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Bryce and Cole off to the lifts in down town Telluride.

Bryce getting ready to ride.
Colei Pokei 's excited to ride!

We took the Gondola up to the Mountain Village where Bryce & Cole got off to ski down. The Gondola was a major entertainment for the kids! Good thing!


Friday the kids and I shopped and explored Telluride, while Bryce and Cole skied. Then Bryce took the kids Saturday, while I went snowboarding with Cole. We had a ton of fun. Cole took me on a black diamond our last run and I totally bailed. But, what ever. I got up and wanted to hurry down the hill. Whew! I made it ALIVE! Cole on the other hand is a DIE HARD! Where does this kid come from? Must be his dad's dna! This is the kids hanging out in front of the NORTH FACE store

Bug trying a silly hat on.
Don't ask me what ASHTON is doing with his face?!
Lady checking out a x ray. There was a super cool store for the kids to explore. It was all about learning the Colorado state animals and what is surrounding us in the mountains. X ray's of animals, humans and such.

This is the ONLY picture that I got of the kids at the cabin. I wish I could show you how much fun it is! WE have come here for the past 2 years to ski. We usually go with Bryce's brother Todd. It's always a ton of fun with them! Well, at the last minute they were not able to make it. That's a Bummer! BUt, no worries here! We had a ton of FUN. Glad we could go!

Our minor detour of the country. IT's beautiful! Bryce took us all around to see where he went when he was a kid. Fun times!
Doesn't this look like a picture of the old west.

The Shame BOX

This box of shame has been around all month. Bryce got a new golf bag sent to him and Alayda took over the box. She has had the box in a time out, watched countless movies in it, carried this thing around the whole month. The kids have enjoyed this SIMPLE box! Maybe we will buy them all a box and get rid of all the toys!???

HaPpY LOVE DaY

It's always nice to celebrate Valentines Day!

Alayda made these Valentines for us. This kind of stuff melts your heart! We celebrated on Sunday instead of Monday so that we could be together as a family. We always will get a little something for the children. It's fun actually! And it seems that the gifts get bigger and bigger each year. Hmmm. Bryce totally surprised me with a lovely treat! I am still enjoying it!
WE decided to try to motivate the children. One FHE we had made some hearts. We discussed what we can do to help each other out. WE wrote these things on each heart and who ever was doing good got to pick that heart out to match what they were doing. It has been a GREAT success! The children loved it. It worked for the whole month of February! Yeah! I think we will do this every month! :)

The BirThDaY bash

HaPpy BirThDaY Ashton & Azure! Yahoo! 4!!


aZuRe's "star cupcakes.
AsHtoN's "cars cupcakes".
And so it begins.....
How could you not LOVE this smile?
Azure was ALL smiles tonight. She was so prepared, in her jammies and all! What a sweet little gil! I love her smile here!

The unicorn pillow pet was a huge success! Thank you grandma Westcott! This is the best smile yet from Azure!
Buzz light er. This is how Ashton says it at least. It was the Best birthday YET! They loved it!

Our Babies are 4!!

With every pregnancy I have known with some weird six sense what the sex of the baby was. I could not figure it out with these two. I kept having the feeling it was a boy, no a girl, etc. It kept playing on my mind. Until we had our ultra sound. I was already nervous going in...Meryn was 4 month's sitting on Bryce's lap. Enough said! Dr. Tanner came in and started the procedure. He told us we we're having a girl. Hmm, what's new? I already knew that. But, then he also told us we we're going to have a boy. There were 4 legs moving around!! I told the doctor to shut up about 5 times. I looked over at Bryce bouncing our little Meryn on his leg. I started to freak out and cry. I know that I might have seem entirely ungrateful but, I felt like this was crazy AND impossible! NO history of twins! Bryce and I were to go get lunch after. We did but, our appetite was lost! I can remember some of our loved ones reaction. First of all my mother laughed at me! Our friends wanted to go to dinner to celebrate. Everyone was excited but Bryce and I. I felt SO ungrateful! I felt like Heavenly Father had a sense of humor! :) And was laughing at this one! I guess I didn't want that many children because I wanted to make sure I was emotionally there for them! And having a big family I thought a child would get lost along the way. I had the hardest time trying to figure out their names! It took me 10 months after they were born! I know I seem a bit crazy...maybe I am. We have found the perfect names that fit our little souls. They are 4 today! Bryce we did it!! They have one year left in preschool and that will be the saddest day of my life when they start kindergarten. I love having them around! It has been a blessing. I have found all things ARE possible with GOD. Even though I didn't think I could do it....