First Ski Trip!

We loaded up the car the day after Christmas to introduce the boys to snow skiing for the first time! We headed to Sugar Mountain and were planning to stay at John and Ashley’s house in Blowing Rock. We quickly had to pivot and stay at one of their neighbor’s basements since we discovered their heat and water wasn’t working when we arrived. The neighbors were so hospitable and we had the best ski adventure for our family of four! Sugar Mountain was the perfect place to introduce the boys to NC skiing. We enrolled them in a 1.5 hour group ski lesson to learn the basics and then spent the rest of the day and the following day making multiple passes down the green slope which came complete with navigating a chair lift with skis, etc. I had to help hoist Maddox onto the ski lift each time but he easily made it off the lift by himself and both boys confidently made their way down the slope at a brisk pace! We are looking forward to more ski adventures in the future!

Merry Christmas 2024!

 

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

We have been counting down to Christmas for the last week! Maddox had his class party, and I was able to help set up and facilitate the “minute to win it” games!

I grabbed dinner with friends, an annual tradition.

The Elf on the Shelf (aka Mrs. Reeves) made a special visit on pajama day at school.

Cousins matching for pajama day!

Cantrell Christmas and visiting family back home …. One of our favorite days of the year!

We celebrated with Uncle Grant, Granny V and Sib as well!

The boys love getting money jars from GranDan!

We went to daddy’s home church on Sunday. We got to see Jacob Baden since his dad was singing with his brothers and dad for a special Christmas quartet.

Cousins :)

Candlelight Service at TBC on Sunday Night 

Making Cookies at Grammy and Grandpa’s

We made our Happy Birthday Jesus cake today as we prepare to celebrate Jesus’ birth!

Christmas Parades and Performances

We’ve had another busy week as we countdown to Christmas Break! One more week to go! I love that Beau keeps me company sometimes when I work out (just like his four-legged brother used to do). I looked over and he was watching me on the elliptical this week!

Zander was able to walk with his teammates and coach in our local Christmas parade. Grandpa, Maddox and I got to watch the parade while our soccer player walked by!

We have been working on our children’s Christmas program since September! It is something I love being involved in and Maddox (along with his cousins) did a great job showing the audience the true meaning of Christmas. This year’s theme was “It All Happened in the Country” and the kids looked great in their country attire!

Beau watching me do a DVD workout on another morning.:)

We had Zack’s Christmas party last weekend! It was fun to have a night out thanks to Grammy!

Zack bought a human size dog bed…. I think the human children might like it more than our four-legged addition but we are having fun with it regardless!

We got to see Santa last weekend with Grammy and Grandpa as well! I hope these boys have been good enough to convince Santa to visit our home again this year. ;)