$19 tickets!

That's right $19 plane tickets. My friend told me about a deal Frontier was having and I couldn't believe it. So a few trips were planned and great visits were had.

The kids are into hunting deer thanks to Liam and Cory. So we loved getting to use Liam's guns and hunting all those animals.

Hunting in MO at Mimi and Pops.

Since we don't have guns Owen has to use the TV remote to get all the snakes and deer.

Taking a train ride in the Columbia mall.

It snowed a little, while we were visiting, so of course the kids wanted to play in it. Love this pic of Mimi and Owen.

My beautiful baby girl.

My handsome nephew Liam.

Another handsome boy.

All the cousins played so well, but Owen and Liam are really starting to hit it off. They love being boys together. So cute!

Movie night at Liam's.

All the grand kids. Owen, Mari, Eliza, and Liam.

Liam's daycare went to Sesame Street Live and we were able to go as well. What a fun show! I think I enjoyed it as much as the kids.

We had such a great visit. On the flight home Mari and Owen got to go into the cockpit and see all the controls. Owen was ready to push all those buttons and fly that thing himself.

Thanks for everything and we can't wait for you all to come visit us in a few weeks.

As always I'm catching up

on what our family has been up to. And as always I feel as though it has been busy and crazy.

There is a snow fort in Keystone, so Greg and I took the kids. We expected a bit more, but they had a great time. We got to ride the gondola and then play around on this giant pile of snow.

Mari in front of the entrance. We got to climb through a little hole.

Owen heading into that door.

My favorite part of the fort was this ice chair.

Mari took this picture for us. Not to bad, she loves taking pictures. There was also a slide and the kids flew down it. It was very fast, but they thought it was sooo fun.

Now on to why I feel like life was crazy for so long. At the beginning of December the 9h to be exact we caught a 24 hour bug. This was a bug of vomiting and diarrhea. No other symptoms so we managed. We kicked it and on we went through Christmas. Then a bit after that I feel like the kids or I were sick every other day with the same bug. It was such a long process. Needless to say we were home a lot for a long time. Can you say "momma is going crazy finding things to do".

Here is Owen wearing a bike helmet. Apparently we have some dangerous meals.

Mind you we were sick but we still had tons of energy. So we had many dance parties in dress up clothes.

A friend of mine posted this on her blog and I am so thankful because my kids loved it. They are mini volcano's and are an easy clean up.

Another family ski day.

The best part of skiing is the snacks after. Hot chocolate and chocolate pudding.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Oh and look who can ski

The kids were in a nativity play at church. Mari was an angel and Owen was a sheep. They were so cute and did a great job standing in front of everyone.

Making cookies for Santa. Owen frosted himself more so than the cookies.

Christmas morning was so fun. They were loving all the gifts. Thanks to everyone we were blessed.

Santa brought Owen a train table.

Santa brought Mari her singing box she asked for.

Loving their new sleeping bags.

I love this picture. It makes me laugh every time I look at it. Thank you!

Since we live in a ski town the week after Christmas is crazy. I'm teaching 14 days this year. So I got 4 of those in this week. That means Mari got to go to ski school and Owen went to daycare. They both had fun being around other kids and playing, but were exhausted. Here is a video of Mari skiing all by herself. She rode the chair lift and skied her 1st green run. We are so excited and proud. Owen so badly wants to go skiing again as well.

Family Ski Day

We had our 1st family ski day and it was so much fun. I look forward to many more.

What a great day!!

Owen's 1st lift ride. He loved it. This is one of my favorite picture of the day.

Mari loves skiing and is going to do Bombers this winter. Bombers is a 7 week program and she gets to ski with the same teacher every Saturday. She is so excited. Owen thought it was pretty cool to be in boots like sissy. He loved skiing and did awesome.

Owen ripping down the hill with Daddy.

Aunt Emily and Mari

Nana and Grandpa Keating were here for a couple days as well. It was so fun to have them here and see the kids ski.

Owen skiing all by himself.

We are back to the snow.

We have made it back to snowy Colorado and have got all settled into our house. On our travel across the country we stopped in Columbia to see my parents new house and for a nice visit.

Liam and Mari playing finally. They have been so excited to see each other and unfortuanely Liam was very sick and in the hospital for a few days. Thankfully he is doing fine and we appreciate all your prayers.

We had a little birthday party for Mari.

An adorable outfit from the Peck family with a matching baby outfit.

We went to a pumpkin patch while we were there. There was a kids hay maze that the kids did a thousand times, lots of animals to pet and a hayride. We had a great time and were exhausted by the end.

Greg had to be back in Colorado for work so we stayed a few days longer.

The kids were obsessed with Pops cycle. Especially Owen, he climbed up it every chance he got.

I believe that the few people that read our blog have learned that Mari is not the easiest one to get dressed. She is very particular to say the least. So this day she chose to wear a leotard for the day. Then we decided to go fishing with Liam and Pops. Encouraging her to wear pants was not a success. So she opted for long socks. It is hard on me some days, but I loved this.

Pops and the kids!

My Dad planned on driving back with the kids and I on Wednesday morning, but there was a big snow storm that set us back until Thursday morning. Thank goodness because Sarah went into labor on Wednesday and we were able to meet the new baby.

Mari loved her new cousin. She wanted to hold her the whole time.

Meet Eliza Catherine Peck!

We were so excited that we were able to be there and meet her.

We got back before Halloween, so we got to enjoy the day with all our friends we had so greatly missed. Here they all are at morning play group.

Then that night we went trick or treating with everyone as well. Owen was an adorable lion and he kept saying roarrr. Mari was a fairly princess. It was very cold and once again she opted for not warm clothing.

Owen's 1st try at trick or treating. He kept giving the next house the candy he got at the one before.

Mari helping walk the dogs.

Here is our first time in the snow this year. I'm not as excited about the cold and snow, but they sure enjoyed it. I guess I better get ready we just got 6 inches the other morning.

Well, that about does it for what we have been up to. Now we are just adjusting to life back here and seeing all our friends. Mari is enjoying having all the kids to play with again.