my birthday pedicure

I have gotten maybe 3 pedicures in my life--my neighbor convinced me to indulge for my birthday soooo

Laken has had a cold for about 3-4 days and has been extra needy at times. he can't seem to stay in his bed at night and truthfully dan and I are too tired to resist. Last night was no different--laken ended up in our bed about 10pm but was having episodes of crying in his sleep and kicking, tossing, turning.....
dan ended up on the couch, I slept in the chair, and our three year old son had a california king bed all to himself--ironic eh?

winter hike

5 and pierced

sadie has been insisting on having her ears pierced lately--ever since her friend down the street who is 7 got hers done. so, dan took her today and voila --my little girl has beautiful crystal flower earrings in her ears. no crying or changing her mind...
she is such a little independent, assertive go getter
she keeps telling me she doesn't feel her earrings in her ears and asks me to see if they're still there.

dirtbiking at our friend tony's house--he has a track in his backyard--sadie in leading the pack with daddy right on her heels

gemma started playing basketball last week. What a blessing to be able to go to her games and watch her improve everytime. She scored her first basket at her third game--she gets so excited to get the ball sometimes she travels with the ball or double dribbles. I am so proud of her for trying something new.

snowshoeing

dan and I had the opportunity to go snowshoeing at mt bachelor saturday. The forest service puts on a free program for anyone who is interested in the hx of the forests surrounding bachelor. it was beautiful!! Snoeshoeing is like wearing big flip flops over your shoes and you can go anywhere in the snow.

as you can tell from the picture dan was quite freaked out:)

the guide was quite informational

the hemlock trees that we saw mainly on our tour can hold up to 200 lbs of snow!!!