Jovie sings a song...

I believe that she learned this from Ikey's school play, which she saw one time. 
http://youtu.be/XRBGBVag_Zs

Ikey's school play

I have to say that they underutilized the boy's skills. He looked cute in camo pants as a member of the King's Men troop. 

The kids say...

Jovie: Mom, I do not have on enough makeup. 

Me: You have on a lot of makeup. How much would be enough?

Jovie: Like three pounds of lipstick. 

Me: I don't think anyone ever wore three pounds of lipstick. 

Jovie: Then I'm going to set a record. 

Me: Be careful eating that. It's pretty hot. 

Jovie: We're Jedis. Don't worry.

Isaac: We have the force.

Isaac is downstairs singing Taylor Swift (Shake it Off) and Rhianna/Eminem (Monster). 

Jovie: You're the best mom in the Milky Way. 
Me: Awwww.
Jovie: That's just a Star Wars joke. 

Skiing on no snow...

We've been skiing even though it hasn't been snowing. 

Ikey likes to watch the world go by from the floor of the Cabriolet.

Here's our ski movie from Feb 22: http://youtu.be/uHsw_wlr5vo  Jovie specifically requested this song for this movie. Yes, we totally think that alcoholic anthems are good songs for the kids. 

Yellowstone Snowmobiling Trip

Andy and Joelle came with TB and me clear up through Idaho and a little part of Montana to the Mammoth Hot Springs section of Yellowstone National Park.

We were a little concerned about our snowmobiling plan because we didn't see any snow on the long drive. 

 The Wake Up To Wildlife Tour allowed us a view of a beautiful sunrise and lots of bison and elk, but no wolves and bears, which is what we really wanted to see. 

We got suited up and hooked up with snow machines. It was Joelle's first time on such a thing. 

 We rode for the second half of the day and arrived just in time to see Old Faithful erupt. 

We had a silly time ice skating just outside the Snow Lodge.

The next morning, we headed out for a whole long day of riding in windy, sleety, sunny, slushy conditions around the lake and back up toward Mammoth Hot Springs.

We checked into Mammoth Hot Springs Lodge again, ate a nice dinner at the Dining Room again, and played games in the lounge.

We thought Yellowstone was beautiful, so many things to see and do. We had a great time with our friends. We plan to come back with the kids soon!

Skiing

We're skiing at Canyons and PCMR this year, so come join us!

Dec 2014 - Jan 2015 ski movie: http://youtu.be/U-JHkTdE9kY

Jovie has acquired a new nervousness about the steep slopes, so she's adopted a confidence animal (Leia the monkey), a confidence color (turquoise), and a confidence word (Lightsaber if I remember correctly).

Ikey changes schools...

Our move to our new house is imminent (like in the next two months...) so Ikey switched schools to our new neighborhood school. He goes to full day Kindergarten now and his teacher is Ms. Harms. She is so nice and such a good teacher. They have dress up day almost every week. Here they are as penguins. 

The second week at his new school, we turned in his fantastic Science Fair Project. It was off the chain. It was seriously awesome - the best Kindergarten Science Fair project in the history of Kindergarten Science Fair.