Cayle's New Sport

When we got back from Illinois a few weeks ago, we took Cayle to get skis.  We found a pair to fir him just right - some 70s.  They are so short and cute!  We rented the skis and boots since this will be his only year to wear this size.  We did buy him a helmet and some goggles though since he'll be able to wear those for a few years before outgrowing them. 

Last Sunday, Nick took Cayle to the moountain for his first experience :)  Cayle loved it - and asks me daily when mommy is going to take him on the gondola and skiing.  Hopefully soon!

Traditions

Each year since we've lived in Colorado, we've cut down our tree in the forest.  I, of course, insist on hiking and hiking and hiking to find the "perfect" tree, while most of the other friends we go with take one of the first trees they come upon - regardless of the fact the tree they choose may be worse than a Charlie Brown tree, or perhaps the tree is 20 feet tall (when none of us lives in a house with much more than 10-12 foot ceilings...

Adding to the tree tradition is the Christmas on Broadway parade held in downtown Eagle.  The group of us always walks down to the parade, watches the 15-20-minute long parade, and stops in a well-lit (understatement) yard for a picture on the way home.

This year was no different, and last Saturday was the big day.  We all started out at Jeff and Jess's house (although Jeff had to go to basketball...boo!) for a yummy breakfast of quiche, breakfast potatoes, pancakes, fruit, oj, coffe, and hot chocolate.  Once we all had our fill, we headed up to Yeomen Campground, which is where we typically set off from.  After a few hours, the perfect tree was found!

 

The weather was absolutely gorgeous and actually found ourselves to be wayyyy overdressed.  We got the tree back to the house and set up in its stand.  Then it was off to hang out again - girls went back to Jeff and Jess's house with the kids while the guys hit up the local brewery.  We all met downtown for the big parade.  This was Cayle's first parade where he was starting to understand things a little bit.  he seemed to enjoy the parade!  On the walk back to the car, we had to stop for a family portrait in the yard with soooooo many lights.  

Christmas Tree Day

Welcome to December!!! Off to get our Christmas tree today. Should be interesting since I think there is the least amount of snow ever on the day we have gotten our tree. Also, Christmas on Broadway is tonight in Eagle. Santa rides into town on the fire truck. I think Cayle will really like it this year. He must be excited to get the tree since he woke up at 2 last night and came and crawled into bed with mommy and daddy... :-( 

Older posts about getting the tree and Christmas on Broadway

Disc Golf.... In the Dark!!!

Something was obviously quite funny... I think it may have been her throw. Natalie is attempting to throw while carrying Lindy in the Bjorn!

 My brother set up an 18 hole disc golf course on my parents property. There is almost always someone on the course playing. It's a fairly popular activity around our house. However, this was different. We were going disc golfing at night! What??? How is that even possible??? Well, you tape (with packing tape) little lights powered by watch batteries on top of each disc, and put a small headlamp on the hole/basket and what do ya know, you can disc golf at night, and it actually works really well! Although a little tough on the kids and their schedules, it was super fun! Natalie was only able to play a few holes before Lindy had to go in for dinner.

Cayle was loving being out at night at first, but soon he was ready to head in.

My youngest bro. Michael getting ready to toss

Dad on the follow through, you can see the glow on the disc to the left.

Bob's the real pro in the family, spending as much time disc golfing as dad and I do on our bikes.

Thanksgiving Pics

Good friends of ours brought their twins over for a play date. A bunch of fun, but can't imagine having twins...

Cayle being silly with his weiner dog Christmas ornaments

Lindy's 2 great grandmas feeding her some snacks

Living room in the rec center

Of course this is where most of our time was spent... in the kitchen

My sis on the 60 ft slackline! This was incredibly hard, I couldn't even stand on it!

My parents house (the house I grew up in) being remodeled, inside and out.

We slept in my dad's bike shop, since the house in under construction.

Pretty nice!

Every morning Cayle would go up to the loft and check on Uncle Michael...

Cayle's Ski's!!!

Cayle got his first pair of ski's! He's ready to try them out. He loves everything except the goggles! Really can't stand those. We are going to get him out on them on Sunday. They are super small and super cute. Hope he likes it!

No Heat!!!

 Tuesday morning we woke up and noticed that it was kind of chilly in the house. Checked the thermostat and noticed that the heat wasn't running and it was 50 degrees in the house and 12 degrees outside! Put some extra layers on and got to work solving the problem. When Natalie went to work she was concerned about the kids staying warm during the day and making sure they had enough clothes on. This is what they did while I worked on fixing the problem.

Cayle chilling the living room with a blankie.

Lindy sleeping, all cozy and warm.