Hailey's first time skiing!

We went up to Idaho Falls over President's Day weekend to hang out with Brandon's family. Ben and Michelle were there and it was fun to see them since we haven't seen them since they moved to WA. We went up to Targhee to ski a few days. We decided it would be fun to see if Hailey liked skiing. Brandon's parents had found a pair of ski boots her size on sale for $10. And Brandon has connections for skis. Hailey was so excited when Brandon showed her her princess skis. She dragged them all around the house with her.

The Girls

She took her first ride down and screamed and cried the whole way. She just wanted mommy. So we took a run and tried to bribe her with food! Didn't really work. Luckily at Targhee they have a little beginners hill that has what they call the Magic Carpet. It's basically a conveyor belt you stand on and it takes you back up to the top of the hill. Brandon's dad tried taking her down once and finally I took her down. She still wasn't loving it so we called it quits and I pulled her around in a sled after that.

January & February Recap

I have been slacking in the blog world lately. Here's what we've been up to...

Playing in the snow and building snowmen. Fortunately (or unfortunately) we have had a mild winter and not a lot of snow. But we have been enjoying it when we can. 

Baby Snowman aka Baby Frosty. Not great packing snow so we settled for a little guy.

Hailey got a Treehouse Museum Membership for Christmas. It's a great children's museum here in Ogden. She loves running around and finding new things to play with.

Going to Birthday parties! Hailey's friend Taylor turned 3 and had a princess party. All the girls came dressed up in their princess attire. We don't really have any of that yet so we improvised. 

Here is Hailey and her friend Aubrey. 

Kangaroo Zoo! This is every kid's dream! Well, except for Hailey. This place is full of those bounce house type of structures. Some have slides and obstacle courses. They have some great areas for toddlers only. Hailey went for the first time with a couple of friends. They had a blast. Hailey whined and cried for the first hour or so and just wanted me to hold her. She wasn't so sure about that bouncing ground. After much coercing I finally got her to play in one of the toddler areas. We are going to try again soon.

Sick days :( We spent a little time laying around and snuggling. Feeling much better now.

Dew Tour! Brandon and I have gone to the Dew Tour the last few years. It's always fun to go watch the skiers and snowboarders and their amazingness. 

Hailey liked the chair lift. She kept calling it the swing!


Just taking her baby for a walk. Her friend Taylor went and got her stroller and baby too!

Christmas Happenings

LONG POST! 3 WEEK VACATION = LOTS OF MEMORIES AND LOTS OF PICTURES!!!

We were able to spend Christmas with my family this year down in CA. It was an unusually warm year this winter. But good old CA always cools off at night. 

We went down to San Diego to visit with the grandparents and to go to this amazing house before Christmas. He is a friend of my grandparents and every year he decorates his house and invites people to come and enjoy some Christmas festivities. When we pulled into the neighborhood, there were cars parks blocks away. And the line to see Santa was down the street. Luckily my grandparent know PEOPLE. We got to park right across the street!

The entry way/line for Santa...so long!

Cookies, Hot Chocolate and Cider

The gazebo was to write to Santa and tell him what you wanted for Christmas. They mailed them too!

They had one of those blow up movie screens and they played Christmas movies while you waited in line for Santa.

This is the back yard. Decorated with small little houses to go look at. They had snow too!(bubbles) They also decorate the inside of their home for everyone to walk through....I mean themes and decorations galore!

Checking out the snow.

Finally got to see Santa. Hailey didn't want to have anything to do with Santa this year. And usually Lucas doesn't either. But for some reason he was ok with this Santa. This is when he told Santa that he wanted a kitten.... a real kitten for Christmas!

Enjoying her candy cane. All the kids got toys from Santa. Lucas and Hailey both got light up wands. They were a hit!

Because the weather was so nice we had to hit up the beach a few times. We went to Newport one day. We ate at BJ's and played in to sand.

Christmas Eve

Two of the cutest little elves around!

The Spread

Hailey was so cute this Christmas. Such a good helper. My mom would give her a present and tell who to take it to. She would deliver the present and stand and watch them open it. As soon as we gave her one that was for her she would plop right down and open it. She totally got it!

Trying out Lucas' new ride.

Chocolate for breakfast...why not. It's Christmas!

Lucas loves his new 4 wheeler.

Hanging out with Great Grandaddy!

Our attempt at a gingerbread house.

Disneyland seems like a must do every time we are down. This was Brandon's first time going with Hailey. We had a great time and Disneyland is the best when it's decorated for Christmas. 

We went to see Tigger, Eeyore, and Winnie the Pooh. Hailey thinks that any character is just the best. It was so cute how excited she got and gave all of them a hug.

Seriously, how pretty is It's a Small World all lit up. Love it!

On New Year's Eve we took the kids to the Great Park. They had a bunch of games and prizes for the kids. Music and dancing for the adults. Did I mention there were A LOT of people there?

Look who I got to kiss on New Year's Eve!

Celebrating!

The Orange Balloon.

Before Brandon left, we stopped off at Huntington and ate at Ruby's on the pier and walked around a little. Another really nice day!

It was so nice to be out of the cold weather for a while. we took advantage and went to the park several times. Hailey loved it and figured out that she loved going down the slide all by herself over and over again!

Climbing up the slide with Papa. All the other kids were climbing up, so she had to also.

We had a great time in CA. We miss the nice warm weather now that we are here in the snow!

Toy Story on Ice

So my family for a while has had the tradition of going to see a movie on Christmas Eve and then dinner at In-N-Out. Well with two small children in the house this year we had to figure something else out. We decided to go to Disney on Ice. It was all Toy Story. The kids loved it. Hailey was thrilled because lately she loves Toy Story. We had a great time!

 So happy to have Daddy with us!

 So focused

 The Claw!

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