Skiing Video #3

Here is the last video I took of the day.

Skiing Video #2

It seems like I can only post one video per post and I have 3 videos so here is video #2.  Kallen is kind of a speed demon.  He liked to go fast, at one point a ski instructor was yelling at him to slow down.  I didn't think he was going that fast. 

While on the chair lift he kept looking at the bigger hills on the side and asking if he could go down those hills or go off this one jump that was also visible on the lift.  Luckily by the time we got to the top he had forgotten and we didn't have to do any of it.

First Day of Skiing

Kallen had his first ski lesson on February 3rd!  He did great.  He had a 1 hour private lesson and then ended up skiing with me for two hours.  I didn't know if he would like it but he loved it and learned a lot.  I also didn't know if he would want to continue after his lesson so I was surprised he lasted two more hours!

I can't wait to get him back to learn some more.

Getting his skis and boots!

 Getting instructions from his instructor,  I think his name was David.

On the ski lift!

Coming out of the trees down the mountain on his last run with his instructor.

 

 

 Back at the ski school getting his stickers put on his learn to ski badge/button.

Below are a couple pictures I took along with some videos.

January 2013

We didn't do a whole lot in January because it was so cold and the air quality was gross.  Over Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend we did go to Thanksgiving Point to the Dinosaur museum that Kallen had been bugging us to do.  There are a few random photos that I took throughout the month as well.

Here are all the boys taking a nap one Saturday afternoon!

Hobie got this chew toy for Christmas from my cousin and Kallen and Hobie have enjoyed playing with it. 

Here is Kallen dressed up in his dad's clothes one evening at volleyball.

 Kallen's friends from school who are twins had a swimming birthday party that we went to.  Kallen is doing really well swimming.  He was tall enough to go down the big slide and the bottom was only 3 ft. deep so he didn't have a problem standing up. 

Oregon December 2012 - Fishing & Swimming

Per tradition we took the kids swimming at the Croc Center.  They have a great play area for small kids.  This year Kallen was tall enough to go almost everywhere and be able to walk so he had a lot of fun.  He was also big enough to go on the big slide (no pictures though)!  This year Christy and Francis met us at the pool so they got some more cousin time. 

 

One of Kallen's Christmas presents was a new fishing pole and it stopped raining enough so he got to go use it.  They never caught any fish though.  One of Kallen's comments though was, "It is boring just sitting here."  Maybe if they would have caught some fish he would have liked it more.  The next day was also a non-rainy day and Kallen did say he wanted to go fishing again.  We didn't have time though.  Now he is ready to go fishing with his Dad!  Uncle Mike and Grandpa said that he got really good at casting and had fun doing that. 

Oregon December 2012 - Day with Grandpa

After Christmas Grandpa was brave and took Kallen and Jessica to the indoor playground.  After the playground he took them to Dairy Queen for burgers and blizzards!

 

Eating cheese burgers and hot dogs.

 Eating their blizzards! 

Oregon December 2012- On the Farm and Around Town

Here are some pictures of things Kallen did while we were in Oregon.

 

 

Rode on the tractor with Grandpa.

 

 

Wearing his new dino camo lounge pants and slippers.

Playing with Jessica.  I think Kallen got to see Jessica every day and never got tired of her.  He kept asking if Jessica could come over and play.

Kallen really liked all the cats.  Tia slept with us most nights.

Wrestling with Grandpa and Jessica.

One of the days it wasn't raining Kallen wanted to go to the park.  Here he is on the triceratops.

Kallen got this mustache out of the vending machine and loved it.  He wore it all the way to the airport.  We even had a car pass us and then slow down until we caught up so the driver could show his wife and then they both laughed.  He also wore it onto the airplane but as we were walking to our seats he kept his hand over his mouth so no one could see it.

This was Sam playing with an app on his new I-Pod.  He gave facial hair to Kallen.  We all thought it was pretty funny. 

Family lunch at Ixtapa!  We thought we may not be able to squeeze it in due to all the other food we had but we did.