Monday, March 19, 2012

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Let's Go Irish, Let's Go!

Gracie goes to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School and their mascot is the Fighting Irish, so they try to have a group in the St. Patrick's Day parade. Gracie was in the parade last year and Emmett, Jessie, and I watched from the sidewalk. This year we all got to be IN the parade (I like this better because it's much easier to keep the kids entertained/contained!). We lucked out on the weather and we all had fun. Go Irish!





Sunday, March 4, 2012

Snow Monsters

Gracie and Emmett got a couple ski lessons for Christmas and today was their last one. Jason hit the slopes on his own and Jessie and I hung out in the lodge with friends. Emmett got tired a lot and crashed a lot.....I'm sure he'll be adding to the scars on his forehead in the near future. Gracie seemed to be doing pretty well so Jason took her up on a chairlift after the lesson...an hour later they made it back down to the bottom! :-) Maybe we should try one more lesson before we do that again! Overall, it was a success and when we got home it was 62 degrees - spring!

Riding up the Magic Carpet with their instructor (Emmett-red helmet, Gracie-multi-colored coat)
Emmett making his way around the cones.
To the bottom without crashing!
Gracie's turn...
Perfect!
And he crashes....