Warm weekend in Moab, in November?

This giant sand dune north of Moab was incredible! We had so much fun and got some dry land training for skiing. This thing is so steep and HUGE, but the kids kept running up and down. Colter went all the way bottom to top twice and then up and down the lower half for over an hour! Dylan made it to the top as well and giggled the entire way down. We will definately be visiting this more often, we were exhausted.

Dylan starts the "Daddy, moped" chant as soon as we enter Moab. He loves that thing. The next pic is Dylan riding his little bike on Fins'n'things. He and Colter did really well for their first official Moab mountain biking adventure.

Yes, mud pies in November! Lilly is in the dress and Kendahl is in the blue tank top. I love the one where Colter is about to get splashed--he didn't mind at all! Do you like how Dylan is pushing up the legs on the already soaked sweats?

This was our November 8th rafting kids crew. Lilly, Dylan, Colter, Katie and Lucia in front. We had all five kids plus four adults on the boat. Again, super fun day! The kids and weather were on great behavior and we enjoyed the changing fall colors. The kids got in the water--not warm, but they are crazy children of the mountains.

Loved it- great time! Now it is snowing outside and it is time to change gears for ski season. Moab, we will return in the spring.

Halloween and other fall fun

I was hoping to sit down and give a big update about all the goings on around here during my morning when the kids are at school. Instead, I did laundry, dishes, actually took a real shower and guess what?, it's time to pick up Dylan. Oh well, atleast all the chores are done! The boys are liking school and I am starting to enjoy my few hours a week of quiet work time. Colter started hockey on Wed. It is so cute and he is loving it. He had never been on hockey skates before and couldn't even stand up at the beginning of practice. He had a wonderful attitude, a great team of coaches and lots of padding---by the end of practice he was skating by himself with his hockey stick. He laughed, smiled and joked with the coaches the entire time and was very proud of himself at the end. I love seeing him learn things and have such a great attitude! The next morning he wanted to go skate some more and practice to surprise his coaches at the next practice. By the end of that session, he was skating and then sliding across the ice on his belly just like the big kids were the day before. Very funny. Dylan also wanted to "play hockey" when we went to the open skate session and it was hilarious! He looked like Bambi out there trying to stand up. He had a walker and his legs were moving non stop trying to run across the ice! He laughed so hard he fell over several times- and he was trying to slide across the ice like Colter. So far being a hockey mom is fun, guess Trevor and I will have to get some skates and try it out! Star Wars Halloween was great. It was chilly, but not freezing for Trick or Treating and freezing for the parade. We had a great time and are still dealing with the candy----couldn't we all start a fun tradition of giving out something remotely healthy??

Off to get Dylan for naptime...