6 years

We had Sydney's birthday party on her birthday,  Saturday the 21st. She had a nail themed party and we put vinyl jamberry nails on the girls nails.  They all dressed up and made candy necklaces.  It was super low key and that was nice.  Grandma loaned a foot spa for the girls to use, but Abby decided instead it was her personal bathtub and climbed right in! Sydney has made a lot of friends in Oregon and grown into a very social girl.  She is very kind and nice to Wynn when her friends are around and almost always includes him in their play.  He got to go over to grandmas during her girly party though.  Aunt Kim came over before the party and helped us decorate Sydney's beautiful giants cupcakes and cupcakes.  It would not have gotten done or have been so cute without her!   She got to celebrate again with her wright cousins that night after the party and said she'd had fun.  She is such a kind smart happy girl and I love her tons!!!

Mom Klondike

Some  friends and I went up to Anthony lakes one weekend to go snow camping.  Although I wasn't sure what to expect,  I'm always up for an adventure so I was eager to go. I had a lot of fun and was even warm.  Not just okay but warm! We first set up camp and then went sledding on the slopes after the lifts closed down. We made a strip steak soup for dinner and then went cross country skiing by the light of the moon. I had never cross country skied before and found I really liked it.  I want to take it up as a hobby when the kids get older and can go with me.  We went to bed all warm from skiing and stayed up talking until 1230. I actually slept very well and didn't wake up until about 730 the next morning.  Meg made an interesting comment that she prefers winger camping  to summer because there are no bugs less people and you don't have to worry about predators.  I agree with her.  I'm excited to  do it again.