First day skiing 2017

Last night I took the boys skiing.....it is the first time we've been out since last March. Crazy how short the ski season really is!  And this year so far our weather has been very mild. Lots of rain and fairly warmer temps considering we usually have a lot of snow and below freezing temps by now. 

I'm not going to lie, it was really hard taking the boys out all by myself. We failed miserably on the chairlift....we all fell over and got our skis stuck. The lady had to turn the chairlift all the way off. But on the bright side they boys ended with smiles and overall had a good first night out.  Next time I'll enlist my helpers!!

Owen got his braces off

Owen got his braces off today.  It was the completion of phase one.  He's so happy that he can finally feel his teeth and eat all kinds of sticky stuff and chew gum! It's been a long two years. 

He's also pretty smitten with the retainer he picked out. I on the other hand am not :)

Here's hoping phase two is just as simple....relatively speaking!

A pretty perfect night

We had a movie night tonight. Pizza and licorice were the menu items and it was pretty fantastic. The boys had showers and then put on their comfy new bathrobes from nana and were ready for the night. 

We watched the movie storks and it was pretty cute!

And this is how our night wrapped up. I know it won't be long before he doesn't want to cuddle anymore but I'll cherish every moment like this. I was soaking it all in tonight and was able to lay with Owen until he fell asleep too! If I don't post at all tomorrow I'll consider this to be a perfect way to close out 2016. 

Camp Barakel 2016

Our water damage to our house really set me behind this year and I'm trying to play catch up now to be sure all of these pictures make it in my 2016 blog book. 

Barakel didn't disappoint this year. The weather was amazing again!

The boys both did archery. Wyatt did really well. 

As did Owen. 

Thunder Express was a must for all of us. 

The craft store is also a must. 

Me and my boy. 

Love!

And lastly our family wheel barrel picture from 2016!

First day of school

I realized that I never posted first day of school pics of the boys. 

My big first grader

And my big fourth grader

Heading in to school. Love these two!!

Owen

Our sweet boy is having some issues blacking out. Then he did this to his eye. We think it was when he was diving in the pool. We've been to a few specialists who are trying to figure out what's going on with him. Hopefully very soon we will have answers and get him better!

What we've been up to

We have loved our time together over Christmas break. We've been very lazy and have enjoyed every minute of it!

We've read...

We've laid around...

We've napped....

And cuddled... A lot!

Love these boys beyond belief!