2016~3

To start this week off Maverick wore Carhartts for the first time.  Of course he wouldn't hold still for me to take a picture but take my word for it, he looked adorable.

 Our little buddy is growing up way too fast.  So fast this week he graduated out of his newborn carseat. 

 The box has provided quite a lot of entertainment at our house this week. 

 It was a fort for two little girls to watch movies in at night.

 And a puppy/kitty/wild mustang cage that Pais loves but Mav wasn't quite sure what to think of it. 

Earlier this week it snowed but the wind blew a lot during the storm which left us with huge drifts.  Chris spent plenty of time in the backhoe pushing snow around.  He whined about it but secretly he loved every minute.

 

 The girls have loved playing on the giant hill he made out of all of the snow.

 Saturday Chris went out looking for wolfs (hunting season never ends!!!) but instead found his first shed of the season.  Isn't it cute :)

And to end the week the following conversations were had with Huntley:

 

Hunt: "Maverick's in your room!  He's going to see his birthday presents!"

Jess: "It's okay.  He's a baby and he'll forget."

Hunt: "No he won't. Have you seen his head."

 

Apparently after almost a year the poor kid hasn't grown into his noggin.

 

Hunt: "I know who is the oldest in our family, dad."

Jess: "Yep, how do you know that?"

Hunt: "The lines on his face.  You're next and I can tell because your arms wiggle.

 

On that note I'm off to do some pushups!

2016~2

Week 2 was full of adventures on all ends of the spectrum.  If you look below the kids have quite the crazy looks on their faces.

 This probably had to do with the fact their mothers took them swimming outside in January in Montana.  In our fairness we took them to the hot springs and the water was wonderful.  So wonderful that Mr. Mav, aka little man who refuses to sleep longer than two consecutive hours at a time, actually slept for 6 hours straight.  I'll now be going every night before bed time.

 Saturday we ventured up to the frozen tundra of West Yellowstone for their annual kids'n'snow day. The girls each brought a friend which was so fun for them and so not fun for us about two minutes outside of Ennis when we heard a non-stop chant of "paper, rock, scissors, shoot" for the rest of the drive.  I'm old because since when was "shoot" a part of the chant.

 Our first stop was Hebgen Lake where we learned how to ice fish from the bronze medal winner of the world champion ice fishing contest.  You didn't know there was a world champion ice fishing contest? Neither did I, but apparently it's a big deal. 

 Mav's thoughts on the matter resemble my own.  The girls lasted a good five minutes and were then off making snow angels while Chris and my dad tried unsuccessfully to catch a fish. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our next stop was West it's self where they had mini-snowmobiles, a giant sledding hill, and an ice skating rink.  Huntley's friend rode the snowmobiles once but other than that they played on the playground the entire time.  Grandpa felt bad for the kid-less pile of snow and tested it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Today at church I got to teach the nursery class.  We only have one little girl in nursery so I brought Mav along with me and he thought he was pretty cool stuff.

 Or maybe that was just cause he was hanging out with dad who also snuck into nursery and helped himself to the snacks.

 Last of all this week before Grandpa and Grandma went home, Mav spent some quality time with Pa doing walking practice.  He's a big fan of doing squats instead, hence the extremely blurry pictures.  Chris and the girls are all voting he walks by his first birthday but I'm holding out until after 13 months.  Time will tell who is the winner.

2016~1

 The first week of 2016 is over and in order to do a better job of keeping track of our memories I decided to do a Sunday night post every week to record what we have been up to.  We make so many memories everyday there is no way I'm going to remember them all so I really need to start writing them down.

 

 We spent the first day of the year by going up to the sledding hill/ice skating rink in Virginia City.  Huntley had a blast going to the very top of the hill with Chris and seeing how fast they could go.  Paisley on the other hand only prefers going up a few steps.  You may not get much of a ride but when it comes to having to walk back up I'm a fan of her way. 

 Maverick sits contentedly and goes with whatever anyone takes him to do.  This kid has chill down to a T.

 During the week the two at home kiddos got to help me make brownies for Chris's YM activity.  Pais loves counting out the ingredients and Mav starts bouncing and screeching as soon as he sees the beaters come out.  He knows that it ends in a treat and bath for him, his two favorite things.

 Maverick also discovered the joy of butter.  Unfortunately I only let him have a few bites before I took it away and made him chase it down with a smoothie.

Last of all Huntley learned about dinosaurs/fossils at school this week and was pretty excited to let us know that dinosaur bones have been found in Montana.  Every minute of daylight since has been spent outside digging.  She is one determined little chicky.

Summertime Smiles

These cute kiddos had a jam packed fun filled summer.  

There was lots of smiles and lots of adventures.

But I think my favorite part of the whole summer was watching them play together on the lawn and listening to their laughter fill the air.  Being their mom is awesome!

807

There are 807 pictures on my phone that were taken since the last time I blogged.  Mav started out the summer stuck laying on a blanket;

And ended it by looking all grown up and like a little boy.  

Time just passes to fast.  So 807 pictures, you are now my priority as well as 807 future pictures.  Life's too great not to be recorded and remembered.

Fathers Day 2015

 

 My Daddy's name is: Chris

How tall is he: I don't know

How much does he weigh: I don't know

What color is his hair: black

What color are his eyes: brown

His favorite show is Batman

He likes to watch movies

His favorite food is grapes

His favorite drink is diet coke.

For fun he likes to play games

I love it when my daddy plays with me

My favorite thing about my dad is that he helps me ride horses.

Love, Huntley
(age 6)

 

 My Daddy's name is: Chris

How tall is he: tall tall

How much does he weigh: 25 pounds

What color is his hair: black

What color are his eyes: blue

His favorite show is Paddington

He likes to play with me

His favorite food is salad

His favorite drink is rootbeer

For fun he likes to water the lawn

I love it when my daddy play horses.

My favorite thing about my dad is that he loves me lots.

Love, Paisley
(age 3)