bars

i've kinda fallen off the blogging planet since adam’s surgery.  he went in on the 9th to have two bars put in his chest to fix his pectus excavatum.  the surgeon was very pleased with the results.  praise the Lord!  and thank you everyone who prayed for him!   it’s been a long few weeks post surgery, but adam is doing very well and recovering a little more each day.  i'll post some before and after pictures sometime soon.

eli and lyla could hardly wait to give him the gifts they got for him.   lyla got him a butterfly balloon and a dora the explorer washrag (the kind that are pressed into little shapes and plastic wrapped).  eli got a frog balloon and a diego washrag.  so. super. cute.  during his six day hospital stay they were eager every morning to go visit dad in the hospital and so sad to go when it was time to leave.

our sweet girl

boarding with keri

the husbands were super sweet and watched the kiddos while keri and i hit the hill. we were almost there when i realized had forgotten my jacket…with my pass attached. i couldn’t believe it. it’s not everyday that just us mama’s get to go boarding/skiing by ourselves, and i thought i had ruined it…enter keri. “ i can wear eli’s jacket!” no way, i thought. she proceeded to put it on…it fit, all but the sleeves. she wore a fleece with hand warmers tucked underneath in the gap between the coat and the gloves. that’s friendship:) THANK YOU KERI!!!

it was a beautiful day with snow capped mountains as far as wee could see. that’s me sporting keri’s jacket…which, amazingly enough, fit me.

lyla’s first day skiing

after having SO much fun the other day, we decided to take lyla up the mountain for her first ski day.  we thought we could just pull her around and let her get used to being on skis…we were wrong.  she protested when i took her to a small slope on the side to practice and wanted to go up the magic carpet…well, she really wanted to go up the lift, but i nixed that.   on the small slope i was showing her how to point her skis together and what to do if she gets going too fast.  “put your tips together and push your heals out, this will help you slow down,” i told her.  to which she said, “i don’t wanna slow down. i wanna go fast!”

eli leading her to the bunny hill

she kept on turning around and giving me this smile…i believe to be the “i'm lovin’ this more than just about anything” smile.  she kept saying “this is really! really! really! fun!”

lyla and daddy…

adam and eli on the lift.  eli is doing such a bang up job.  he’s going down the hill like he actually knows what he’s doing!

him and i on the lift…

us. skiing. together! 

this was lyla’s second time down the hill.  she decided she didn’t need the harness ropes and gave it a shot by herself…she tore it up:)

eli’s first ski day

ready to go!  on the way up he said, “i bet trevor can show me where the jumps are.” a little ahead of himself:)

our friend scott gave eli his first lesson.  we are SO THANKFUL for his help.  besides not knowing the first thing about skiing, it would have been extremely difficult to teach from a snowboard.  scott, you were such a blessing!  here they are going up the magic carpet…

his first lift ride…

trevor and eli…these guys have a great time together.  after trevor’s lessons, eli said, “common’ trevor. let’s go do a few laps!”   they had a good time skiing and giggled at each other the whole way home.

by the end of the day…he was skiing!  he told adam that it was the “funnest day ever.”  you don’t know how happy that makes me! 

i'm lovin’ this.

workin' hard or hardly workin'?

at dinner tonight...
eli to adam - so, are you kinda like a boss at your work?
adam - yes.
eli - so...you don't have to work hard anymore?

:)

i love snow days…

it’s finally here! (for the next few hours at least)

you can guess where this snowball went as soon as i put the camera away

his second tooth fell out the other day…

lyla REALLY wanted jesse, molly, shane and most of all, hailey to come play in the snow with us.

she totally looks like she’s boarding here…wahooooooo

eli’s climbing tree looks beautiful snow covered. hopefully bogus will open soon!!!