Playdate Before The Getaway

We had a fun little playdate at our house today. Maya and Declan love having friends over. Maya is little Miss Social Butterfly and she loved having Mikayla around to play with for a couple of hours. She had a small fall off the 2nd step and cut her lip a little bit, but she brushed off the pain pretty quickly. Declan also fell - off a kitchen chair, but I caught him before he hit his head on the hard floor. There must have been a lot more stimulation to make the kids so stumbly. But they had fun none-the-less!

Here is Kenneth wearing Maya's sunglasses while riding horseback.

Here is Maya kissing her horse.

More random playtime in our living room

(L-R: Mikayla, Austin, Heidi, & Declan)

Tomorrow we will be heading to Sun River to stay with Jeremy's parents in their timeshare. I love it there - especially at times like this when there is snow on the ground. I normally HATE snow, but when we are not responsible to shovel or get from point A to point B, snow tends to bring on a new sense of warmth. Hot co-coa, a warm fire, skiing and hot-tubbing. Ok, well maybe I jumped the gun - I just got an email from Jeremy telling me the forcast for this weekend - rain and only SOME snow fall. Oh well, three out of four is not too bad.

The last time we went to Sun River was for Jeremy's birthday in mid-December 2005. We had only been married for 2 1/2 months at the time and I found out a few weeks after this trip that we were pregnant with Maya. Anyway, judge for yourselves, but I think we have all changed quite a bit in the last 3 1/2 years.

This is me and Jeremy hugging a tree. Yes, I love getting pictures next to trees...:)

Jeremy cross-country skiing

There was a Santa display in the lobby of the Lodge and Santa's Naughty-or-Nice list was there with my former last name on it...Curtis. (Yes, little things amuse little minds.)

This was at the skating rink.

(L-R: Jeremy's sister Gina, our nephew John, Jeremy, Me, our nephew Nick)

My in-laws returning from the Hot Tub. I think I was wearing a lot more clothes than Jeremy's parents and that is why I took the picture. I remember that it was FREEZING that night!

Anyway, I am really looking forward to having the kids with us this time around. I'm sure there will be a lot of pictures to post when we return on Monday.