Rob the Basketball Player

This past Saturday was Rob's final basketball game for the season. I am so impressed with how well he played. He was aggressive, focused, passed the ball, went for some shots and had a great attitude. He is amazing on defense! The highlight of the last game was that Rob made 2 baskets! His team was struggling to score points, so it was awesome to see him make some baskets. In the final seconds of the game Rob had the ball, passed it to his friend, Noah, and he scored the final points at the buzzer! 

It was an incredible grand finale. 

My Little Gymnast

Yesterday after we went skiing and snowboarding,
we headed to Allie's first gymnastics class!
She was beyond excited. It was so cute to see her serious
expressions as she did her exercises. 

I must say she really is a natural. 
But, it doesn't come from me! I actually did gymnastics 
for a short time when I was young, but chickened 
out & quit when I had to learn to do a 
headstand over the vault.

Allie can thank her very talented Aunts for 
her natural gymnastics ability. Josh's sisters, Beth 
and Jessica, as well as my sister, Susan, all took 
gymnastics and were extremely good at it. 

I have a feeling Allie will be practicing headstands, somersaults,   
and cartwheels non-stop around the house from now on!

Balance beam 

Jumping across the floor

Doing somersaults

Super Ski Day

Today we headed up the mountain and hit the slopes. 

It turned out to be a beautiful day!

Josh and Marcus

Allie in ski school

That's Rob in the back, then Allie and 

Marcus getting his board ready.

Josh and Allie

So cute seeing the boys ride up the chairlift together

Me and Allie getting ready to ski down...had to keep telling 

her to slow down because she was just flying down the hill 

(no fear with this one!)

Melissa and Noah were able to join us :)

Mighty Marcus...went down Great Western

black diamond runs with his Dad

Rob Dog...he was singing up the chair lift, 

"I love powder! I love powder!" He took me on some side trails 

on the bunny hill with fresh powder. What an adventurer. 

It was awesome! 
Then Josh told me Rob kept saying, "I'm a professional. I got it." When they got on the chair lift, Rob somehow knocked his ski off, and the operator had to stop the lift. Josh asked him, "Do you want me to carry the ski up the lift?" He answered, "No, he's a professional! We'll let the pro put his ski back on! I already stopped the whole lift for him."

Allie is Little Miss Confident...she kept saying to me 

"I'm the best one [on the mountain]."

 She definitely was very proud of herself and I was 

able to take the opportunity to teach her a little bit
about humility on the ride up the chairlift!

We definitely had a special day!
We usually only go skiing when our family 
comes from CA in February every year. 
The kids can't wait to go again soon!
 Only a few more weeks until our family comes!

Pics of the Kids

I feel horrible that I didn't get a family Christmas picture
and card together this year. At least I was able to get 
some pictures of the kids in early December...

Happy Birthday, Markell!

Yesterday we celebrated Markell's 24th birthday!

Markell, you are a blessing to our family and we thank God for YOU!