To Snowboard or Ski?

Charlotte has been asking to try snowboarding. I have done my best for two years to talk her out of it. Telling her how much she was going to fall. How she has to wait to be an expert skier first. Warning her she might hate starting out relegated to only the bunny slopes.  However, this weekend dad caved and decided it would be ok to let her give it a shot. Warm spring day, another friend who was going to try for the first time, and a borrowed snowboard from Vanessa O. all made giving it go a little easier.

As expected there were lots of spills. Three pairs of wet gloves. And one exhausted girl. However, she really seemed to love it and enjoyed the "newness" of it.

So now we tackle the age old question...to snowboard or ski?  We are pretty sure the answer is going to be to ski....however there may be a few more snowboarding runs in Charlotte's future.  I wish I had learned when I was younger...I may as well encourage both of them and let her pick which is her favorite.

Happy New Year

Another year has come and gone. The dogs are getting old... The girls are growing... And we sit back and watch how much they have developed. Charlotte quirky Happy kid who still loves to flap her hands. Maeve the serious one who hates competition but loves to play 'babies'.

For New Year's Eve we decided to spend it with friends... The Vaughan 's and the Robinson's. Unfortunately the Robinsons had a sick little one so they were not able to make it. So off we went to Purity Springs Resort for a night away. Life has come full circle as the Vaughan family was one that we first met (and liked)  when we moved to town.

The best way to describe Purity Springs Resort is to envision you grandmother's old house. Decor from a bygone era and a smell that is not bad or good but there for all to experience. The kids enjoyed it and in the end that is all that matters.

Highlight of the trip was actually having Shelby ski with the kids. Oh and the negative 11 temperatures. Nothing screams new years eve like a case of frost bite.

Charlotte's 1st picture of 2014.  She has her ice skating dress on because she thought she was going ice skating. But it was too cold. So we went swimming instead. 

Maeve relaxing by the waterfall. First picture of 2014.

The "duck face" was soooo 2013.  In 2014 is the year of the fish face!

Kids in a bar. Enough said. 

Shelby singing a duet with Scott Vaughan. Take notice of the woman in the foreground with the hat. Her face says, "they with you guys? ugh".  Yes lady, they are with us and yes they sound that bad.