Abbie of course is Hello Kitty
Hunter is the Minecraft creeper
Noah is the Lego guy
Noah was invited to a birthday party at our friends - the Lovejoys. Their sons name is Noah also. They played army games at the party which the boys all loved. They were split on to two teams - Honor and Valor. Noah was on team 'Honor'. There was an obstacle course and they also played capture the flag. Their party favor included the t-shirt they are wearing and wooden machine gun you see them all holding:)
Took advantage of the abnormally warm winter day and went to the park.
Hunter wanted to hit the park today so we spent most of the day there. Unfortunately Noah wasn't feeling well so he couldn't make it. Here is one of his jumps. He doesn't quite stick this one but he was landing and sticking others.
Have had good luck with weather at Mt. Bachelor recently. Last Saturday with Noah, and today with Both Noah and Hunter.
Noah skied both green and blue runs today! He did awesome.
More Fun while Papa and Lulu visited.
Outdoor Fire
We took Papa so he could see the boys climb at the indoor gym
Fresh Snow!
Bowling fun
This year since Pat and Sue (Kelly's parents) were coming to visit after Christmas we decided to get them an 'experience' gift of a snowshoe and bonfire tour through Wanderlust Tours. This is the same company we went with this summer when we did the moonlight canoe trip on Sparks lake with some friends. This time it would be a snowshoe hike at night with a bonfire waiting for us! We were in for an extra special treat last night as it was snowing like mad up in the mountains making for a real winter outing with fresh powder to snowshoe through! Waiting for us was a carve snow seating with seating pads, a fire, treats from sparrow bakery and warm drinks with your choice of spirits if you like. I selected the crater lake hazelnut vodka by Bend distillery with my hot chocolate!
Great fun and highly recommended by all of us.
Sunriver is a destination resort and small village about 15 minutes south of Bend, that we enjoy going to now and again. Its Dec 26 and the sun was shining today so we thought it would make for a fun afternoon.
Here is a pano shot towards the mountains. You can see Abbie and PJ playing in the left side of the shot on the snow covered golf course.
Kelly, Sue, Hunter, Noah and Abbie went skating at the Sun River Ice Rink, while PJ and I watched and took a train ride. Abbie had some trouble remembering how to skate so we got her the walker and then within about 5 minutes she was done with the walker.
We finished off the evening with a winter fire on the back patio.
