Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Blaine happenings


Nate and Ben skiing by the cabin we rented for Nate's birthday. It was the best trail!!!


Deven enjoying grapefruit for breakfast.

Happy 32nd Nate! We love you! (yes, we packed the cake into the cabin)


Here we are on our way into the cabin. It was a 1/2 mile ski trip up little cottonwood canyon in Salt Lake. Not too far at all, and the kids did fabulous!


Ben crashed pretty good here, but by his smile you see his attitude about cross country skiing. He is a trooper! He even skied up to the lake and back with Nate and I. He also didn't mind skiing back up the best hills, so we could zoom down them again.



Ben and I by silver lake. It was fun to stand here and watch the downhill skiers go down those mountains behind us. I think Nate would have rather been up there on the black diamonds. Ben and I were content to glide along the friendlier terrain.




Nate tried so hard to make a sledding hill for them to go down. By the next day it was pretty good. Looked like too much hard work to me!


Joe and Cindy and their kids came up for Emily's baptism. Joe and Nate took off on the snow machines Saturday. They were gone for a long time and we supposed they were having fun. They ended up spending most of their time digging them out of the snow. They took the "road less traveled" and it ended up burying their machines. They got a work out digging.



Our beautiful Emily was baptized on February 22nd. It was a great day because my mom, Cindy and Joe, Jill and Thain, and Stacey and Jeremy, and Holly and her kids came to celebrate with us. That made it extra special.


Now this is the cutest thing I have ever seen. On Saturday Deven let us take off his training wheels (they weren't really working anyway), and off he went. He's only 3! He works so hard to keep up with us, and biking is one of his talents. He loves his "two wheeler", and it's a hoot to watch him ride the little thing.