Kids are Amazing

The other day we decided to hike up one of the large hills behind our house.The one in the way back.

The kids did great considering there were only animal trails to follow. The napster was the first to the top. Everyone had a blast including Daisy duke who had a lion king moment. The trip down was fast and exciting. We found some bones (Elk or Moose). Once at the bottom the girls and I discovered that we came down a different way than we went up and so they ended up thigh deep in snow. Lets just say they had a dragging experience.

The view from the top was beautiful. We even found some cactus on the way. All in all it was a great time and we can't wait to do it again.

Front page news, cousins and Grandpa visit

The Dude came home from school last week and announced that he and his cousins had made the front page news. So here they are at a snow survival program geared for kids. They learned how to use a compass, build snow caves, make snow shows out of trees and other basic survival skills. They all had a good time. Afterwards there was a lot of sledding, hot chocolate and smores.

During this week we grandpa, aunt, uncle and cousins all out having a good time. We walked around a lake and drove up into the mountains behind our house. What a view.

The boys constructed two snow forts and played for hours in them. The week flew by to quickly but it was a lot of fun.

Finally

We finally have things together enough to try a blog. We are living way up in the middle of the Colorado Rockies and loving it. There is so much to do here anytime of the year. We have hiking, skiing, hunting, fishing and camping all within minutes. Oh and also the wildlife right outside our front door. The Doctor of the house is enjoying his new laid back job, the skiing, and the outdoors. I am enjoying running up the mountains and being home with the kids. The Dude and Princess went back to school and are loving. In fact the Dude says that we gave him too much work at home. He just finished ice hockey and is waiting for the snow to melt for baseball. He is also still doing violin. The Princess was tested and was able to continue in second grade instead of going back to first. She is competing in gymnastics and piano this year. The Napster is working on reading and awaiting thestart of dance. Cute Stuff just celebrated her first birthday and has been working on perfecting the art of walking and the cutting of 6 teeth. Dasiy duke is enjoying the snow, running, hiking and now that the snow is almost gone digging for rodents. She actually caught one on our hike(gross). Things couldn't be better the mountains are great the air is clean and there is plenty to do.