! Lexie is at the top of the mound I was telling you about, and I am at the bottom.

Lexie heading down the super fast track.

One of the things I love most about being a parent is that my kids make me be a kid again. I am not a cold weather person. And, if I was home alone, I would spend my snow days curled up in bed with coffee. But, my kids wanted to play outside in the snow, so I played outside in the snow. I had so much fun!! It was fun watching them have fun and laugh, but it was also fun playing in the snow. I am so thankful that I am lucky enough to be a mom, and I have to be a kid sometimes.

Spring Break Day 3: Skiing

We woke up yesterday to Ofelia making breakfast. It was a nice treat!

Carter has been talking about skiing for several weeks. He was so excited when he woke up because he was finally getting to go skiing.

My two babies waiting on skis.

We were a little nervous about if he really would ski or not. The lady at the counter told us that the hardest part for little kids is wearing the boots. She said normally if they will wear the boots, then they will do okay skiing. Well, we were so fortunate because Carter LOVED his boots. They were neon green and purple like Buzz Lightyear, and he was Buzz Lightyear when he woke up today :)

So excited!!

Getting his skis on.

Carter and his instructor waiting for the T-bar ski lift thing.

Carter checking out his awesome skis.

My future X-gamer.

I think the lift was his favorite part. He laughed all the way up the hill.

His second time down the hill. He LOVED it!!!
At first, the instructor kind of held him up as they went down the hill. After a few times, they stayed toward the bottom of the hill, and he had Carter ski to him.

"Hi Mom!"

"I'm Buzz Lightyear." That's what we could hear him tell the instructor when he accidentally called him "Carter."

My pretty girl watching the lesson. Since I can't ski this year, I didn't get to take any pics of her on the slopes :(

The beautiful view where we were skiing.

The instructor said Carter did great, but he just wanted to go fast. I think
he eventually gave up on teaching Carter to slow down and just taught him how to fall properly.



Monte and Lexie decided to go up the bunny slope and cut across to the lodge. They said it was easier; I think it was just an excuse to ski a little bit more.

My happy little skier.

**** I haven't mentioned much about his soccer games on here because, well frankly, it's a little embarrassing. Carter does great during the practice part, but when the game starts he cries and the coach has to carry him around the court.

After looking back at how much Carter liked boogie boarding at the beach and the waves hitting him in the face, and then seeing how much he enjoyed tubing and skiing this week: I have decided he is more of an X-games kind of kid and less of a traditional sports kind of kid. So instead of a little David Beckham, I have a little Louie Vito. (Because I can also see Carter on Dancing With the Stars.)-- Hey, whatever makes him happy.

Spring Break Days 1 and 2

Warning: the next few posts will contain A LOT of photos. (I'm not a writer, so the pics will be more exciting than my words anyway.)

Monte's aunt and uncle have a gorgeous 2nd house in Vail, and they were very kind and let us use it during Spring Break. My brother and his family also joined us, so this is going to be a great week!

My iPhone addicts relaxing on the couch at the airport.

Funny story: I have very imaginative children. Carter is in a stage now where he is a different character every day when he wakes up, and that is what we have to call him. He will correct us if we call him "Carter". Well, when he handed his ticket to the TSA agent at the airport, the guy said, "Are you Carter Moore?"

Carter replied, "No. I'm Jimmy Neutron!"

Two thumbs up from Lexie. Carter did great on the flight. (I tried to get a pic with him looking at me, but he was obsessed with looking out the window.) Don't worry, he did actually sit with his seat belt on during the flight. He was actually quite adamant that he HAD to have his seat belt on.

Our beautiful morning view. (This picture doesn't do it justice.)

Uncle Dan and Carter playing with cars.

Katherine, Kalin, Wyatt, Lexie, and Carter at Beaver Creek.

Yay!! Carter is tall enough to go tubing.

This statue reminded Lexie of Canada. She has an obsession with "Canadia"(as she calls it). Don't worry, she does know it is pronounced "Canada". She just thinks "Canadia" sounds better. :)

Lexie and Carter had a great snowball fight.

Lexie and I on the gondola.

Carter and Monte getting ready to go tubing. This is when we found out that Carter had to go down the tubing hill by himself. We thought he would ride with Monte down the hill, but we were wrong. We were not sure how Carter would feel about tubing alone.

Lexie waiting patiently to tube.

The guy working there would spin you so you would be spinning about half way down the hill. It looked like a lot of fun. The kids said it was great!

Carter in his tube. I was hoping he wouldn't be scared and cry the whole way down. (We told the guy not to spin him.)



Well, Carter laughed and squealed the whole way down the hill. He loved it!!

Uncle Dan videoed his tubing his experience. I can't wait to watch those videos- I'm sure the commentary is hilarious!!

Katherine getting ready to go down.

Monte is ready.

The guy spun Kalin so fast her hat flew off.

"Spin me please!"- We did allow a little spin. He's Mr. Adventure. Actually, he was Buzz Lightyear this day because he yelled, "to infinity and beyond" as he went down the hill.

It was a good day. Carter fell asleep as soon as we got on the bus to our car.

Lexie had fun, too.

Tomorrow: skiing!!

Surprise!