Ice Skating

The new ice rink had their grand opening today in Victor. Jason took the kids last weekend, but Tatum has been dying to go back and show off her amazing skating skills. Cambrie brought her friend Summer with us. Here are the girls getting ready to head out on the ice.

Tatum is really a natural.

Here is Tatum taking a hot cocoa break.

A friend from their class was there too, so they all skated together. Tatum ran into a friend of hers there too and they had a blast skating together.

Cambrie, Summer and Tatum. The sun was really bright in this picture so you can't see the mountains, but there's an amazing view.

The kids used chairs a bit to help them get around on the ice, but mostly they just gave each other rides. I love this picture.

We're fortunate to live in a community where so many volunteered their time and resources to help build this rink. The kids love it. I'm sure we'll spend lots of time there in the years to come.

another day. . .

today began at 1am as jake woke up with the stomach flu . . .
he's been a trooper, but is obviously miserable.

another goal for 2010 ~ get 8 hours of sleep each night {a huge feat for a night owl like myself} i've had more energy, been happier, felt better - and after last night, i can definitely attribute that to getting 8 hours of shut eye.

i whispered to jason at about 3am that i wasn't going to meet my goal, so he lovingly told me to go to bed and he slept on the floor with sicky, sicky jake-man.
on a side note, i've eaten 5{i hope it's only that many} black-bottom cupcakes today! luckily there were no goals about eating, and maybe the training for the '6 events' goal will offset the calories. i can hope anyway.

someone tried to scam me{literally}! this makes me grumpy.

i've rearranged quilt blocks countless times, hoping to start on a new project, but am putting it off until i finish some of my more pressing items on my to do list.

well, i better finish up for the night, i've found it's incredibly difficult to squeeze everything in and be in bed by 10 or 10:30!

good night! and here's to a puke-free tomorrow!

Skiing With Dad

The Winter Sports Program has started, so Cambrie has been spending the last few Wednesdays skiing with the Elementary School. Tatum was out of school today, so Jason decided to take her up and ski with both of the girls. They had a great time. Cambrie is learning to turn while keeping her skis parallel and Tatum seems to be a natural. They both loved skiing with their Dad and can't wait to go again.

When I Grow Up . . .

Tatum's parent-teacher conference was today and this is one of the papers her teacher gave me. She said it was probably the most creative one she has seen. It says: "When I grow up I want to be a CUPCAKE MAKER." I love all the different colored cupcakes on the pan. I credit the Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe for this, but who can blame her! That would be a great job.

And here are some of the Cocoa Bean's cupcakes. Can you see the resemblance?

Numero Uno

ONE DOWN. . .

I made a goal to complete 6 different 'events' this year. Being that I live in snow country events can be hard to come by in the winter months, so when I saw a Snowshoe 5k I thought that would be a great way to start out. Of course I've never done or seen a snowshoe race, so I was a bit unsure of what to expect.
Anne-Marie and Cathy joined me. Here we are before the race. Lucky for us there was about 8 inches of fresh powder ~ just what we needed to give us a really good workout. We had a great time ~ I'm so glad that I tried it out.

It continued to snow the entire race. Here we are after.
We actually took 1st{Cathy}, 2nd{Me} and 3rd{Anne-Marie}. No need to mention how many competitors there were. Let's just say, we weren't the only ones.

Here are Anne-Marie and Cathy cleaning off the car. In the hour and a half we were gone, the car was buried in about 4 inches of snow.

FIVE TO GO!
Next up, 10k in California {how nice it'll be to have warm fingers during the event}!

Play Day!

Last Saturday was an amazingly beautiful day... warm and sunny. We hit one of the nearby hills for some tubing fun. The girls even took their skis and we created our own rope tow. They loved it. Tater was determined to learn how to ski. She caught on very quickly.

Here's one group getting pulled back up the hill by the snowmobile. Jason & Jake flew down on the little tube. It was so warm, Cambrie stripped down to her thermals.

The rope tow in action.

Me and Tater on the tube.

Biggest Icicle Ever!

Cambrie was so impressed with this icicle she found out by the chicken coop, so I had to get a picture of her with it. It was HuGe!!