Of course, this is definitely not Jeremy, but it is the only picture I have of Bailee out when we were sledding. She has been sick for a week now and sledding was definitely not something she wanted to be doing.
Here is Jer and his snowboard. The hill is not very big, but Jeremy has decided to use it.
I am going to have practice the action shots with my camera. They did not turn out all that well.
Sadly, Makayla had a major reality check on Sunday. We had left church and gone to Costco to get a few things. There we saw Chris and Esther Dotson. Esther has asked me a couple of times if Sam could come to their house. They had all be spur of the moment and tend to not do spur of the moment. This time her mom was with her and agreed to get Sammy home, so I agreed.
We have had another round of snow up here on the Palouse. I had almost given up hope of seeing more winter. It definitely felt like we were headed to spring.
The day the kids woke up to snow they ate breakfast and headed outside. The temperatures were warm enough that it could have melted at any time.
Jeremy had Saturday off, so that morning we headed out to our sledding hill. The girls will take the sleds out on their own, but Luken usually wants to join them, so they do not get very far. With Jeremy and I in tow, they were able to go to the bigger hill.
We usually only go about halfway up the hill. It is a nice hike up the hill and the girls are definitely not into going all the way.
I even love to sled. I am in the above picture way at the bottom. I know I burn a lot of calories hiking back up the hill.
Luken is crying in this picture because his dad has left him to snowboard down the hill.
Finally, he came back and Luken is happy.
They got a bit hungry, so we had a little picnic.
Then we decided the dog needed a workout, so we tied the sled to her and had her pull Luken around.
And then it was back up the hill. You cannot see her, but Gia is still pulling Luken.
When the kids woke up Wednesday morning, they were excited to see that there was still snow on the ground. They got ready and went right outside.
I love how the snow drapes everything in a lovely whiteness. It makes everything look so clean.
We are suppose to have more rain and snow over the next few days. I am hoping for snow. I really, really hate the mud. I think I have mentioned that before.
Everyone except Bailee was very excited to wake up to the snow. As I said yesterday, the little ones were outside as soon as possible. They did not want the snow to melt before they were given an opportunity to play in it.
Here are some pictures from yesterday.
I have stated before how our cat is not all that friendly, but he does like to sleep on us when we are lounging on the couch. Here he is on my brother, Marvin. Marvin loves Oscar. 
Brittney, Justin, and Anjahli came to visit last night. Anjahli is getting to be quite the little mover. She does not necessarily crawl, but she can get herself wherever she wants to go. 
They were getting ready to go, so Luken got down to say goodbye to Anjahli. I told him to give her a kiss and he did.
Then he decide she was a cute puppy and was trying to get her to do tricks. It was funny. He kept wiggling her fingers at her like he had a treat for her.
The girls were invited to celebrate with their good friend, Tessa, her birthday. They were very excited to get to go bowling.
Then they had another surprise. Their cousins were also invited.
They had a wonderful time. They are both now wanting bowling parties for their birthdays.
Luken was the only boy and felt it. At first, he was very offended not to be able to bowl, but after a little while, he was given the opportunity. He loved it. Anything to do with balls is for him. Anyway, more on that later.
I have been purchasing paper and other scrapbooking items for a while now and have nothing to show for my purchases. I finally took some time to make some cards with all of my stuff.
Here are some sample of what I made.
In making these though, I have come across another want. It is called a Cricut (pronunciation "cricket") and it is a machine that cuts paper into different shapes. In some ways, it takes the place of stickers and other embellishments. There are not an item that would fit into our budge right now, but I am continue to keep my eyes open for a great deal.
My son is always giving me reasons to smile. Is it because he is 1 or is it because he is a little boy? I am not sure, but he is quite the character. He loves to do things that he knows will bring a laugh. He is also already practicing his dance moves.
My husband has turned 35. For me this means, I will be 34 for 2 1/2 months while he is 35. I love those 2 1/2 months. Here are two pictures I took from his party. I was manning the video camera, so I got lots of good video and not very many stills.
These pictures are from the day before his birthday. I had bought him a new iPod Touch and he knew it had come in the mail. He could not wait, so we let him have it the night before. We hid it from him and made him play hot n' cold to find it. I had hid it in an excellent hiding place. I finally had to show him where it was.
For those of you who do not remember, my parents are directors of a children's home in Eldoret, Kenya, Africa. It is called Tumaini Children's Center. Here are the links to my mom's blog, Leister's in Kenya, and Children with Hope, the organization that they are under.
