More of what's been going on..

For my birthday back in January, I really wanted to go skiing, so I let Rivers skip school and we headed to the slopes.  It was such a fun day.  There were about 20 cars in the parking lot so we had the whole mountain to ourselves almost and it was so warm and sunny that I didn't put my gloves or coat on for over 2 hours.  Rivers never put a coat on and she totally got it this time.  I love that she found a run that was challenging for her, said "I'm doing this hill until I make it down without falling", and we did it over and over until she zipped down it without any stumbles.  And when I say zip, I mean zip!  Towards the end, she just tucks and goes straight and I can't catch up to her.  Little speed demon!

We got up early, early to leave for skiing and this was the beautiful sunrise just as we were leaving. 

I love that they're always full of smiles in the morning..



Handsome dude

So, as I was stopped at a flagger for roadwork, the person behind me decided not to stop and slammed into the back of us with all 4 kids in the back.  It totalled our Acura MDX but everyone was fine and unharmed.  I've always wanted a Eurovan (if we ever had to go the van route), so we searched and searched (since they quit importing them in 2003), and finally found a nice one up in Portland.  It's actually a really fun bus to drive.

We got the bus on my birthday, so I guess we can count that as my present.  Here is the cheese and chocolate fondue party Rivers put together for my b-day.

Valentines Day Breakfast....rose petals (fake ones) led them from their beds to the table.

Valentines...with their Lovebirds and rose petals
 and new long johns :)

Dreyton will not stay in his seat to eat and for some reason he likes to try and squish into Reagan's seat with her.

Dreyton has the long, curly locks and it looks like we might actually have a child with straighter hair with Reagan.  She has a serious mullet that we try to disguise with pigtails.  I've had two people ask me if I cut her hair that way because the top just seems to get shorter while the back grows. 

Cousin Cassidy.  All three of the munchkins love this little chair and at least one of them is sitting in it at all times.

For Cassidy's 1st birthday party Whitney made us all wear fake mustaches of all different sorts.  They look a little too real in this pic.  Freaks me out a little.

We finally got a snow day.  Of course everything closed so we got to just hang out and play in it. 

I know I have lots of pictures of Reagan on this post, but she's always smiling and posing for the camera.

The girls

I found this super old school BYU t-shirt on a stuffed animal at my Mom's and it's a perfect fit on Dreyton.

He is 1/4 Mexican :)

I love this pic of Rivs and I love that she loves to hang out in my apple tree.

Superbaby taking a walk...I like that you can see Reagan and Carlos bringing up the rear.

I figured out where the rain that was supposed to fall in January went.......to March.  We have lots of puddles and splashing in them is the favorite thing to do lately.  I love Reagan in this 'crushers' sweatshirt.  It fits her determined little personality.  She is so feminine and smiley and sweet  but shows no mercy when it comes to getting what she wants.

After church, in her dress, she bolted to the middle of the big puddle when I made the mistake of putting her down to get something.  She refused to come in, so I switched from her soaking wet dress shoes to boots and

we had fun exploring around together.

She is such a fun little buddy.

I'm glad I had my camera with me - I love the bright greens and yellows this time of year.