Monday, February 14, 2011

New experiences

In the last couple of weeks we have had a series of firsts and new experiences.  The weekend of January 30th our friend Rebecca traveled up from SLC to visit and to team up with Angie for our local winter triathlon, the Powderhound Winter Triathlon at Homestake Lodge.  It was too cold for the girls to hang out at the start/finish area but they did get to experience their first post race party.


Our friend Christal hanging out with Lucy and her son Tristan after the race.







Rebecca, one of Angie's dearest friends from SLC, was a great guest to have as she just jumped right in to the feeding, burping and snuggling.  All that and one heckuva of a snowbiker as she rode a mean bike leg in the race.






They have also now experienced their first ski days.  In the last 2 weeks we have been to Discovery, our local ski hill and Bridger Bowl outside of Bozeman.   Below is the front of Discovery, an absolutely awesome place for families and kids.  It's not so big that people worry about where their kids are.  On a weekend day you'll probably see more kids doing their own thing in the lodge than with their parents.  We met our friends John, Cameron and Julia for a day on the slopes.  We all took turns hanging out with the girls and on the slopes as well.



John and Sean holding down the fort in Daddy Day Care.  John is holding Ellie, Julia is sitting up in her big girl chair and Sean has Lucy.




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In the meantime, Ellie and Lucy have been doing well.  They are getting bigger every  day and getting new skills.  They are both doing much better at being able to hold their heads up when sitting and are starting to get some smiles in here and there.  It is unfortunately hard to catch a smile on camera though.