Last Friday Koen, Tegan, Molly, and I headed up to the Sharp's cabin for a little vacation. The weather was perfect when we got there so we spent most of our time outside playing with sidewalk chalk, going to the park and taking walks. On Monday Bryan came up to meet us. We drove around and would stop whenever we saw something pretty we wanted to check out. We hiked around Porter Mountain, Greer, and Alpine.  We saw lots of deer and elk when we took the dirt roads through the forest on the way back! We also fed ducks and played at Woodland Park. The boys were really well behaved and I think we all had a wonderful relaxing time. The day before we were to come home the temperature really dropped. It rained and was windy all day and when we were on our way home from Alpine the rain would mix with snow flurries and hail. It was really cool to see (even though it was cold!) since we don't get that weather in Phoenix. The next day when we woke up there was about three inches of snow! The boys were so excited and wanted to go sledding!We hurried and got dressed before it melted and they were able to sled down the little hill in the front of the cabin. This was Tegan's first sledding experience and he loved it!

Koen has gone before but he must have forgotten because he told me "Mom the snow it fweezing!" I had a hard time not saying "well duh!" The poor kids little hands were like ice from playing in the snow! I was a bad mommy and I wasn't prepared for snow so I didn't have any gloves for him. :o( We made it a very short sledding experience and hustled back into the cabin. Koen asked me if I would make him some "hot chocolate milk" like grandma does so of course I made him some and both Koen and Tegan were big, big fans!

While we were playing at Woodland Park Koen found a "Treasure" aka: a log and wanted to keep it to take it home with us. I told him we should probably leave it there and he said "No, what if someone steels it?!" I had to assure him that the log would be fine and that it lived in the woods by the park so we shouldn't take it.

 

Tegan is getting to be such a big boy! While we were in the mountains he really made large leaps in his speech development! He would say "Me... outside...go... play... FUN!" He was too cute! He also bonded with Bryan while we were there. He is usually such a mamma's boy and wants very little to do with Bryan but since he was able to spend so much time with bryan while we were there he really wanted to be around his daddy much more. It was very cute to see!

The boys are getting to such a fun age to do things with them. It used to be hard when one wasn't walking or only one would be able to enjoy something because it was not in the appropriate age range for the other. Now it seems like we can all go out and have fun as a family without someone sitting on the sidelines. I can't wait until our next adventure as a family!