Monday, January 11, 2010

Charlie Mountain

On New Year's Day we took the boys up to Mt. Charleston or Charlie Mountain as Carson called it to play in the snow. We rented a little cabin up at the lodge and spent the night. Carson was so cute, he kept telling me he was so excited. The first day up there was frustrating and crowded, the roads up to the snow play area were closed so we spent the day driving around and getting nowhere. So we just checked in to the cabin and went to dinner at the Lodge. That night the boys snuggled up on the recliner chair and watched Peter Pan (or Peter Man in Carson speak) together. The next morning we got up early and went sledding. We found a campsite where someone had built a snow fort and the boys had fun playing in that and having snow ball fights. When they got tired we loaded up the car and came home.

Cole is fake sleeping:

Charlie Mountain:

Carson in action:

Cole is the king of the world:

On the cabin stairs:

Getting ready to hit the slopes:

Friday, January 8, 2010

The Last of the Christmas Posts (until next year)...

Every year on Christmas Eve we have a somewhat silly reenactment of the Nativity Story. This year Cole "graduated" up to being a shepherd. He was so happy about this since the last few Christmases he has been the star.

Our two little guys bring so much excitement to Christmas morning. It is so fun to celebrate with them and see the magic of Santa thru' their eyes. This year it was a very Lego Christmas. Both boys got tons of Legos, a basketball hoop and new bikes.



After a busy and exciting day Carson passed out cold on the barstool while eating dinner.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Christmas Eve Jammies

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The traditional Christmas Eve jammies photo in front of the tree.
This year I found cute "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" jammies while we were in Salt Lake for Thanksgiving.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Advent{ure} Calendar

Hand's down, one of Cole's favorite things this Christmas Season was his Lego Advent Calendar which he called his adventure calendar. On school nights, after homework was done he got to open a new door and find a Lego surprise inside, (I never saw a kid more excited to do homework, I might have to get these to use as bribes throughout the school year). He of course loved weekends when there was no homework to be done and he could tear into the calendar, no strings attached.

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I love how he called it his adventure calendar. We thought it was so cute we never corrected him!