Erin's Baby Shower

I hosted Erin's baby shower on Saturday.  I cannot believe the baby will be here soon!  Guests arrived around 2p.  We had snacks and champagne to toast the mama-to-be.  Instead of the usual baby shower games we did a "How well do you know Erin?" game.  Lots of Erin trivia and secrets, it was very fun.  I handmade the flag banners and white tissue "poufs" which may have made it to the baby's room.

 Lots of gifts

 Time to celebrate!

 Erin and her audience

 Erin opening gifts

 Lots of fun baby items

 Carole collecting all the ribbons and creating a fun ball for over the baby's crib

 Erin & Carole

 Cassie, Erin & Elizabeth

Erin & I

My Birthday!

Phew!  No more birthdays until November.  There was general silliness for my birthday which I've decided to share.  Enjoy!

 The Clown

 The Fashionista

The Birthday Girl

Annemarie Turns 4!

Our baby is four!  Technically she's not a baby or even a toddler.  As she likes to say she's a "big girl!"  Annemarie's birthday is exactly one week after Jack's so it falls on the same day of the week.  Aunt Erin joined us for dinner, presents and cupcakes.  Annemarie made quite the haul when it came to gifts.  She had a nice mixture of clothing and toys, both of which she loves.  Our little girl is still petite but what she lacks in size she definitely makes up for with her big personality.  Annemarie love talking, singing, dancing, playing and reading.  She is quite silly and funny.

 Opening a gift from the Hunts

 Superhero gear from of Aunt Corey

 Getting ready to make a birthday wish

 This is the part where Erin starts saying "watch out for her hair"

And this is where Annemarie's hair caught on fire...thankfully Doug was quick and put it out before it could do any real damage.  I wish I had recorded it!

Happy Birthday Annemarie!

Easter 2012

Very early in the morning.  Looks like Jack is super excited. 

Easter is usually pretty low-key in our house.  This year was no different.  We went to church in the morning with Erin and TJ.  Will and Doug skied during the day and then we had a delicious early dinner.  Erin set up her own egg hunt which the kids love because some of the eggs have money in them.  So fun!  Hope you had a nice Easter!

 Checking out what's in the baskets.

Annemarie showing off her butterfly glasses.

Jack Turns 7!

Another birthday!  This is the beginning of the April Birthday run.  Up first is Jack.  Seven!  How did we get here?  Jack was only two when we moved to Montana.  Hard to believe that he's lived most of his life in Whitefish.  Jack is in 1st grade this year and his teacher is Mrs. Morgan.  Jack is excelling in almost every subject in school.  He loves school work and it seems to come pretty easy for him.

 Jack is kind, loving and so funny.  Here he is with his stack of gifts.  So excited to start opening them.

This picture is too funny because of Will in the background pouting.  Will already has a skateboard but there's something tough about watching someone else open gifts.

 This is were the heckling began...

 Yes!  Star Wars!

 Thanks Aunt Corey!

 Happy Birthday Jack!

Make a wish!

Skiing for Jack's Birthday

Jack's Birthday was during Spring Break this year.  So the boys had the day off and we spent the day skiing.  Even I got in on the action.  The mountain wasn't too busy so we enjoyed lots of empty runs and the boys had fun in the trees and looking for jumps.

 Lunch time.

What a great day!

Will Skiing

Annemarie Skiing

Annemarie's FIRST Haircut

I'm sure you're thinking how is that possible? Annemarie will be four in April and yes, this was her first ever haircut. Unlike her brothers whose hair was cut well before their first birthdays Annemarie didn't have hair for so long! Anyhow, years later it has grown in and is very pretty and starting to get very long. So, I took her to see Peter (the guy that cuts my hair) for her very first haircut. Of course she was very good and loved the whole experience. I think we're good for another year!

The pre-cut chat
Assessing the length

Time to cut

A very happy girl

Crazy for Hot Chocolate

and the audio that goes with the pictures

Winter Carnival 2012

As I've mentioned before Winter Carnival is very big in Whitefish. There are lots of fun winter events that take place and one of them is the parade. Since we're so close to downtown we're lucky enough to be on the parade route. This year we had friends over to watch. The kids love it because everyone in the parade throws candy. We saw lots of people we know in the parade including our own Aunt Erin. You'll see her below.

Annemarie is ready for the fun to begin.

Tyler checking out the parade as it goes by.

Is is a float or a boat?

Aunt Erin tossing candy.

The Whitefish Plastic Surgery float and Aunt Erin with her sign.

Will, Matthew and Jack checking out all the loot.