Snowboards

 We (myself included) had so much fun snowboarding at Hannah and Bobby's house that Ryan and I decided to get the boys each a small snowboard they can use at the sledding hill.

They've never really shown much interest in skiing before, but this last time we were in Wausau was the first time they actually asked if they could learn how to ski.  So now we are super excited to get them started with it!  I LOVE skiing and can't wait to share that with them, but in the meantime these snowboards will do the trick.  

Now if only we could get some decent snow!

Wintery Walks

One of my dad's favorite things to do is to go for long walks through the woods behind his house.  It's beautiful, peaceful, and leads right to the ski hill, which is fun.  Whenever we come to Wausau I try to join him for his walk when I can.  

This walk was especially pretty because there had been a ton of fog, so all of the branches had crystals growing all over them.  It was so COOL!!

Outside Fun

 We had so much fun spending time together outside yesterday, that we decided to do it again, although this time in Hannah and Bobby's backyard with a firepit, s'mores, sleds, snowboards and a 4-wheeler.  What more could you ask for?  :)

Tubing

 Sylvan Hills is a hill in Wausau that used to be a ski hill back when I was growing up.  It was much smaller than Rib Mountain, only had tow ropes instead of chair lifts, but it was still a great time and I have tons of great memories there.

Fast forward to today and they've transformed it into a tubing hill.  I've always wanted to take the boys, but Miles hasn't been quite tall enough to ride a tube of his own....until this year!!  He and Addie finally made the cut, so we decided to meet up and go tubing.

While we waited for Hannah and her family to arrive, the boys and I went up for one quick run.  It's awesome because you grab a tube at the bottom of the hill and they attach you to a rope tow that pulls you all the way up to the top!  So easy!

We got to the top, connected our tubes together and made our first run down.  It was SO fast!!

Miles eyes were like saucers and he quickly decided he didn't want to go down again.  But then we saw Hannah's family and he agreed to go one more time with Addie.

This time all 10 of us connected our tubes together at the top.  

You can only imagine the momentum we had with all that weight coming down the hill at once.  As if it wasn't fast enough the first time, this run was even faster.  Miles and Addie wanted nothing more to do with it, which ended up being OK because the line to go back up was crazy long and would have taken at least an hour.  It's our fault for going on New Years Day, but we figured we would give it a try.

Instead we decided to go explore the woods right there, which turned out to be way more fun anyway.  It's SO pretty back there.  I couldn't help myself from taking tons of pictures.

Let's Get Back On Track!

Between three kids, a new (not so new anymore) job, and all the other craziness life has to offer I fell off the Blogging wagon...and I fell hard!  I tried to pick it back up and go back to fill in the gaps, but I always felt like I was behind and would never catch up.

So I'm going to try something new and just start from scratch in January and do my best at keeping things updated.  I LOVE looking back on the blogs and a lot of times there are things in there that I wouldn't have remembered had I not had them written down.  Sometimes it seems like a ton of work, but it is so worth it in the end.

So here we go...

Joe's 7th Birthday Interview

My Favorite.....

Food: Mac n Cheese
Drink: Blue juice (gatorade)
Treat: Oreo Milkshakes
Toy: My Fortnite action figure
Color: Black

TV Show: Mandalorian

Movie: Sherlock Gnomes

Outfit: Unspeakable Shirt ("merch")

Game: Fortnite

Animal: Dottie

Song: "Believer" by Imagine Dragons

Book: Big Nate Books

Place to go: Disney World

Thing to do outside: Fly Owen's Drone

Thing to do at school: Worktime - work with a friend and do drawing videos and stuff

What do you want to be when you grow up?  You Tuber...I'm a pretty good prankster

What makes you happy?  Pranking Owen

What makes you sad?  When I don't get to pet Dottie

Who is your best friend? Jackson 

What's your favorite thing to do with Mommy?  Hug her

What's your favorite thing to do with Daddy?  Play Minecraft

What's your favorite thing to do with Owen?  Play Fortnite or build Legos

What's your favorite thing to do with Miles?  Play Super Smash Bros

How old is Mommy? 39

What does Daddy do for his job?  Helps people deliver toys to a big ship that delivers toys all over the world
What do we love to do as a family?  Watch movies

Anything else you want to tell us? I love playing with Dottie!

Nostalgic Smells

I love Disney, but I always wonder if the kids love and remember it as much as I do.  Miles has been so young when we've gone there, and I'm not sure what he remembers.

Well tonight was one of those moments when it made me feel so happy and I know that he truly does remember. When I showered tonight I used body wash and lotion that I had brought back from the hotel we stayed at on our Disney trip.  I went into Miles' room to say goodnight and he goes, "You smell like Disney" 🥰. How cute that he could pinpoint that smell.  Made me so happy, yet so sad that it well be awhile before we're able to safely visit Disney again.