Wuv, Twoo Wuv

Valentines day has come and gone but I can't let it get too far away without announcing the marriage of Toothfang Wingy Wilde, to his true love, Mrs. Wingy.  These are Chandler's creatures that he built and keeps in a cage in his room.  I was very surprised on valentines day when he announced they were getting married and exchanging rings!  He even asked me to be the "wedding photographer."  Here is a glimpse at the big wedding:

Getting ready:

exchanging rings

 Where did he come up with this?  Love his funny self.

 Here is a look at our very laid back valentines dinner this year.  Papa Murphy's heart shaped pizza and. . .

 a giant plate of sugar cookies for Gordon.  He was thrilled!

Here's my favorite little cookie monster enjoying the spoils of V-day!

a new niece!

We were so excited to have a new niece join our family this month!  Gordon's youngest sister had a beautiful baby girl a few weeks ago.  I was lucky enough to get asked to come take a photo or two of the little love bug so I got to spend some good snuggle time.  Angelina's good friend helped me by doing a professional quality photoshop edit on these, and they turned out so beautifully!  Here is the little dolly:

Lucky me, when Gordon was a teenager, Angelina sold her firstborn child to him for some menial task, like doing the dishes or something.  I can't remember all the details   Anyway, they have it down on paper and everything, so it's official!  She was only 8 or so, and probably didn't realize that she wouldn't actually want to give up the little doll, but we're definitely tempted to hold her to it!  :)  She's such a little sweetie! 

Mt. Bachelor

Just about every year we pull the kids out of school for the better part of the week to educate the little people about skiing.  We have just returned from a glorious 5 days at Mt. Bachelor with Grammy and Grampy Price.  The sun shone and the snow was perfect!  We had four skiing children this year with the addition of Emilee.  I started to get my ski legs back but I think it's going to take a bit more practice before I can keep up with my 3 sons.  Hopefully from here on out I'll be able to ski every time too.

Thank you Gram and Gramp for all the fun.  The kids REALLY look forward to this trip every year!  Here is my annual ski montage so the kids will be able to remember all the fun, and how we have tried to teach them well about some of the more enjoyable parts of life.  Fun, family, and of course, food.  :)

Link to video by clicking HERE.  I am having technical difficulties today!

The Pine Wood Derby

Last night was the pinewood derby!  Aidan raced as a Bear this year.  Here is a picture of his car, the "duck car."  It was pretty fast!

Here is the dessert table I put together.  The kids LOVED the "spare tires."

 The line up. . .

 Aidan brought in the flag before we got started. . .

 And here are the "big scouts" as they circled around the results board.  I think the big boys love this as much as the little boys do.

 Here is Aidan's car flying down the track for his final race.  He won most of his heats and took 4th overall.

Phew!  4 down, 4 to go.

our little pet

Heidi is such a dolly these days.  She is like our little family pet.  We sure love her to pieces!  I was going through the cameras today and found all these little snippets of our happy Heidi.  I put them together for you to enjoy.  We love our little Heidi Bear!

Sledding with the Rosses

This past Saturday, we ventured up to Mt. Hood to take the kids sledding.  Everybody had a great time!  Well, that is everybody but Heidi.  She thought the snow was terrible, horrible, no good, and very bad.  We spent about 30 minutes trying to help her enjoy it, and then I took her back to the van where she B-lined for her car seat and insisted she be buckled back up.  She took a nap there, and then later when she was up, I approached the car, opened the door and asked her if she wanted to come with me.  Back to the buckle!  She had found her safety zone and she was sticking with it!  Here is a little montage of everyone else's adventures. . .

My Little Geek

Ethan was thrilled to get a Rubiks Cube from Santa.  Since then, he has been watching YouTube videos to learn how to solve it.  Writing algorithms, taking notes, and memorizing patterns.

And, Voila!  He did it!  Great job buddy! 

  Sometimes my children shock me with what seems like fun to them.  I never would have gone after this one, but he was all over it.  Love it!