Once there was a snowman

Lane and daddy built a sweet snow man on the rock retaining wall
He was a happy snow man...

after lunch that day we looked out the window and our snowman was GONE!!!!!

Then we discovered the tradgety.....he fell off the rock.....

more carnage

Lane was mourning the loss of our happy snow man

don't worry buddy....we got like 6 inches of snow last night, we can make another one!!! :) Next time we just won' t build him on the rock wall!

Captain America!

Lane is a big fan of super heros these days

Last week, he got to stay home with daddy one day, and now i'm in trouble forever.....
Daddy made him a sweet WOODEN shield.....

now i'll never be able to get away with making cardboard shields and swords again.....

great :)

The Y

I keep saying I'm going to bring my camera and take pictures of us at the YMCA. This is about as good at it gets. I always think i should document the excursion becuase I think it's pretty note-worthy. Taking 3 little kids to the YMCA, and actually taking them swimming is a big deal I think!! :) This is my little munchkins after swimming, munching on bribery snacks :)

They're really having a blast swimming these days. Lane has turned into a little fish, which I"m SO glad. He's taken to snorkling, and is pretty good at swimming around and keeping the snorkle OUT Of the water. He just learned how to do a flip underwater this week, and will now let me throw him in the pool! He's lots of fun!

The girls are awesome too! The will both jump off the edge in the "deep" end to me or whoever they make eye contact with actually :) People often stop and watch Macy becuase she's so little and they think it's crazy that she'll jump in so readily. It's really cute how excited she gets before she jumps in, i really should video it :) They should be all prepped and ready to go for the lake this year! YAY for the YMCA!

Crazy x2

I decided we needed some new "sister" pictures....the girls weren't really feeling it.....but they're still pretty cute :)

These two are so funny....and crazy.....I'm pretty sure they had some deal in the pre-existance to see who could drive us the craziest. They're pretty tied at the moment :) They do have their moments when they are so loving to each other that it makes my heart melt, so I guess that makes up for the rest! :) they are really fun and make us laugh all the time....We love you girls!

Legos

Gramma Nette gave us a big box of Scott's old legos about 2 years ago. Lane has recently re-discovered them and has turned into a little building machine!!! He's mostly into building planes right now. We'll see if it turns into more elaborate creations...we have some pretty intense lego-builders in our family, so I wouldn't be surprised if Lane keeps it up! It's so fun to see what he comes up with! All of these are Lane-originals. No pictures, ideas, or helps from us!

2-seater plane

helicopter looking plane :)

figher plane

he called his is pirate monster truck plane....??? :)

he has way surpassed mama's lego abilities, so keep it up buddy!!

6

Me and scott celebrated our 6th anniversary on March 4!

1 yr-ish, in Salt Lake

2 yr-ish

3 yr-ish (i was pregnant with Lucy)

4th year. This was actually on our anniversary. we decided to go for a big dirt bike ride for our anniversary, it was fun!! This was also the morning I found out that I was pregnant with Macy :)

5th year!

6th year!! We haven't really changed all that much huh :)

This year, I surprised scott with a weekend at Silver Mountain for skiing and indoor waterpark fun! I'll admit, i was a little terrified of the skiing part, because the last time I went it was NOT pretty! But I did a LOT better this time. Scott proved again why I love him while we were on the mountain! We ran into a run that was NOT groomed, and really deep powder. I could NOT turn in it to save my everlasting soul, and face plowed enough times, that i was DONE. I took off my skis and proceeded to walk down the rest of the hill. Scott was so patient (he is an EXPERT Skiier) and convinced and helped me put my skis back on and we finally made it out alive and I headed straight for the lodge to rest. I tried to talk him into just going and doing a few runs without me so he could have some fun, but he wouldn't do it, and finally convinced me to try again. I did, and we had a lot of fun the rest of the day (going on safe green runs :)) He's so sweet and patient and helps me to do better. Thanks, scott! It's been a fun 6 years! Hopefully we'll have many more to come...

My Hero

I love this boy...

The other day, we were in town. We had gone to the YMCA and I needed to go to walmart to buy some stuff for mutual that night. Macy was NOT Having a good day, and in the 2 minutes from the YMCA to walmart, she TOTALLY passed out-dead-asleep. I picked her out of her car-seat and she was still asleep, not having any part of waking up. So i put lucy in the cart, and was carrying floppy macy in my arms. So i asked lane if he wanted a job. He was such a sweet boy, and pushed lucy in the cart ALLLLLL the way thru walmart, without running into me, or any other shopper in walmart! He was so nice to lucy and made her happy the whole time. Macy totally slept the ENTIRE time, including checkout, and lane helped unload the cart....He was totally the hero of the day!

Awesome.

I'm such a lucky mom to have this little boy...

Swim Party!

We're all getting a little cabin fever around these parts, and the kids wanted to have a swim party in mama's tub. How can you say no to that??? :)

Lucy's cheezin it up...
She loves this swim suit. It has Ariel, the little mermaid, on it. She RUNS to the tub singing "under the sea...under the sea..."

getting geared up...

Lane is obsessed with snorkling lately. He used his piggy bank money to buy an actual snorkle, mask, and flippers. It has been great...in the bathtub. Today was the first maiden voyage at the YMCA with the snorkle....it was....a little rough. BUT he promised he wanted to try again on thursday. He's such an independant little guy, which I LOVE. But i wish he would just let me HELP him sometimes...but he wants to figure it out on his own....so.....i'm anticipating more sucked- water- into- the- lungs- tears on thursday....wish me luck!

may-may and her favorite bath duckie

lucy wanted goggles too! too bad these don't have the lens' in them!

it will be a sad day when they're too big for swim parties in the tub!

bucket head

Oh the coveted duckie

more bucket head.

until next time, tub! I'm glad that at least the kids get to enjoy you!!! :) Someday i will get to take a bubble bath....

Snowman

Our "cousin" Emmy came over for a sleep over, and she and Lane built a sweet snow man! I gave them squirt bottles to "paint" him...it was a big hit!

silly faces: take 1,472

So we kind of like to make silly faces in our house...

it's pretty much a daily occurance. This time me and lucy had the camera nearby....

she's getting the hang of it

Look at all those teeth!!!

macy wasn't impressed...OR in a goofy mood.. :)

lane is always up for silly faces

He's a natural :)

tutus

well...it's happened.....we've entered into "girl" territory.....

we got some sweet tutus from gramma nette! Equipped with FLOWERS!!! YES!

"twirling" Lucy is a professional twirler


sweet May-May

Cuties! I love these girls! they sure are fun....most of the time :)

I'm not sure if i can classify this as a "hug"....but that's what we're going with.....If you could see macy's expression, you could probably argue this is an act of war....but at least lucy looks happy :)

there's nothing cooler than girls in tutus with camo-walls in the background.....we're going for the well rounded tom boys :)