Vacation time!

As I was getting ready to head out to Colorado I grabbed a few pictures of the kids sleeping at Grandma's before I left.

 

 So with that we were on our way to the airport, four days with no kids. They were missed but we had a great time visiting our cousins in Denver.

Driving to Loveland

At the top of Loveland

This was our first day of skiing in Colorado. This was my first time skiing out west. It sure is a bit bigger than Welch. LOL I have skied quite a bit this year with our Welch season pass so I thought I would be some what ready for what was in store but I was wrong! It was crazy and fun after I got over the elevation sickness and pounded back a bloody mary.

 Crist and Matt decided to spend Sunday cooking. They were making homemade pudding for the cream puffs they made on Friday night. Yes, they made cream puffs on a Friday night.

 Cooking plus a few of these result in this.......

 So cute in their aprons don't you think!

 Or maybe a little crazy! I wish Matt lived closer so they could bake together more often.

 Sunday for the dogs was a little more relaxed:)

And not to be forgotten the awesome little girl who shared her wonderful parents with us all weekend! Thank you Matt, Jenna and Story for a great Colorado weekend!

To the Science Fair we go!

Check out my smarty pants! She won at the science fair and is now on to the Regional Science Fair. She tested laundry detergents to see which one took out stains the best.

She is so happy and excited for the Regional Competition in Mankato this April. One of the best parts is we get to get away for the night with some of our favorite cousins Kari and Eva. Eva won from the 3rd grade! Congrats Autumn!!

The BIG 0-4!

Four years ago yesterday my sweet boy was born. He was stubborn that day making sure everyone made it to the hospital before he made his way into the world.  He is still stubborn and cute and has this mama wrapped around his finger. We celebrated early with cake for breakfast then presents.

I stayed up way to late decorating this Lighting McQueen cake per Brecken's request. But as you can see it cracked in the morning. Oh well....I tried and it still tasted good. Especially for breakfast.

Brecken as you can see is perfectly happy with his cracked cake. So mission accomplished! That afternoon we headed out to Autumn's field trip to Skateville.

All in all it was a great day. We are heading out for a family trip this weekend to celebrate his birthday and next week is his "friends" party at the zoo! I love love love birthdays and they tend to last at least a couple weeks in our house. So for now Happy Birthday Brecken week one!

This is what I get....

for giving Leighton pudding and walking away to do something! Hudson made a mess too, but it was not this bad.

Oh what she can do in just minutes! The best part was the older kids didn't even come and get me they just said they didn't notice. Really? Oh well time for a bath:)

Bedtime Fun

So as I sit down to write this post my patience is being put to the test. I am sitting on the floor with my laptop just outside of the twin's bedroom that they share with Brecken, who is already sleeping in my room. Ugh this is what is going on at our house this week.....

TODDLER BEDS

 So this is not something I was planning on, however the twins felt like it was time. They decided to start climbing out of their beds. They did it on the same day, together, giggling the whole way down the stairs to let me know they were up from the nap they didn't even take. So we walked them back up and moved their cribs away from each other and before Crist and I were out of the room they were out again!

So here we are. The stage I dreaded with these two TODDLER BEDS.

So are you wondering how it is going?

Really well! LOL They just go right to sleep like good little babies. Last night it took 1.5 hours to get them both to go to sleep. Tonight they are still awake as I type this, we are about 45 min in at this point. But they are at least being quite now.

Anything will be better than last night.....It has to be right! Well hopefully this is good night, it is quite in my house for the moment!

Christmas Break

This year Christmas break was filled with fun, family and of course my 30th birthday.

My 30th birthday was great, even if I am now in my 30's. We went skiing with some great friends, my wonderful husband threw me a surprise party and I got some killer new ski's!

The Girls hanging out in the kitchen at my party.

Some pictures of the kids on Christmas. Most of the day was spent outside playing in the snow.

 Leighton hanging out in her new hat by my friend Erin at Marigold Baby Check her out on Esty.

Grandma and Grandpa got the kids this new toy.....can you say spoiled!

I hope everyone had a fun winter break! Thanks to my wonderful family and friends for a great birthday. Happy January!

Merry Christmas

Just thought I would share our Christmas Card that didn't quite make it to everyone again this year... Oh well. I will try again next year! So if I missed you I am sorry.

Pictures taken by a lovely friend from school Carissa Christine.