Winter 2016/2017

I figured since it has been almost nine months I might try and start this "blogging" thing again.  Yikes - I'm going to try and do better the rest of the year for my kiddos as I have no baby books or photo albums to show them about their lives.

What did we do this past winter?  Not much, but a couple things to note:

1.  We finally remodeled our kitchen.  Didn't change too much about it, just gave it a nice face lift:

2.  Isla continued her love of playing basketball and even managed to get in lots of buckets this season - we were so proud of her!:

3. In case you were under a rock this winter and missed the fact that we had A LOT of snow you might be surprised that we spent a lot of time skiing this winter.  Isla was on ski team so we didn't see her much, but we got to spend quality time with the Drew man:

We got up to SV and got to watch all the Elk outside Grandma and Papa Randy's new house:

That's about all I got.  Lots of time was spent with family indoors to the aforementioned snow:

Here's to more blogging in 2017!!

October 2016

October was filled with a lot of football and soccer - just as it should be.

Ryan and I escaped for a weekend to SLC to watch the Huskies beat Utah.  We even got up early to go to ESPN's College Game Day:

It was quite the scene.  This was my favorite sign of the day:

Lee Corso picked the right team to win:

We met up with my Dad and family friends, Rick & Eileen for some pre-game fun:

And I even got Ryan to wear a UW t-shirt for the game:

Halloween was crazy as we were trying to move out of our house for our kitchen remodel.  Thank goodness the kids decided to wear their costumes from last year - a cat and Marshall from Paw Patrol:

I love October in Boise - it's the best.  Drew and I enjoyed hikes by parents house to enjoy the foliage:

Isla turns 8!

I'm not exactly sure how I managed to do this, but I got out of throwing a birthday party for both my kids this year.  They never brought it up and due to our busy schedule neither did Ryan or I.  Score one for the parents.  I'm sure we will have to pay with an epic party next year.

This is the only picture I managed to get of our dear Isla Bean on her 8th birthday:

We had a nice evening at home with cake and presents which was nice after our crazy wedding weekend.  Not sure how I got so lucky to be this kid's Mom, but I'm so thankful that I am.  We love you Isla Bean Skene!

Drew turns 6!

Drew's birthday happened to be on the same day as cousin Krista's wedding this year so Drew got a big birthday party! Thank goodness as I didn't have a ton of time to prepare for his birthday this year with all of us being in the wedding party.

He woke up to donuts at Grandma's:

And then at the end of the night the wedding band sang him (and my other cousin's husband) happy birthday and gave him a cake with a big candle to blow out:

Thank goodness for them!  I think Drew felt pretty special to have about 200 plus people singing him Happy Birthday.

Happy 6th Birthday Drew man - you make us laugh every single day and have the kindest heart.  We love you so much!

September 2016

Our September consisted largely of celebrating my dear cousin, Krista, and her marriage to Chase. The weekend before the wedding I made a quick trip up to Stanley to spend it with Krista.  We had a magical time up hiking up to a beautiful lake:

After the hike we relaxed in some hot springs and I finally nailed a jumping photo:

We then danced the night away in Stanley and hung out with some wildlife:

I made a promise to visit Stanley more next summer - it is so beautiful:

The next weekend was filled with wedding activities, like the hike up Proctor mountain the day before the wedding:

And then on the wedding day getting ready with all the bridesmaids (and Hattie):

My babies served as the flower girl and ring bearer:

Krista really outdid herself with this party - it was amazing:

Ryan turns 40!

Well I'm officially married to an old guy.  Good thing for me that he is the best looking old guy I know.  True to Ryan's fashion he absolutely did not want a big party, but just a weekend away with good friends doing the things he loves most: fishing, golfing, drinking and eating (not necessarily in that order).

Let the weekend begin:

The first night we had to have dinner at the Pio:

The boys were super excited about it:

The birthday boy:

Sadly this was one of the only pictures we got at Whiskey's that night - sorry for blocking half of Sarah's face:

Next day was more of the same, except us girls got in some spa-ing while the boys went golfing. More shenanigans were had that night after dinner.  I love this crew:

We are so thankful to live where we do and have such great friends!  Ryan had the best weekend.  It was capped off by fishing while Drew watched:

Melt my heart.  Happy Birthday you big stud!