Around Here

A few mornings ago this is what Micah and I woke up to......the kids took over our bed. Think they're related?

Adler is starting to think about crawling.

Owen made a nest for himself to nap in earlier this week. He found every blanket in his room and curled up with them. Looks cozy.

When we're eating dinner we always give Adler a clementine to play with. On this particular evening Owen gave ALL of the clementines to Adler to play with.

On a hike, enjoying some wonderful spring weather.

We bought this cool swing at Ikea and the kids love it! I took a video of Adler swinging in it that I'll have to post.

Adler's first bike ride. I think Owen was so excited to ride in the trailer with his little sister.

Just a swingin'

These pictures are from a hike a few weeks ago.

Can you find Micah and Owen???

Olympian in Training

Ugh.

We woke up to a couple inches of snow this morning. On April 22nd. And to make it worse, as I was driving the kids to school today Owen wanted to sing Christmas songs. Ugh. I am not happy about this. On days like this I wish we still lived in Texas.

Sun and Snow

We finally had some good weather last weekend, so we pretty much spent the entire weekend outside. On Saturday we enjoyed some spring skiing at Heavenly. This was Owen's first ride up the gondola. This kid is not scared of heights!

And this is Owen's first ride on a real ski lift. We've taken him skiing a few times this winter, but he's stayed on the bunny slope. He was really excited to get on the BIG lift this time.

He's really doing a great job skiing. He still needs to learn how to slow down, but I've been so impressed with how quickly he's picked it up. Thank goodness for the harness!

Look at him go!

After a couple of runs with Owen, Adler needed a break. She got tired just watching her big brother ski!

We went to Heavenly with a couple of other families and they were nice enough to watch the kids for a while so we could catch a few runs by ourselves. This was the first time in 2 years that I've been skiing....it was AWESOME.

While I was busy being pregnant and taking care of babies these past 2 years, I forgot how much I enjoyed this!

Tessa and Adler

Owen with his buddies Ryder and Orrin.

The Ladies: Kelly, Brenda, Maureen and Tessa.

The boys were ready to go swimming.

After our ski fun we stopped by to see some friends. Here are Adler and Max.

On Sunday we stayed down in Carson and enjoyed the warm weather....took a nice little hike.

Sacramento

We headed over the mountain to Sacramento this weekend to celebrate Micah's birthday and get away for a family trip. We were craving some sunny, warm weather, which you can normally count on this time of year in California, but there was cold front and it was pretty chilly. I was bummed that we had to wear jackets and bundle up, but we still managed to enjoy ourselves. And it was nice to see the green grass and blooming flowers. I am SOOOOO ready for some warm weather!!!

On Saturday we went to the Sacramento Zoo and to Fairytale Town (which is the coolest kids park I've ever seen). Yesterday it poured rain all day so we spent most of the day at IKEA before driving home in a blizzard (seriously).

We stayed at the Embassy Suites and Owen slept on the fold-out couch in the living area. He thought it was fun to have his own room, plus Adler didn't wake him up when she cried in the middle of the night.

Here's Owen at the zoo on a very fun concrete slide. I really love this photo.

Mean spider....

Just how a 33 year old should act....

Owen liked petting the animals.

The Sacramento Zoo is small, but perfect for Owen. He saw tigers, lions, giraffes, chimpanzees, snakes, zebras, and birds.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Fairytale Town is a kids park across the street from the zoo that was built in 1959. Everything in the park relates to a fairytale or nursery rhyme. I like that the park is "old school" with interesting play structures that Owen could relate to. Here's Owen sliding down the Old Woman in the Shoe.

Owl's Treehouse

The Crooked Mile.

Owen captured us on his pirate ship.

The Hare and the Tortoise

Mother Goose