Snow

Tim's family always comes out in February for there annual ski trip. They have always wanted to take Ian but I have always said "no way." After talking with a few of my students that are big skiers and getting some of their input as well, I decided this year he would be ok to go with mom supervision. Grandpa and Grandma MacNair got him his first pair of skies and of course he thought they were awesome!

No don't think that just because it is winter does not mean that you can enjoy a good bowl of ice cream. If Tim's dad is here we know that there need to be Aggie French Vanilla ice cream in stock. Ian doesn't seem to mind it to much either.

First thing was to just do a little practicing in getting used to the skies. So we rented some ski boots for Ian and everyone got in there snow gear (except Aaron and I) and headed out front.


After a half hour of skiing Ian decided it would be much more fun to just play in the snow. The Jeppesen's came outside as well and everyone worked together to build a new snowman.

Aaron slept majority of the time Ian was skiing and playing. Just like with Ian, Pike loves sleeping by Aaron (or nearly ontop of him).
When he woke up we bundled up and headed outside as well.Then he slept a little more.

The next day we took Aaron to my parents house and the rest of us including Hunter headed up to Beaver. You have to click on this picture. Ian has the biggest grin on his face. He loved it!
While Hunter and I were watching Hunter decided to climb up what I would consider a mountain.

Tim and his mom stayed at Beaver the rest of the afternoon and got in a few more runs.

Hunter and I brought Ian home and picked up Aaron from my parents. Then headed home got in our pj's and had some hot chocolate.
Ian has been begging to go skiing ever since. Looks like at some point I may need to pick up snow skiing again. Burrrrrrrr!

Ian and Aaron

I wanted to give an update on the boys and how they have been. We have mostly been hanging out inside due to the cold weather. As you can tell we still have plenty of fun inside!

Ian -2 1/2 years old

This boy absolutely loves to read books. When checking on him during his naptime I came in to find this!!! Yes he had read through a good chunk of his collection. No nap or bedtime can proceed without reading books first. I hope he will always have a love of reading!

Putting on daddy's glasses pretending that he is a nurse. He is getting extremely smart and will say, "daddy is a nurse, he make people feel better. Mommy is a teacher, she helps kids count." It has amazed Tim and I the vast vocabulary he has as well as how quickly he picks up on emotions and things being sad.

Love the face! It says it all!When I get ready for work in the morning Ian tends to want to "get ready" too. If you look closely you will notice the white shimmer eye shadow all over his face.

My full of adventure 2 1/2 year old. This is how we usually find him after his naps. Pajamas undone and only on his arms. He definitely keeps us on our toes but we would not have it any other way!
Aaron -4 months old
Aaron is currently in the phase that all you have to do is look at him and he thinks it is hilarious! We are all absolutely loving it. He is quite the chubby little tank and still has some pretty good size chub rolls.

Love this picture, I think it says, "Are you lookin at me?"
We have to watch him closely because he will try and sneak his thumb in his mouth. More recently it is his toes.
He has started on Oatmeal and tends to just tolerate it. I would not say that he loves it, but he does not hate it.

He does love playing with the spoon. Notice: No Spoon = Sad. Spoon = Happy.

Super smiley and so cute!

He is a very content boy and works like a clock. If it is his naptime and he is not in his crib no worries -he will fall asleep anyway.

We are so blessed to have two beautiful and healthy boys. They bring so much joy to our lives!

Swim Trip

In January we decided we were getting a little tired of the cold and snowy weather. We headed down to Salt Lake to enjoy some fun at the Grins and Fins indoor water park. Tim was stuck working but that did not stop us! We headed down and meet my family as well.
Ian loved playing in the water and going down the slide a few million times. It was perfect for him because he could do everything all by himself.
Hunter, Ian, and grandpa.
The water park is connected to the Holiday Inn hotel just off of I-215. For those of you who feel stuck in a rut I would suggest heading on down. I could see this being something we continue to do every winter. This is a video of Ian going down the slide that I need to attach (Video Link MVI 0308).

Dinosaur Museum

Ian absolutely loves dinosaurs! He is completely obsessed. Every morning we have to watch the new episode of dinosaur train. He can name around 20 different dinosaurs and tell you all about them. Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Ankylosaurs, Dimetron, Spinosaurus, Pteranodon, Velociraptor, Iquanodon, Corythosaurus, and Elasmosaurus, to name a few.

The Brontosaurus and Stegosaurus fossils.

We met Amy and Jimmer down in salt lake and took advantage of some extra time to visit the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. Clockwise from Left to right: Ian playing with dinosaur puzzles, digging for dinosaurs, Aaron and I posing, Ian hiding in the cave (using tim's phone for a flashlight to see everything), digging for more dinosaurs, Tim and Ian in front of the raptors.

Amazing underwater dinosaur.Can't wait to return again!