Goofballs

Dancing is common in our house - especially for Laurel.  She has her own signature moves and is constantly showing them off.  A little video of the two of them demonstrating these moves for me. And no, there is no actual music, just the songs in their heads.

Sun River

At the last minute, the Knowles family decided to take a long weekend and spend some quality time together in Sun River, OR.   It was a much needed weekend of fun family time, kind of a "re-start" after a very long year and a celebration of what we have and what is to come. Unfortunately, the guys couldn't make it and were very much missed, but we do have the Roessler reunion to look forward to.   

Grandma was kind enough to take all 6 kids so we could have a 'Dad and Daughter' ski day.  The weather was gorgeous, there was snow(!) and there were no lines so we got in a full day of skiing. So much fun!

The second day we decided to take all of the kids up to the mountain with us (well, excluding Liam, of course).  We woke that morning with very low expectations on how the day would go... 5 kids, 6 and under who have only skied a few times, there was a great risk of it going very badly. Fortunately, we were completely wrong and it turned out to be an incredibly fun day.  All kids loved it and picked up new ski skills really quickly with little help from the grown ups.  They ended up skiing for hours, much longer than we expected and were all smiles!

 

The rest of the weekend was spending time with each other relaxing around the house, playing games, swimming at the pool and biking around the neighborhood.

The dominoes were a big hit and these two worked so well together to get them all set up.

These three spent many hours playing My Little Ponies, Princesses and Barbies.

Great bike riding paths.

Many, many snuggles.

Thanks for inviting us on such a fun trip, Grandma and Grandpa!  We couldn't have asked for a better weekend.

A short season of skiing

We signed the girls up for ski lessons once again and unfortunately, mother nature did not cooperate this year. The snow levels were so low this year that the season never really took off and Snoqualmie closed entirely mid-February.  Poor Laurel has been waiting for the opportunity to ski for an entire year and is more than disappointed that there is probably not going to be any more trips to the mountain this year.  We did get in 3 weeks worth and here are a couple pictures.  Hopefully next year will be better!

The only one I have of Laurel... her and Callie getting ready to go on the Magic Carpet.

Liam and Maya hanging out while Laurel skis.

Ms Bre, Ella, Maya and Laney.  Spring skiing in January!