Sunday, January 23, 2011

~Sled Dog Bella~

She loved pulling Emily around the kitchen... future lead sled dog for Grace and Ava's team???
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Kindergarten Field Trip

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Happy 7th Birthday Ashley

We love you more every year!! What a sweet and special girl you are!! Grace and Ava have such a special friendship with you!! We love you so much!! Happy birthday to my sweet heart!!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Happy Birthday Joey Jr!!!



We can't wait to celebrate your special day with you!!! We love you so much!!! Happy birthday to you brother!!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

HaPpY BiRtHdAy Mandi!!!



“A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.”
Mandi I will always treasure the day I met you and thank God he gave me your friendship! You are such a wonderful friend, wife, and mother!! I pray this year brings our paths together more, I miss my Mandi G moments!! Happy birthday my amazing friend!! THIS IS YOUR YEAR 1/11/11 XOXOXO

Monday, January 10, 2011

Sisters.

Ski and Tea.


Grace and I have started a new tradition of having a cup of Chamomile Tea after a good day of skiing! It is something we have come to enjoy together before bed!

~Nordic Kids~

Last year when I was training for my first Birkie I saw the cutest thing... all these little kiddos with big smiles on their faces learning how to ski, it was called Nordic Ski Kids.Grace was pretty excited to start her first day of Nordic ski lessons on 00 on Sunday afternoon! She was really happy to have her buddy Mea with too! They were in the Artic Fox group 4-5 year olds. It sure is amazing how fast kids can catch on to new skills!! For every kilometer skiied they color in a box on a chart in the warming shack. This Sunday they skiied 2k!! At home they have a weekly chart to check off their daily winter activities and health fruit and veggie choices made! It is a wonderful ski program and thanks to the wonderful voleenteer coaches and Birkie Youth Ski Foundation it was only $25.00 for the whole season!! They skied for 2 hours straight on the entry point of 00 on the Birkie. It was not easy by any means, but they showed what determined little skiers they are! So proud of these kids!!



So proud of you Grace and I am SO happy to share this amazing sport with you!!! Nothing better than warm hot coco by the fire in the warming house after a hard day of skiing! Great job today Mea and Gracie!

Hide and Go Seek

Grace and I were it!!! We had to find daddy and Ava who decided to hide in the same spot 3 times!!! So we told them they had to pick a new spot and they made it look like they were still there stuffing jackets to look like them, but they tricked us, and were hiding somewhere else! Lots of laughs that night!!!


Sunday, January 9, 2011

Noah and the Ark


Ava has quite the imagination...I love playing with her when I can break away from household and mother duties, and just be a playmate in her world!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Love of Skiing

So happy I have such wonderful friends to ski with!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

My Badger Fan

She couldn't wait to get out the pom poms and cheer for the Badgers with Daddy, Grace and I on New Years Day!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Mary Alice

We have lost an angel on this earth. Our hearts are heavy, but we know she is with us always and someday day soon we will meet again. There are some people in this world who leave footprints forever in your heart and you were one of them Mary Alice! Your warm hugs, sweet laugh, loving heart and wise words gave so much joy to all of the people in your life!! You will be forever missed!

John 14:1-4
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.