a rainbow

the other day lyla was lamenting that she had never seen a rainbow.  i'm not exactly sure if that’s true, but she’s never seen one that she remembers:)  so yesterdays vivid bow in the ski was e.x.c.i.t.i.n.g.

they are both becoming quite the posers…eli poses mostly fighting moves (surprising!) and lyla does a lot of crossed arms, crossed feet, hands on hips and such.  it’s awesomely funny to watch.

i like taking pictures of the two of them just to see what eli is going to do.  his poses with her are so sweet, usually with a tilted head and an arm wrap. such a sweetie.

love that tree

i wish we could take this tree with us when we (eventually) move.

today lyla learned how to do “the sloth” as they’re calling it.  on the right she is showing me her “sloth toes.”

i love that she likes to do "dangerous" things.

peek.

eli and i

it’s not often that eli and i hang out together, just the two of us. he and adam go do man things while lyla and i do what ladies do best ~ shop, eat, cook and talk. but back to eli, we went to bogus today and it.was.awesome. on the lift with a serious tone in his voice he said, “i love this. you, me and fun.” it was just the sweetest thing. he then proceed to snuggle his head into me (as much as you can with a helmet and goggles) and talk about how awesome it was that we were there.
         on another note, he’s always wanted (even before he knew how to ski) to hit the jumps. so, we’re going down the jump run, he spots a tabletop with a spine, he asks, i ok, he goes, he CLEARS the entire 5 foot table, sticks the landing and keeps going. i freak out, the bogus worker who was working on the park yells at me “he totally cleared that!" i laugh. i scold him for going to fast. i attaboy him for being awesome. it was a sweet day.

saint patrick’s day

we celebrated saint patrick’s day at my moms with corned beef and cabbage, green sprite, green cake and green ice cream. what st. pattys day celebration would be complete without a small fire in a pie pan…

yes, he was supervised…yes, he did burn himself…yes, he LOVED it none the less. 

here they are “clinking,” as lyla calls it, with their green sprite. cheers!

lyla enjoying her corned beef dipped in the above green sprite…

happy st. patrick's day!

happy birthday jamie!

we celebrated jamie’s birthday tonight at my parents house with a family dinner.  praying for blessings in this new year of life! last week we celebrated yogi and zion’s birthday with an ice skating party.  the kids LOVED it

caucusing

i had the honor to be part of idaho’s first caucus last week.  it was the largest in the nation (by double!) with 9,000 participants.  i took this picture way before the event started.  by the time it began, ALL of those gray seats were full. 
the process was long, at times boring, but very encouraging.  the night opened with  scripture reading and prayer in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!  then the pledge with every hand over heart and every mouth in motion.  and the finale (as far as i was concerned!) the national anthem sang by 9,000 America loving people…oh man, it was beautiful.  though my man did not get our delegates:( it was well worth the evening spent.

snow, wahoo!

we had a pretty sweet snow last week. it was the  most snow we’ve had in the valley all year…

it’s 61 degrees and cloudy! you know what that means…

it’s swimsuit weather!

yesterday it was 47 degrees in the late morning when the kids went out to bounce.  when they opened the door they said, “it’s HOT, we have to take our shirts off!!!”  they’re definitely idaho grown!

skiing

eli – what’s daddy doing to your snowboard?
me – he’s waxing it.
eli – why?
me – so I can go fast.
lyla (in all seriousness) – so you can catch up with me?

she has also offered her aunt twylla, her grandma and myself skiing lessons. 
did i mention she’s been twice?
did i mention that I LOVE THAT GIRL? she rocks.

lyla...

the other day lyla and adam were playing go fish with a deck of cards that had different pictorial stories from the bible. she said they should call it "God fish" instead of "go fish":)