Monday, February 19, 2024

More Skiing

Over President's Day weekend we went skiing with Wilfords on Friday and watched Jared and Sammie get better and better - especially Sammie who skied longer than anyone else that day.

Natali drove up Thursday from Provo to join us for a weekend of fabulous snow and family time.
Natali, Abby, and Emily
And look at their cool shadow.

Mack drove down from Moscow Friday after school and he and Greg join us on Saturday for another fabulous day of skiing.  Wilfords headed home Saturday afternoon and Sunday we caught the second half of stake conference (haha) instead of the 11:00am ward but it was all good.  We played a lot of games and just enjoyed all being together.  

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Lily is 11!

Lily's birthday was a fast Sunday so we had the Wilford's join us at 3:30 for PoppySeed Chicken and fruit dip.  Then everyone watched with painful anticipation as Lily very carefully unwrapped her packages.  This girl hates to be cold (related to Grandma Dame) so she got a warmie, a heating pad in the shape of a bobcat and Val gave her a weighted blanket.  That girl loves to be warm!
Grandma Dame gave her this cute panda shirt and she got some cute new jeans.

She made my day and chose a blueberry lemon cake - yummy! -with the requested "wall" of candles.  
Love these guys!
The wall created such a flame that we sang the fastest "Happy Birthday" song ever before anything caught fire.  
Lily had a great time with cousins and soaking in her day, but the next morning she woke up with a sore throat, headache and cough.  She stayed home that entire week and some of the next one, but she got lots of good kitty snuggles which she had to capture with a pic and send Mack everyday to make him jealous - that girl loves cats and soft fluffy things.  She spend also spent a lot of time reading, petting cats, and watching "Just Add Magic".  She read the entire book, "Holes" in one day.
Both of the cats stayed in the room with her most of that first day - they knew she needed company.
This girls makes us laugh with her her sense of humor and wit.  She is invited to everyone's parties and playdates because she is so pleasant, easy, and a friend to any girl she sees.  Love you Lily!