Valentines, Skiing, Family

Valentines day is one of my favorites! It is so simply and so sweet! The kids had so much fun putting together their valentines. And Ian absolutely loved his box! He found the design online and we put it all together! Although Ian might have gone a little overboard decorating his sugar cookie at the class party...ewww.  

The next day Tim's parents and Maddie arrived and we met up with my dad and brother at Brighton. It was a beautiful and insanely warm day.

Lunch break

Typical Ian waiting for the rest of us to catch up.

Sadly by the time we got all of our gear packed, Ava taken care of and everyone all ready to go we somehow always managed to forget to bring the go pro. Thankfully my dad and I were able to catch a few videos of all of us skiing together for valentines day :) Thanks to Nana for watching Ava for us.

Papa and Ava doing some puzzles together.

Ava also discovered that she loves frosting :) No surprise she is my child.

That week while Tim was working we had fun heading to different places throughout the valley. We headed to the Scera Theatre to see the musical Pinkalicious. It was super cute but as an adult a little annoying (so much whinning). But the kids all loved it. 

We headed to the aquarium one of Ava's favorites.

We did a million science experiments! We even invited a bunch of friends in our neighborhood and Nana did a puppet show and then we had fun with science experiments after. The carbon dioxide bubble were a big hit! The kids also loved setting of the ghost rockets.

By some miracle we finally got a crazy amount of snow! 

Which of course meant one thing...skiing! The Michaelis' were kind enough to watch Ava for the day while we took off to Brighton with the rest of the family! It was heavenly...a good 14+ inches of powder. We ended up cutting our day short -Aaron was exhausted since the powder was practically to his waste. Tim and I ran into trees following Ian. Then Ian ended up with a pretty good size bruise from catching his knee on a tree branch that was broke and sticking out sideways. That was enough to know it was time to head home. 

Thankfully Papa, Nana, and Maddie were able to stay and enjoy the rest of the day before flying back home.

Ava -19 months

Ava is growing up so fast! I forgot how quickly they go from baby to toddler. She loves all things girly and if my wallet/purse is anywhere in sight she runs straight for it! 

She also thinks the toilet is amazing and has been asking to go potty multiple times. So we go to the bathroom and yes she goes! Crazy at 19 months! At the time I am writing this (5 months later) I totally missed my window of opportunity. I was not ready to begin the potty training, she was but I wasn't. So we tried again five months later -she now hates the potty :( I have a bad feeling this could be quite the challenge with this stubborn little girl.

Grandpa and Grandpa came for a visit! Ava was all smiles! 

 She also thinks wearing her brothers her underwear on her head is hilarious. I am sure she will eventually look at this in fear but it is too funny to not document. Don't worry they are clean pairs of underwear.

 She also loves to tell Ryder what to do. Thankfully he doesn't mind. Ryder is not allowed downstairs so Ava always reminds him to stay. The two of them are pretty funny together. She also thinks it is hilarious to sit in Ryder's kennel with him. Ryder doesn't find it very funny.

She also thinks she is hilarious :)