Lamb Marking

This has become one of our favorite annual events!  For the last 3 years we have helped our friends who raise lambs with marking.  This year we were in a different area, but another amazingly beautiful gem in the desert!  This year Brock really helped a lot.  He was in charge of marking each lamb with blue paint.  We camped in a tent (ouch) and saw lots of wild life: a rattle snake, a badger with a snake in his mouth (awesome), a huge bull snake, marmots, and a deer.  When we were done with marking we spent the day exploring the ranch and riding dirt bikes.  Theo took off with no training wheels!

Collecting arrowheads!

Giant snake!

Brock put some serious miles on his bike and we followed in the truck :)

Spring Break

The boys had two weeks off for spring break!  First stop San Diego to visit lots of family and the famous Maddie, my cousins baby.  The boys just loved her!  We played at my aunt Sue's beach house and spent a night at Crystal Cove with my aunts.  We were completely spoiled the whole time, thanks everyone. Then the second week my parents took the boys to their beach house in Capitola.  Cory and I stayed home and worked and remembered how EASY life is without kids:)  Thanks everyone for an amazing spring break!

Slope Style

The last few weeks have been filled with snowboarding and skiing!  I signed the boys up for a junior ski program this year.  Due to a lack of snow we started late, but have had some awesome, warm spring skiing.  The boys would have morning lessons while Cory and I helped teach.  In the afternoon we ski as a family and try to keep up with the boys!  I can't believe how quickly they picked it up.  

I seriously don't have any pictures of Brock because he is so fast on his snowboard!!!!  When I saw him catch air coming out of the mini half pipe it was confirmed...he is just like his dad!!!

It has been so much fun for us to watch them improve each week and love the sport.

First day!

Up the bunny hill.  He was up on the big lifts by the afternoon!  

The boys lasted all day on the slopes which shocked us.  The car rides home are nice and quiet:)

On the last day they had a Kid Fest with a race course.  Theo rocked it!

Aloha

We are one lucky family - 2 trips to Hawaii within a year! This time we decided it may become an annual winter tradition and that one week is NOT long enough in paradise. Sometimes the worst timing of a trip can mean the best trip. We were both absolutely drowning with work, turning over our rental house, and Brock was back in school. When we finally landed in Hawaii it was such a relief, we have never appreciated a vacation that much. Cory's mom planned this trip and we met his brother and sister with their families there. It was so fun to just hang out with them each day.
We pretty much did the same thing each day - went to a beach, snorkeled, beach combed, tide pooled, surfed and boogied. Then when the beach got windy in the afternoon we would head to the pool. I know rough life we have :) The boys were in heaven the entire time and sad when we left.

Happy New Year

It is never too late to wish you all a happy new year!  We hope 2014 is off to a great start!  Our Christmas season was wonderful and busy as usual.  I don't have many pictures but we had a nice mellow time at home with baking, ginger bread house building and Christmas music. Christmas break was a nice escape from the routine of school and work.

Snow and ice in early December and not much since.  

First day of Christmas break at the ice rink 

Lots of fun Christmas presents.  Brock wanted a bmx bike for the track.

I would say Lego was the theme this year!

Having tea time!

Lego from Arthur!  Awesome!

Movie night with friends!  Over Christmas break we had about 8 parties!

Mustaches and sideburns from Nana

Spoiling Jake with a bowl of milk.

Play time at the park.