Pre Christmas fun at Schweitzer!

Sadly we had a warm storm come and instead of there being 2 feet of snow it was 2-3 days of RAIN. so depressing. It created this lake in the village and they had to dig down to the drain that is used in the summer. thankfully the mountain handled all the mess really well and it recovered well. 

Charlie was eating a caramel and lost his molar! 

beautiful morning sunrise. 

ready to ski! 

so happy to have Dan, Meg and family together with us! 

Suz and Grant too! 

we tried to get a nana picture...

ready for Christmas! 

Avery and Charlie playing the blockus game was so sweet. 

Easton using Bill's stomach as a screen. 

Nolan and Theo taking lessons. 

Avery and her many cups. 

Christmas eve in the village! 

the one ski skiing that led to claires injury. 

i skied a bit with avery. 

claire injured her right foot/leg. we didn't get xrays for a few days, but eventually decided to get an xray to see and there was nothing that showed up. 

more Christmas fun to come! 

Concerts

Ellie and Claire with Tatem after their piano recital. Charlie performed as well and did awesome. 

Another beautiful Oaks Christmas Concert. 

arriving at the bach for Christmas!!

Well child checkups

Charlie had his 10.5 yr well child check up and here are his stats:

80.8 lbs (62%)

56.5 inches (59%)

Ellie and Claire switched over to a friend of ours Kimberly Grandinetti for their care. Again the girls at 8.5 were basically exactly the same!

Eleanore: 50 lbs 4 oz (11th %)

49.5 inches (18th %)

Claire: 50 lbs 6 oz (11th %)

49.5 inches (18th %)

So thankful for the perfect health of these kids.

December happenings

Another day on the mountain! 

Colburn triple - the new lift! First ride. 

Claire's beautiful school picture! 

3rd Grade class! 

Ellie's beautiful picture! 

Successful Piano Recital! 

Pop Up Christmas with Bubba and Dotes

On Friday - Laura called me and said that she was flying into Seattle on Saturday and that maybe Mary and her and the girls would drive to Spokane to do a quick Christmas. We decided to have them surprise the kids the next morning. It was so fun to have them come down to Dotes and Bubba and Eliza and Jane. They were so excited! 

Ellie reading to Jane. 

We called it Pop Up Christmas - it was quick, unplanned and perfect. The kids tore open their gifts. 

girls received so many of their wanted gifts. 

we watched Frozen and Eliza loved it! 

kids are loving the peloton too. ha

Davenport evening! 

Ellie in front of the gorgeous tree. 

 

Quick stop at the Pavilion. So pretty with the new lights. 

lily with her favorite person. They left to go back to Seattle on Monday. 

So fun to spend just a couple short days with them.