The Big TWO!!!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Friday Nights Are Never Dull Here!

Tom playing the guitar (singing Buffett). The boys with red hair? Just another start to a great weekend!

Art Class!

Who said school has to be boring?

Happy "Late" Easter

Ok, I know I'm slack at posting. With that said and done. We hope everyone had a great Easter with friends and family. We did!

A New Look!

Austin was so excited today, he got braces. To top it off his bands are purple and orange, GO TIGERS!

More Pictures!

Having a blast!

Denver got a few inches of snow before we headed to the mountains. The boys enjoyed sledding in the backyard. Today we arrived at Copper Mountain ski resort. The snow was coming down so we hit the slopes and got a few runs in. After skiing the boys headed out back and had some FUN sledding before it got dark.

Here comes the snow!

We are now in Denver at Aunt Terri & Uncle Greg's house. The snow started this morning. They are expecting 2-4 inches here. We are heading to the mountains Thursday AM and are looking forward to all the new snow and great skiing conditions. Here is a few pictures of Denver and Ethan outside as the snow started falling. He knows how to say snow and seems to really like saying it and he runs around in his new boots.

Kansas City

We made it to the Great Wolf Inn. Everyone is having fun, but very worn out from the water park. On the road again in the AM to Denver.

ON THE ROAD!

Hi there, just a quick update. We are in Marion, Illinois right now, our fifth state today. We will spend Sunday in Kansas City at a hotel with an indoor water park (kid break) after a quick visit to the Gateway Arch. We arrive in Denver Monday. I will post pictures soon. Have a great week-end. One quick note Tommy's soccer team is still on a winning streak after a 7-0 win today. Go Clemson Fire!

Everyone likes cake!

We recently went to a roller skating birthday party. The big boys enjoyed skating, but little Ethan had a hard time staying away from the cake. After a few finger swipes in the cake we had to cover it. Poor kid, in the end he did finally get a piece.

Columbia Zoo

We went on another field trip, this time to the zoo. The boys always like going to the zoo but I think the hightlight was the birds. The were flying around and landing on heads, arms, just about anywhere they could to feed from the cup of food the kids held.

Yuck!

Ethan has been sick for the last 4 days. He spent yesterday afternoon in the hospital getting an IV and some fluids. We came home last night and continued to give him IV fluids durning the night. Today we are finally heading down the road to feeling better. We even got a few smiles from him. The IV is still in but as long as he has a good night it can come out in the morning. We are keeping our fingers crossed that no one else gets this nasty bug!

Just one reason....

Just on reason we love homeschooling. This week we went skiing to get ready for our trip to Colorado. The boys had a blast! Donovan went up the lift this time but was not real sure about it so decided to stay on the bunny slope and practiced turning and stopping. Austin enjoyed the greens and blues as usual. Tommy had fun on the slopes and even ran a black diamond with Tom. I even had the chance to make a few runs with the boys while Tom watched Ethan (who had fun playing in the snow and hanging out in the lodge in front of the fireplace). Our plan is to go to Colorado this March to visit the Snyders, who are well seasoned skiers. The boys have no idea just how big the Rocky Mountains are but are about to find out. And you can bet that we will get alot of schooling done on the way.