Skylar's 11th Birthday

 Someone is becoming a tween.  Our sweet baby girl turned 11 this week and I just wish time would slow down.

We went back and forth on what to do for Skylar and Lucy's birthday.  We planned a stayaction but the weather didn't cooperate so we planned a last minute game night at our house for the girls with their friends.  We played blackjack, fibbage and hide and seek in the dark.  Girls requested chick fil-A for dinner and Handals ice cream cakes for dessert.

These girls have been so lucky being able to celebrate their birthday together for the past 4-5 years.

On Skylars actual birthday we celebrated just like we did Maddens.  She got to pick out her breakfast and dinner and dessert.  Sadly she requested donuts for breakfast but Mother's Day was the day before and donuts were on a major shortage so she had confetti mini pancakes.

Her dinner request was cheese tortellini's and Dad's homemade garlic bread.

Then a big bowl of mint chip ice cream to top off her big day.

Maybe because they are both getting older but these were two for the easiest and funniest birthdays they both had.  

April 2021

Dying easter eggs. 

Easter Sunday we kept it just the four of us.  We put on a egg hunt in the house which the kids loved.  We took them to a surprise brunch at the Sugar Factory.

Dad had the waffle chicken sandwich.

Too happy little buddies.

These two best friends have been training for the junior lifeguards swim test.  They practice 2 to 3 times a a week and I couldn't be more proud.

We have a soon to be 5th grade graduate in the house!

Madden's 9th Birthday

 Hard to believe our little guy is now 9 years old.  

His request for birthday breakfast was chocolate chip mini pancakes with nutella on the side.

Dad shot off a confetti cannon which Madden wasn't too thrilled about.

He requested to open up presents right when he got home from school.

Sushi dinner was a top priority for him.

And he kept it simple with just vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and whip cream.

Since Covid-19 kept Madden for having a real birthday celebration last year I told him we could throw him a big party with all this buddies.  I tried giving him ideas on what we could do, but in the end it just wanted to have a small sleepover with Skylar, Lennon, Sophie with a taco bar for dinner.

Too make is more special we had teepees brought in for the sleepover.

He got all the presents he requested.  The kids had the best time just running around the house, playing in the teepees, and playing on their ipads together.

All the kids stayed up to 11:00PM and were up at 6:00AM.  They had endless bowls of fruity pebbles and cinnamon toast crunch for breakfast and hung out until 11:00AM together.  In the end it was the easiest party I have ever done for him, and I think one of his most special.

March 2021

 March 2021 saw the year that I turned 40! Sadly due to Covid-19 blah blah, we couldn't do a big bash, but I still got to have a great dinner with my dear friends who I hadn't seen is a year because of the pandemic.

My sweet mom crew also took me out to dinner to celebrate the big occasion. 

March also brought us Grandma for a visit.  She is all vaccinated and we are now hoping to be seeing a lot more of her.

Mammoth 2021

 Four months earlier if you told me we would be in Mammoth skiing I would of that you were crazy.  We are still dealing with the whole Covid-19 madness and I pretty much prepared myself that Mammoth just wasn't in the cards this year.  Somehow between November and February the world came up with a vaccine and things have started to feel more normal and we were allowed to go to Mammoth.  

Our family was really looking forward to this Mammoth trip because we knew that Madden was going to be on the slopes with us this year.  Also what made this trip extra special was that Lennon and Morrison were going to be with us.

I probably say this after every Mammoth trip, but this was honestly our BEST. TRIP. EVER.  The weather was absolutely perfect, 3 amazing blue bird days.  The mountain was completely empty that we were doing 15 runs before lunch.  They had had a couple snow storms the weeks earlier so they had a great amount of snow.  We skied 3 days and loved every second of it.

Wondering the village with the cousins.

Day two on the mountain.

After a half day of skiing we hit up the tube park which is always a highlight for the kids.  Being able to be at the tube park with Lennon even made it better for them.

Day three on the mountain.  This day was great, we skied all the way over to Main lodge and had a blast of there.  Skiing with my family is one of my favorite memories when growing up. 

 These ski trips with my family now is something that is very special to me that I hope Skylar and Madden hold them close to their hearts.

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