Derby Days!

No, not the Kentucky derby...the cub scouts Pinewood Derby!


This little gem, the red car, was Mac's 17 car.


The boys raced them down this track and there was medals awarded to the fastest car from each level (Mac's a Tiger cub, the youngest of Cub Scouts), to design and also to the fastest cars of all Cub Scouts.


Can you see the excitement on Mac's face at the end of the track? Mac and Nate sat down there for 3 hours...with a few breaks.


The racers got to sit in chairs at the end to see how their cars placed. Can you see Mac's is in the first position in this race?


He was very excited as he recounted the race with his buddies.


We're not sure, but we think Mac got second in his age group. He made the final heats anyway, which Mac was very happy about. Not bad for his first Pinewood derby...I have a feeling next year Sam and Mac might put a little more time into their calculations, seeing 17 race to the finish line was definitely bringing a twinkle to their eyes!

Happy Easter...a little late

We started off the day before Easter with our neighborhood Easter egg hunt at a local school and later that day dyed Easter eggs. It was a chilly one...as you can see with the snow! Easter day was great and relaxing. We celebrated Christ's resurrection at church and then had a great meal with friends. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of the kids dressed up (I know....how often do they get dressed up?!), but a friend did at church, so I'll pass on that pic of our dapper and beautiful kids :) when I get it. Here's some pictures of the day before Easter.


The kids on the loose!


Mac slows down for a pic


Elly looking


Nate showing off his loot


And Mac's


The whole group


Our family pic...we had to search for warm clothes, I had just washed all our ski stuff and it was hanging up to dry.


After naps, we dyed Easter eggs


Fascinating...Elly of course, loved watching her eggs change color.


Mac tie-dyed most of his eggs.


Nate just liked coloring them the old fashioned way.




We hope you had a happy Easter!

Our Yurt Trip

We're ready for Spring. However, our weather right now is dampering our excitement. It's snowing and our neighborhood Easter egg hunt starts in 1 hour. :) Here's some pictures from early Spring.

Elly is taking after her brothers more and more with her daring acts! She wants to go "higher" on the rope swing.


The boys helped me start some seedlings and make all the tags. They're ready to go in the ground now...we're just waiting for May!


We spent a night at a yurt at Cameron Pass with two other families. The hike was a mile in on our snowshoes. As you can see Elly had the easiest ride.


Here's the yurt.



It wasn't quite big enough for 3 families, but we made due. The kids kept busy playing on the bunks while the adults took care of wet snow gear and cooked.




Our view from the yurt.


Our hike back out was beautiful. The kids did awesome hiking back out after little sleep. We loved it and look forward to doing it again...just in a bigger yurt next time. :)