Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Little Birthday Boy!


Our little Carson man turned ONE on Sunday the 29th! I can't believe I am a mom to a one year old already! We celebrated his birthday with my family on the 28th, with a big dinner, cake, ice cream and presents, along with celebrating my Dad's birthday which is acutally today. He got so many great gifts from all my family and we had such a fun time celebrating with them. Yesterday, (the 30th) we celebrated his birthday again with Keith's siblings and our good friends in Rexburg since we came here this week for Keith's work. We had a pool party, pizza, and cupcakes. It was fun to see old friends and family again. It's still so crazy to me that one year ago our little bear came into our family. We are so blessed to be his parents and are excited for many more birthdays with this little man.
My dad w/his banana creme pie.


eating his cake w/daddy

birhtday boy

some of carson's cousins

sippy cups from aunt shae

mommy and carson on his birthday

Carson, Sam, Khalib-at the pool party

getting ready to go swimming

Khalib--isn't he gorgeous?

Some of the boys

Getting ready to sing to lil' bear

loving his cake

saying hi to his friend jake

yum

sharing with the boys

mckay, brandon &kathleen, sam &helio

sam!

swimminn
football boy
catherine and kolton

rj love the water!

Thanks to all who came to both parties! We had a blast celebrating with you!


Monday, January 30, 2012

WeeKenD GeTaWaY

Last Thursday-Saturday we spent our time in McCall, Idaho for a little winter getaway. We had a blast going to Gold Fork Hotsprings, sledding, going to the McCall Winter Festival & looking at all the ice sculptures, hot tubbing, eating yummy food, watching movies and just hanging out with family at the cabin. It was so nice to get away for the weekend and just chill. McCall had so much snow which I was so excited about because Boise has zero right now, so there was plenty to sled in, most of my family went snowboarding or skiing at Tamarack, but Keith and I opted for Gold Fork instead...and boy am I glad we went! It's basically heaven on earth. They have 6 different pools ranging in temperatures from 98-108 degrees. Oh I'm going to make sure we go back there. Here are some pics from our trip!

The most amazing hot springs I've ever been to!

Keith wanted to be in the cooler pool and I wanted the warmer one...haha go figure

 

Usually there are a ton of people here and this little waterfall is always being snagged but there was hardly anyone there that day...probably cuz all the snow, so we got to enjoy it!

Some 3 of the 6 pools (they have one huge one and then five other ones)


little oasis
I want this cabin and this kitchen! I loved all the log type furniture

the cabin

can you spot carson?

mmmm fireplace


Kirk pulling Brielle in the sled
Krista and Barry getting ready to sled

Smackus!

Joan, Mark and Brielle, Keith, Me Krista, Barry, Kirk, (Shae was taking the pic)

This hill was a blast!




My favorite sculpture


cupcake!




Keith put his suit on the balcony to dry and it froze it like this...guess you just had to see it but it was pretty hilarious.