Other Winter Stuff

I wanted to start this post by saying, "now that winter feels long gone around here" (I washed and put away our jackets a few weeks ago) but we got another quick dash of snow last week to remind us that spring is still subject to opinion. With the beautiful weather we've had the last few days though, I'm convinced spring is here to stay this time. In any case, lots of other stuff happened during this year's seemingly unendless winter and I've obviously not been great at blogging it. So, here's a quick recap on some other stuff that went on.

The cats seem to all be friends now. Despite a rough start, Luci and Pumpkin have (mostly) made peace. They've even been spotted snuggling from time to time. Only took about a year to get to that point.

Pumpkin, Luci and Cici

For those of you on facebook, you no doubt saw how seriously cute Dylan was in his ski gear. What you didn't really get to see was how hard he worked. He skied and\or took lessons on about 5 different occasions throughout the winter. He learned quite a bit and really worked hard (and pooped himself out) during his instruction time. He and I "skied" together a few times so that he could see how fun it is to go a little faster down a bigger hill. That consisted of me holding him tight from behind. A lot of work for me to show him the future fun he has in store but well worth it. I'm guessing by the end of the ski season next year, he'll be leaving me behind.

We have very much enjoyed our new NH place. Hard to believe that we've only owned it since September...it very much feels like home to us. We were happy to be able to have a couple of winter visitors up there to share in our fantastic view and our snowy fun. First we had the Hunt family up. Jess and I got to get some time away from the families for a jaunt on our snowshoes. Her boys got in some skiing and my boys got in some sledding\outdoor play time.

Snowy Snowshoeing - Jess and I

Pajama Boys
Sammy, Dylan, Max, Cade in Front
Obviously, something very mesmerizing was on the boob tube at the time.

Next up, we had a fun weekend at Loon mountain. I met a coworker who has a place up there. So not technically a visitor, but time with friends in the mountains. He and I did a guided snowshoeing trip on Loon Mountain while Dylan spent the day in ski school and Cade and Mike did some tot tubing.

I love this selfie of Dylan and I at the condo.

Cade Rockin the Headphones

Cade Tot Tubing

Views From Loon

Rodney and I

In Front of Loon Lake At the Top of Loon Mountain

Quick break from NH fun. I got a Mom's night out and did a paint party with some girls from work. We had a fun night and discovered our inner Picasso's.

Mike and I also threw an impromptu St. Patrick's Day party. Everyone brought some sort of green food and there was much ruckus with a million kids running around. Nothing like popping on Frozen to get them all to chill out for a little while.

Cade, Dylan, Wyatt, Mason, Hayden, Isabella, MacKenzie and Arden
(Only little one missing from this shot is Wyatt's little sister, Reagan.)

Back up to NH for our last winter weekend at the end of March, Mike's cousin, Erik, and his family joined us. As usual, we had a great time with them and the boys had a great time playing together.

Justin and Dylan Bonding Over IPad Time

Love this crazy boy!

Buzz Lightyear Loves Winter

Woohoo!

Cuties with Cute Smiles

Mike, Cade (have no idea why he is practically naked in this pic),
Jessie with Ryan, Justin and Erik

And to encourage Spring to come and stay around, I got a little haircut.

It Was Long....

And Now It's Not

Because it had been fairly long and I was ready for a change, I sucked it up and grew it out as much as I could to donate. I hate being wasteful and it's always good to do a good deed. That pony tail (actually a collection of 4 small ones) was mailed off for donation last week.

So, that's the rest of our winter in a nutshell. Spring is here and with it organization and construction projects. The next few weeks will be absolutely nutty with home projects. I am doing my best to do documentation along the way so that I can share the transformations.

Happy Spring Everyone!