Ray and I are home!

So we are back from our trip and this weekend we made the most of it, spending time with the kids. Here are some pictures of all of us outside taking advantage of the beautiful weather. Also, here is a picture of Evan and Ray walking to get on board the helicopter! We went to the boat show and home show this weekend, and at the boat show they had helicopter rides... and of course Evan loves airplanes so we had to let him ride in the helicopter. Enjoy the pictures. Have a wonderful week!
God Bless,
Michelle

Leaving the snow in Arkansas to go to Vail!

So we had a trip planned to go to Vail since last year.... who would have ever thought we would be leaving this much snow to go to more snow. We had planned on it being a family trip but, ski school told us Evan was to young to take lessons and next year would be perfect. So we invited 4 other couples to go along with us. We had a blast. We stayed in a home that we rented that was walking distance from Vail Village. The house was great, each couple had their own room and bath, we had a heated pool, hot-tub and fully furnished home for everything else. The skiing was fabulous we could not have asked for better weather. Vail had just received several feet of snow before we arrived. While we were there the temperature was in the 30's the entire time and sunny! As we were leaving a blizzard was coming so the timing was perfect. Skiing was great, restaurants were amazing, shopping of course was to good, and the night life we made the most of when we felt like it! Thank you Chad, Monika, Ted, Suzanne, Lance, Tina, Jeff, and Ashley for all coming along! We had a great trip with you all and so glad you could come and join us! Here are the few pictures we were took... sorry we didn't get many.
God Bless, Michelle

Were not in Colorado yet... that's Arkansas snow!

Wow, I still can't get over how much snow we received over the past few weeks! Here are some pictures from the giant snow! We had to dig out of our garage to be able to go anywhere - the pictures are of Ray, Evan, me, and the neighbors digging out! Evan loved the snow - he was falling flat on his face and rolling all around in the snow. Some of the other pictures are from our backyard. We have a patio table with six chairs directly outside our kitchen. As you can see in the pictures - I took a picture at the beginning of the snow and somewhat when it slowed down, and you can't even see the table in the second picture, but you can see the umbrella.... unbelievable!
God Bless,
Michelle

Parker is walking!

So, my youngest is walking! He has been wobbling taking a few steps the past few weeks, and now he has officially walked from the coach to the chair! I can't believe he is growing up so fast. I had a feeling he would be walking fast since his brother walked at the age of 9 months so it doesn't surprise me at all that he is right there behind his brother! I will post a video as soon as we get it downloaded!
God Bless,
Michelle

Snow Day Again!

Tuesday was obviously a snow day! We received a light dusting over Monday night, and Tuesday morning it really started to come down! I took some pictures of the house yesterday morning to show how it all begin. Also, we decided to go outside and play in it a little while. Parker was down for his morning nap so we bundled up Evan and headed out. As you can see he had a blast - and put his gloves on this time. He loved having Ray pull him in the sled. Ray even got the Evan rode it around our front drive. It was hilarious. Around noon we were all ready to get out of the house so we decided to get everyone bundled up to go eat lunch at the club and after go sledding behind the club house. The kids both did great over lunch - but by the time we got to the hill to go sledding Evan was getting tired. So we went back to the truck and set out to go home and let the boys take their afternoon naps. During the naps I cleaned up the house a little. For dinner we had some good friends of ours over for some Chili and cornbread. The kids had a great time playing together.
Now it is Wednesday, and again the daycare is closed. I am home with the kids and Ray is out working some of his cases in Fort Smith. He should make it home early but for now I am taking advantage of the time at home, cleaning, laundry and organizing. I hope everyone else is making the most of their time at home! Stay warm and safe!
God Bless,
Michelle
Enjoy the pictures!