Tuesday Update #3

Happy Tuesday! Having just completed day 10 of the new job I've feeling much more optimistic that we will in fact find a groove again :) Some awesome videos to share from the last week.

Over the weekend we went over to watch some football at a friend's house after skiing. It's so fun to see C play Old Maid with two of my adult friends. Even better, we decided that instead of "old maid" we were going to call it "lady boss" and the person who was left with that single card was the winner. The future is definitely bright :)

Sunday M and I went to hang out with my friend Kate and her daughter Piper for a bit. M LOVED being the big one for a while.

(yes those are matching bows you see in that video)


C and M continue to be awesome together, most of the time. One of my favorite moments from the last week was crashing this party.

Go team Tuesday!

Tuesday Updates - 1 of 52 (at least we hope)

Happy 2019! Man how time flies - it's shocking to me that we're already starting another year. Last year was a rough one for blogging, so I'm going to try something a little different this year. Rather than shooting for a couple of posts a week, I'm going to try for Tuesday updates. 52 Tuesday updates plus a birthday post here and there is going to be a heck of a lot more content than I managed in 2018 :)

So in the last week (or two) we've...

Celebrated Christmas up at the Ranch

Had way fun with Christmas toys back home

Gone skating in Midway

Walked out of Health Catalyst for what might be the very last time (I'm starting a new job tomorrow)

And rang in the new year with a couple of glasses we got when we got enaged around this time 11 years ago :o)

Wishing everyone out there all the best for a happy and healthy 2019!

Spring Skiing!

We snuck in one more day on the mountain this year. This one was especially exciting because Grandma joined in on the fun. Super slushy conditions (and shorts under snow pants) since it was so warm, but we still had some fun.

Grand totals for the season:
Michaela: 7k vertical feet, 4 days
Sarah: 104k vertical feet, 13 days
Charlotte: 140k vertical feet
Alex: 305k vertical feet
Not so bad for a terrible snow year!

Happy in one take

You could watch the state of the union tonight. If you do, you definitely need this. And even if you don't, chances are it will make you smile :o)

Extra time fun

Timing is a little tricky in the morning. Sometimes we're running like crazy to make it to the bus. And sometimes there's a little extra time for some rock paper scissors (or some variation there of).

Miners day - Growing Tree!

So way back at the beginning of the month we celebrated Miner's day (aka Labor day).

I would just let it go, but we took growing tree pictures so we've got to get them here an posted with the rest of them.

May this growing tree have an easier winter than the last one :o)

Big first day!

C's off to kindergarden, M's off to Peek. Both are thrilled and I'm amazed at how fast time is flying by (and how little they used to be!)

A play

Not a clue what's happening here, but enjoy :o)

Soccer!

Both girls are playing Soccer this year - m in a "with parent" program, and c on her first real team. They're both super excited, especially when it stops snowing long enought to play. C's on the lavender team. Her friend Sadie is on Teal. And M, of course, picked pink.

Great explorers

I failed a little at doing a complete blog series on our trip to California, but I couldn't let these shots go to waste. C has had a pair of binoculars since Madison which she alternates between loving and ignoring. They made the cut to come down to CA with us, and were prompted adopted by M when Jean was kind enough to let C use her real ones.

However, nothing they found on the hills was nearly as exciting as the garbage truck :o)

Zoo update

In case you were wondering, we still like the sculptures zoo...

...but luckily the lioness seems to have lost her taste for small blond children.

No pictured, the grey wolf who was more than a little interested in both small blond children about 5 feet across the fencing from him. We didn't linger too long there...

Playing school

In which C is the teacher and M is the mostly attentive student...

A very special Friday night

C's preK religious school class was featured at shabbat services tonight, and c took it very seriously.

While she might not look like it she really did have a good time, though not quite as good as her little sister who was captivated and more than a little impressed.

Morning calisthenics

Sometimes the best fun happens as you're waking up for the day

Zoo

You might have noticed we frequent the zoo. It's definitely been one of those few memberships you buy where you actually get your money's worth :o) The girls and I had a fabulous visit this past weekend.

The sculptures were a huge hit as always

Especially when the live lions though m looked an awful lot like a tasty treat

Luckily c was there to protect.

And show her the way back to the herbivores.

The Growing Tree - First Edition

Last Christmas Grandma Mary and Grandpa Sahlty got us a live table top tree for Christmas. After enjoying it for the holiday season, I was by some miracle able to keep it alive until spring when the ground thawed enough for it to be planted. After a summer of taking root, it's doing pretty well. As a result, the race is on - who's going to grow faster, the kids or the tree? Stay tuned every Labor and Memorial day to find out :o)

Big fish little fish

Most of the time the girls get along amazingly well. And usually during that time they're playing pretty evenly. But every once in a while c pulls a move that could not be more classic big sister...

Sign these girls up

...for the air guitar national championships. For sure a shoe in.

Rolling catch

m got an awesome haul for her birthday, all of which is currently in the crib with her (it's getting pretty crowded in there). The lady bug kick-ball is definitely near the top of the list though, because it enables this:

The cutest little dementors you've ever seen

It's still very much sweatshirt weather here, so we have piles of them all over the house. And why on earth would the girls choose to wear their own when they could instead have fun with dadas?