January

One reason I don't update very often. I can never get the pictures where I want them. So sorry this time the pictures are first.


Jackson was tuckered out after a day of sledding. He fell asleep sitting in the sled.

Jackson LOVES Hannah, she can get him to do anything...including carrying a purse. He calls Hannah "Hannah" and Kalei "sissy".

Snowman January 2010

Kalei's first ride on a chair lift!

Skiing with Dad!

A view from the top. Beautiful!

In order to keep up with the Jones's........I'm leaving new post. :)

New Year 2010
January was a pretty uneventful month for us, staying close to home and just relaxing. We took the girls skiing for the second time this winter. We went to a local ski hill call Discovery Mountain. They have a really great kids program and after our day of skiing in Idaho we were willing to pay the extra money to have someone else teach them. Apparently it was a very busy day as we almost were not able to get them into the class. The instructors found a place for the girls so we bundle them up and got them all ready and sent them on their way. We took a couple runs for ourself and then stopped to watch the girls for a few......after we watched the instructor point Hannah down the hill and let her go...and go...and go right into the line of kids waiting at the "magic carpet"...we decided it was best if we DIDN'T watch. So off we went to enjoy our day. As Dan and the girls and I were off skiing and enjoying ourself Jackson was stuck at home with a babysitter. This would be the first time he was ever left alone without his sisters with a sitter. He didn't let me out of his sight the rest of the weekend.

I ran a 5k with some friends on January 30th. It was a bit chilly but always a good time. I'm looking forward to the next one. I begin training in March to run the Missoula Marathon in July, I'll be doing the half. I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to do this with some friends. So if anyone would like to take a vacation come to Missoula July 11th and cheer me on! I might need it!

We finally got some snow this past weekend. The kind of snow that makes snowman. The kids were thrilled so we built the snowman they have been asking for since the snow we had in October. They even got to go sledding.

Oh yeah, I've also started "couponing". It's pretty crazy how much money you can save. I've been keeping up with this website http://www.thekrazycouponlady.com/. You could really go crazy following all her deals and stuff....I'm not that into it. But I've still gotten some really great deals lately...even on Huggies diapers, and the Costco price for diapers is hard to beat. I did go to Safeway a couple weekends ago and when he totaled my groceries it came to 99.00, I handed him my coupons and it went down to 75.00! WOW I was pretty proud of myself that day. Did you know you could even download coupons to your store cards?

I am a single parent this week, as Dan is traveling for work. This is the third or fourth time I've been a single parent in the last 4 months. I have to give a kudos to all those single parents out there! I do have something to look forward to this week. I get to leave town for a girls weekend on Friday! Yay for me! I can't wait! And thanks to all my gal pals who are making it happen!

Ok...that's all I can come up with to write about. Amy..Melissa....how was that? :) love you guys!