Love, Lightning McQueen, & Snow!

A long and random post to get caught up on the past few weeks!
Love
95% of the time the kids are best friends. One evening they were hamming it up for the camera so I took a few shots. Oh how I hope they will always remain close.
Haley loves to pick up Jackson despite him weighing close to the same as her

And Jackson loves to give his sissy kisses. He is so cute when he gives you a kiss because he even makes the puckering noise really loud.

Awwwww.... they love each other (most of the time).


Lightning McQueen
Jackson has some big news to share, he finally got a big boy bed! Well, it's a toddler bed for now. We want to eventually get him bunk beds but we don't trust this over rambunctious 2 year old on a bunk yet. So the toddler bed it is. We found this great Lightning McQueen bed and our little boy had to have it. To my surprise, he has done GREAT in his bed. The first night he settled right in reading a book and slept through the night with no issues.

Haley loves the bed too. They were bouncing off the walls when Matt set it up in his room. Next step will be the painting of the room. Maybe this summer...

Jackson loves to help Daddy outside. Grandpa Vara sent him a lawnmower for Valentine's Day and he helped Matt mow the yard. It was getting dark so the picture isn't the best but it was super cute watching him follow Dadddy's every move.


SNOW!!!!!
And now to Vacation!! We just got back from a long weekend in Park City, UT. The kids did pretty good on the plane ride there despite having to wait in our seats for over an hour for the crew to show up. So the 3 hour flight turned into a 4 hour flight ending right at nap time. Luckily they both fell asleep in the car during the short ride to the house.
We joined some friends and stayed in a beautiful house with a killer view. It was REALLY cold while we were there so we didn't get too much opportunity to play outside but when we did we made the most of it.
Haley and Jackson checked out the view from the back of the house. The snow was pretty packed the first day so Haley didn't get to make the snowman she wanted.
They sat just long enough to pose for a picture

Haley checking out the snow

Jackson trying to lick off the snot

My two boys.

The view off the back of the house as a storm moved in

Friday we took the kids to the mountain to watch the skiers and check out the town.

Miss Haley all bundled up in her snow gear

Jackson was ready to go. His poor eyes water up pretty bad in the cold

We joined our neighbor's and their 7 month old.

The three monkeys

We took the kids on a coaster ride. It was AWESOME! Matt took a video of the ride and it was a little "Blair Witch Project" ish but caught a funny moment with Jackson in it.

Jackson rode with Matt

While Haley rode with me

On Saturday we had arranged a sitter to come to the house so the adults could go skiing. Wouldn't you know a terrible storm came through but we braved the elements anyways. Matt and I had a great time skiing with the snow coming down. After leaving the kids all day we wanted to take them to do something special when we got home. So we decided to take them to the tube park down the street. It was VERY VERY cold that evening (in the teens with 30MPH winds) but the kids had a blast.
A very cold Mommy, Jackson and Haley

It was nice to just jump on the conveyor belt to pull you up the hill

We lied and said Jackson was three (despite Haley shouting, "No, he is only 2!!!") in order for him to ride. We would only be half way down and the kids would say, "Again!".
Ready for the ride! Yes, Jackson IS having fun.

The kids had so much fun at the tube park that we took them back on Sunday. Luckily it was a little warmer this day.
Giving some love to my little man

The Vara Family coming down the tube chute

That's all folks...