Winter Activities

Kessler skiing (Caulder was sleeping in the lodge)

Horses we met on our drive to the hike

Hiking in the desert

Fossils, bones, and shells

Kessler hiding

Climbing up a mountain

Our lovely sweaters

January went by in a flash. We decided to let the boys try out skiing this year. The ski season looked very promising early on. Bogus Basin opened for Thanksgiving, and we got lots of snow in December. But, since Christmas, we have had very little snow. The boys have enjoyed learning to ski despite the lack of snow, or at least good snow. We decided to put off lessons until next year, so Mat and I have taken the boys up by ourselves. We quickly found that it is tough work keeping up with two three-year-olds.

We also just completed our second round of swim lessons this year, and both boys get to move up a level. We are also starting up gymnastics again. The boy's first class was on Monday, and it's really fun to watch them. Until this session, Mat and I participated with the boys in class, but now that they are three we can watch from the sideline.

A couple of weeks ago, we took advantage of the recent nice weather, and went on a hike to look for fossils. We found a few aquatic fossils, since the area we were hiking in used to be the bottom of the ocean, and many shells. The drive was a little harrowing on back roads, but the hike was through some very interesting terrain.

Finally, we headed over to a Superbowl party where the theme was "ugly sweaters". I'm sure you can tell which photo represents this day.