Family Night

It's not very often Curtis and I are together with our kids.  :(  We often joke about being roommates and co-parents instead of husband and wife.  Sad...but it's true.  We do what we can to make the very best of our situation and it is wonderful for our kids to have daddy or mommy with them so much more now.  They just don't get the two of us together as much.  So we really value our family nights.  We recently went down to the South Davis Rec Center and took advantage of their fun ice.  Cannon got his first pair of hockey skates and it was fun to see him get so excited about getting on the ice.   

The rec center had these cool little "walkers" that the kids were able to use to help them get the hang of it.  Cannon didn't want to use the walkers, he wanted to just take off like dad did, and would get really mad when he couldn't just naturally skate.  He started to get the hang of it by the end though. 

After skating we make a quick trip to Pace's for some ice cream. 

It was a fun family night. 

Almost Perfect Weekend

I seriously just had the best weekend.  Friday night was low key, since Curtis now works every Friday until the end of time (at least that is how it feels).  So it consisted of laundry and Netflix, but that can be a fun time.

Saturday Cannon and I went to watch our favorite hockey game of the year...Guns vs. Hoses.  I have friends on the GUNS team and the past 3 years they have beat (actually, more like slaughtered) the Hoses.  This year was no different.  They beat the hoses 12 - 2.  I got to sit with one of my favorite families of all time and we laughed and cheered and chatted the whole game.  It was a great time and some good hockey.  Even as they get older, I will never tire of watching them play.  So much fun.

Later that night we went to the Grizzlies game and sat by our dear friends and again just had the best time.  Even though the Grizzlies lost, the company was so good it didn't matter.  

Not to mention....HOCKEY IS BACK.  My Penguins beat the Flyers in their season opener and the Red Wings lost 0-6!  It doesn't get much better than that.  

Sunday we went to church and then headed over to a friends house to watch the 49ers take on the Atlanta Falcons for the NFC Championship.  Of course Curtis was super excited about this.  So to show our support for him we all got our gear on and rooted for the Niners.  

This year they were able to pull it off, so the 49ers will be going to the Super Bowl, and I have one excited hubby.  :)

Monday was a holiday so there was no school and neither Curtis or I had to work.  I think EVERY weekend should be a 3 day weekend!!!  After we spent the morning together as a family playing games and cleaning the house, we got a sitter for the kids and Curtis and I headed up the mountains.  He got ski's for Christmas and he is still trying to figure them out and get back in the groove.  

I, on the other hand, am pretty dang comfortable on my board these days and hauled booty down the mountain multiple times.  I love that we have ski resorts so close to our house.  We headed up in the late afternoon and enjoyed the cheaper "night" skiing rates and the much less crowd.  It was pretty awesome and perfect.  

Sadly, the fun all came to a sad end when we came home to a sad little 6-year-old who wasn't feeling well.  She had a fever and said her ear hurt, so I bundled her up and took her to the doctor.  I'm super thankful that Wee Care is open 24 hours.  They have saved us multiple times.  

I was able to get Ky in to see a doctor and sure enough, she had a double ear infection.  Who knows how long she had been in pain.  The sweet little girl hardly ever complains.  So, we got her some antibiotics and some rest and she is already doing well again today.  

Other than Kylee getting sick, it was an absolute perfect weekend and one I would love to repeat sometime soon.  

So much SNOW

Over the Christmas break we were able to hit the slopes a lot.  It was so much fun.  I was super worried about my kids and if they would love it.  THEY LOVED IT.  Kylee wants her own snowboard so bad.  

We went sledding and that was a huge hit too.  

Just this weekend we have got about 3 feet of snow.  

There was so much snow that they canceled school.  

That hasn't happened since I was in school...many, many years ago.  

Cannon and I have had a lot of fun playing in it.  

We are loving all this snow!