Carsen turned 4!!!

For Carsen's birthday this year we had a pirate party! We even had pirate food, most of which I couldn't eat, shrimp, crab etc... but that is ok! Everyone said it was good!

Here are some pictures of the pirates and the party!








This was the pirate ship cake that I made.

Carsen and Daddy's First Trip to Alta!

We discovered (thanks to Grandpa Steve and Grandma Judy) that Alta lets people ski free for the last hour and a half of the day every Friday. I think it is called free after 3 or something like that. So we decided that going skiing when it is free is an excellent choice, especially when Carsen can only make a couple of runs before he is exhausted. So last Friday we loaded everyone up, and headed to the hill. Carsen was excited, he actually was excited for days before we went. It worked out great, we got him to finish his dinner, got him to clean up, not fight with Reaggie, etc.. Because we told him he had to be good to get to go skiing. So we are driving, and he is getting more excited and more excited. He didn't understand that we were going to a specific place to ski, he thought we were torturing him by not letting him just get out of the car and ski where he wanted! So we finally made it up the canyon, parked the car and got them all ready.



You can tell Carsen was super excited! Carsen and Steve headed to the lift line while Raegan and I got her all bundled up. We watched them get on the lift.






Raeggie and I hung out at the lodge. She was excited to see all the kids. She also loved all the attention she got from people! She perched on the edge of a picnic table and looked over the railing at all the skiers below.






Finally they came down the hill! Carsen had a great time!





This is what happened after, on the trip home....






All in all it was a pretty good day!

Winter Slideshow!

Kelsey's Surprise Birthday!

I know this is several months old, but I just discovered these pictures on my computer and thought they were hilarious! For those of you who don't know my uncle, he is..well, a little bit of a prankster. After dishing it out for 40 years, it was his turn to get it. And he got it for sure. He even had a special dance dedicated to him... Here is some of the pictures..enjoy!