Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Spring

Zimmy came to stay for the weekend while Kenny & Nate were at Emily's wedding and Auntie Kate got to enjoy her 3rd baby.  It was a good reminder of how fun and how exhausting a 3rd baby would be.   

Cousin bath time

Carousel at the zoo. Good thing Auntie Kenny loves the zoo, otherwise the kids would never get to go.

Sign on Amelie's door: "No Boys Allowed Except Logan and Daddy"


Family heirloom eagles

And fun to ride too

Visiting the cows on Danks

My 3 babies

3 Sisters bike ride

Walks around the lake always end in ice cream




Wrestling

Ama in the NREL 3D Visualization room

Bring your kids to work day. We wore matching shirts. 

Top of Elephant Butte

Ama & Olivia hiking at Flying J


Besties


Easter





Daddy's birthday

Practicing via ferratas



Moving mom into her new house

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

February 2018


 
 Ama loves watching Beyonce videos... she's learned her eye movements a little too well.

Andrew & Maddie bought their first home!

Hiking with Axel
And Aunt Janelle!
Cousin besties
Celebrating Grandma A's birthday
Ice skating with Uncle Mike
The Cetre's took Ama and LoLo to the state fair.  Better them than me! Ama loved it.
Photo Booth fun
Zimmy came to stay the night for Kenny & Nate's anniversary
He loves the duplos! Especially sitting in them.
Fossil hunting at Dinosaur Ridge
Kate's once-a-decade night out at the Little Bear for Maddie's 30th
Maddie's 30th

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Logan is 7!


There's a commercial on TV about how the nights are long but the years are short. We're feeling that lately. It's hard to believe Logan is 7 already. I'm told the years of 7-10 are the golden years, when kids are old enough to do all the activities you want to do, and young enough to still want to do them with you. It does seem like that-- Logan can keep up with us on hikes (if he so chooses), likes adventures like via ferratas and rapelling, and is becoming a good little gym climber. He loves skiing with Uncle Andrew, playing Minecraft (and watching endless YouTube videos of other people playing Minecraft), watching all the Star Wars and Avengers movies with Mark, and having imaginary light saber battles. He's reading the How to Train Your Dragon and Harry Potter books. He's pretty easy going and friendly, but getting more shy. He loves playing pretend and is always happiest hanging out at home.  He still likes cuddling with Mom for now.  His buddies are Axel, Trevor, Remy, Ethan, and Jac.







Sunday, January 7, 2018

Sicily Plan B

We were supposed to go to Sicily after Christmas this year, but due to a passport issue we didn't make it. Plan B was St. George, UT. Fortunately we love St. George, so it was a pretty good backup.  Plus, Mike, Janelle, Lucas and Axel were there.  Logan said his favorite part of the trip was seeing Axel, and Amelie's favorite part was seeing Aunt Janelle, so maybe it was even better than Italy!

Swings while climbing at Sunset Alley

Walking through a frozen slot canyon.  Much easier than swimming!

Angel's Landing


10 years later! We're pretty lucky.


St. George petroglyph hike






Climbing at the Grail



At the VRG