Hello Old Friend

Well Well Well I am so sorry for the LONG pause between blog posts! I especially want to apologize to my dear son Everett whose every move has been documented in my mind but NOT on this family blog and I promise that I will make up for that by buying you a college education:) Anywhoooo
I am going to start out with the beginning of the year...January was a pretty boring month in terms of activity but huge in terms of my family being together...If you aren't aware Michael my husband is a golf professional at a course in Soda Springs Idaho. He runs the course there during the later Spring months to the early Fall months and then he enjoys his Winters with US ALLLLL DAAAAYYYYY!! Actually he coaches the Idaho State Women's Golf team during his off season but most of his time is spent with us and since I work from 4am-noon we have all afternoon to lounge, shop and play Lion slayer! That's Berlins new game...we hide in the Princess castle and then when she suspects a lion is near she jumps out and throws air kicks and fast 1-2 punches in the air. We also have this inflatable bat that she beats them up with as well:) This is actually a game that I need to get on video because it's quite entertaining to see Everett a little pigeon toed 17 month-old kick and punching NOTHING but acting like he knows exactly what's going on.
Anyway back to January it was boring to most but JUST a great month of spending good fun quality time together.
Playing play-dough, Playing on furniture and just taking funny pictures together...I loved it.


February was cold and miserable but since I have the best in-laws a girl could ask for we went to Janet and Dave's for a Valentines Dance! It was such a blast. We got all dressed up and had an amazing dinner and then danced the night away to oldies music. Here are some pictures to end the post...Enjoy...

HaPpY bIrThDaY BIG Boy!!

Oh Everett it was only yesterday that I found out that I was pregnant with you!! I was so overjoyed and couldn't believe that I got to have 2 children that Michael and I would raise to be just like us!! :) Just Kidding...that is actually surprised me the most about you...you are such an individual. You have many similar traits that your sister and you share but most of the time I am amazed at just how different you both are. Everett you are my little mommas boy. You are very sweet and you entertain yourself for days. You hardly ever cry and when you do it's because you have severely hurt yourself.
You love to play basketball and catch with dad and sister. We currently think you are left handed:) You almost have all your teeth. You can say...momma, dadda, MORE, hulk, dog, and poop:) You can walk but you still crawl VERY FAST to get things you want. You love to eat chicken nuggets and waffles. You are severely allergic to peanuts and tree nuts which we found out the hard way!
You can show us your eyes, ears, teeth and tongue. You LOVE HULK your dog you hug him and kiss him and TACKLE him. You love to kiss your momma and you are the BEST hugger in the world!
We love you Everett Michael we can't wait for the many memories to come!

Here are some pictures from Everett's Birthday party at the Chubbuck fire department.

Love me some Christmas memories!

SO this was Everett's FIRST Christmas and man was it an enjoyable one. He turned 1 a couple days after it so he was at such a fun age every gift he got he lit up with joy and knew how to play with it right away e is such a mellow and content kid he was definitely on the nice list and then Berlinny mas was she fired up! She was so excited about Christmas and Santa...since November Berlin had her eyes set on this Barbie Make-Up Set. She talked about it everyday and anytime she was acting up I just had to grab my phone (to call Santa) and she would stop. It was actually quite great the power I had over her:) It sure was a blast at our house this year! Well here are some pictures of the joyous weekend. Enjoy.

My Fav Place

So for Thanksgiving this year we went to San Diego. It was such a fun time (despite the 13-14 hour drive with our kids) we always have such a great time with our So Cal family! We had great company all the little kids played in this amazing little cottage that sweet aunt Pam and uncle Doug have in their backyard and the adults caught up with amazing food and drinks. Our cousins got to meet Everett boy for the first time which was great and to top off the trip we got to go to Legoland, Sea World and The San Diego Zoo. All in ALL PERFECT trip.

Snow way!

Berlin Mae LOVES the snow she is definitaly her dad's child. Berlin and Michael have been up to Pebble twice this year and Berlin is mobbin the pow :) She absolutly loves the snow. I will post some video of her on her ski's after the weekend. Here she is after a snow day on her trampoline. I added a few cute pics of the Erickson Boys.