Jesse - Brooke - Reese - Roxie - Aniston - Torah

This is Reese cursing down the hill on her first day of skiing! She sure made Mom and Dad very very proud!! It was such a fun day!!

Well 2012 ski season has not been as we would had hoped. We are in the middle of January and Pebble Creek has still not opened the Skyline lift. Jesse and I made a trip over to Sun Valley in the middle of December to get a day of skiing in which was great but really that is all the skiing we have done. However Pebble Creek does have it's Aspen (baby hill) lift open, and we have been able to take Reese up the last two weeks to teach her how to ski! I have to say it has been so much fun! Jesse and I have enjoyed every minute of it!! Reese is a natural and has been doing so great! Her very first run we hooked her up to the harness and Jesse skied in front of her and helped her get use to her skis. She skied down the bottom and she was so excited to get on the chair lift! She skied 4 runs like a champ and then we went in for lunch! Jesse and I couldn't believe that she did so many runs in the morning. We thought we would be 2 runs in the morning then lunch and maybe a couple more...

Reese turned 3 at the end of December! I can't believe that she is already 3! We are so proud of her and love her to pieces. For her party we had a Skiing themed party (getting her excited to learn how to ski) Jesse and I had bought her all her skiing equipment for her birthday so it all tied in together. She got the whole set up and looks so cute in all her gear! The big surprise was her brand new PINK skis! It was important that they were pink, she was very specific! All dressed up showing off some of her new ski gear! She got these cute fairy wings that she loved and didn't want to take off! We had a house full again and are so grateful for everyone that came to celebrate her birthday with us! She loved all the gifts she was given and sure is a spoiled little girl! We had chili dogs and for her cake we just made cupcakes with pink skis sticking out of them! It was really fun decorating and making everything for her party! Since we don't have a fireplace I ordered a fire...

Here are the Girls fresh out of the bath and ready for Santa to come visit them! Reese wanted a pink kitchen and Roxie wanted some new clothes ;). So they both got what they wanted and more. Reese was so excited for kitchen, all her food and pots and pans. Roxie got alot of new clothes and some new toys as well. Reese admiring her new pink kitchen! Love the hair Roxie! We had a great Christmas with the Girls and loved seeing there cute little faces that morning. We had both our parents stop by and bring the Girls their gifts and got to see alot of our family through out the day. Reese got to make everyone who came over Pizza with her new kitchen and she loved every minute of it! We are so grateful for all that we have and for all of our family. Christmas night Roxie thought she would try to stay in the Motorhome that Jesse's parents gave to Reese. She is a pretty funny little girl!

Roxie turned ONE on the 15 th of November! We had a party for her the day after Chase and Taylor's Wedding reception so all the family that were in town for that could stay and celebrate with us. We had so much family there and are so grateful for everyone that came! It was a fun party! The theme of the party was "Roxie's Sweet Shoppe" I saw the idea on a blog and decide to give it a shot. Jesse and BreAna helped me a ton that morning and I think we pulled it off! I was so happy with the way everything looked and tasted!! Roxie enjoyed playing in her cake. She was not all that excited to eat it but she had a couple little bites. It was much more fun to smash it in her hands. My favorite part of the party was watching Roxie open each and every gift! She would get so excited and Oooooo and Awwwww over every thing! Then she would say "Thank You" It was the best! In this picture below you can see the expression she got everytime she opened something new. ...

Jesse has to go to Arizona a couple times a year for work. So this time we thought we would all go and have a little family vacation. My friend Hollee and her family moved down there last year so we were able to stay with them and spend some time with them. We stopped in Vegas to break up the drive. We stayed at Treasure Island and got to show the girls a little bit of the strip. Reese really liked walking around and seeing all the different things. We made it to Arizona after we had walked around Vegas for a bit. It was so good to see Hollee and her family! Her and Chase have two little boys the same ages as Reese and Roxie! It was so funny to watch Reese and Alex play and see the major differences between Boys and Girls! They had a blast with each other and were fast friends. We were all able to go to a Pumpkin Patch on Sunday. The kids got to ride some Pony's, rides and watch some pigs race. We had a good time but I must say it was SO HOT!! Wow! Monday we weren't really ...

Well now Summer is pretty much over and not quite sure how that happened. I really love and enjoy the summer time and am always disappointed when it is over. Granted it does mean that ski season is around the corner, but I will miss working in my yard, wearing shorts, and going for mountain bike rides in the evening. I am not ready for Fall and wish we really could go straight from Summer to Winter! We had a very busy summer and had a lot of fun! We went to a few Car Shows. Chase had his car in a few throughout the summer, and we hit about 3 or so to see him. Going to car shows is something that my family usually did a lot of in the summer, and is fun for Jesse and I to take the girls to now. One thing this summer that we did that was different, and fun was camp for a weekend in Lava Hot Springs with my family. I had never been to the swimming pool in Lava so it was fun to go and swim with Reese and BreAna's boys. We ate at the Thai Restaurant there in Lava also for the first...