A little snack

The other day, I spotted K-Man helping himself to a little snack.  I bought some granola in bulk (I eat yogurt with fruit and granola every day for breakfast) and kept it in a tupperware container.  Once it was gone I left the bowl with the final crumbs in it on the counter, and look who found it...

Mmmm... delicious!  No wonder Mom doesn't usually leave this stuff out!

...Don't mind if I do!

Making sure to get every last crumb

I promise, I really do feed this kid!

So delicious!

Getting creative

My favorite shot... you can see his face all pressed up against the crumbs!

Somebody tell this kid to check his chin if he's still hungry :)

Fun on the Slopes!

At the end of January, we took an overnight family ski trip to Northern Idaho.  Mike and I had been wanting to ski at Schweitzer for a long time, and we finally made it happen.  We decided to stay right at the resort since we were bringing K-Man (and the world's best babysitter, Samm) so that we would be able to eat lunch together and check in from time to time.  It was our first time ever staying right at a ski resort where we could essentially ski in and out of the hotel.  It was so much fun!  The resort was basically a little village with shops and restaurants in addition to the lodges.  Samm was able to take K-Man to the free movie theater at the lodge and play games and stuff while we were out skiing and boarding.

Samm and K-Man at the lodge

K-Man helping Daddy get his snowboard boots on

Our first time skiing somewhere that we had to use a T-bar.  Only one of us (who shall remain nameless) fell during the ride and had to hike the rest of the way up the hill.  Haha, good times!

Mike trying to stay warm

Amy enjoying the cold weather

Samm decided to give skiing a try, so we switched some coats around and made it happen.

The magic carpet gets two thumbs up

K-Man thought it was hilarious when Mike would throw a handful of snow up into the air.

Amy and Samm on the chairlift

We LOVE our winter sports!

The Big Day!

Finally Christmas morning came!  We got up early and got ready while we were waiting for K-Man to wake up, then we opened our gifts from Santa, played with them for awhile, and then we headed off to church.  After church, Mike's little brother and his family came over to open presents with the rest of us.  It was such a fun day.  That evening, we drove to Amy's family's house, which is about two hours away, and spent Christmas evening with them.  

Amy stayed up late on Christmas Eve to make homemade cinnamon rolls for the family, which something her mom does every year.  K-Man was a pretty big fan of "helping" her get them ready on Christmas morning.

Mmmmm!

Having fun opening presents

Amy surprised Mike with tickets to a Langhorne Slim concert on New Year's Eve in Portland.  He was pretty surprised!

While we were getting the car loaded up, Abuelo and Abuelita took K-Man out to see the chickens and play in the yard.  He was pretty impressed!

Abuelo introducing K-Man to his dog, Lucky

Abuelita and K-Man

Mima (what K-Man calls Amy's mom) helping him with his new dump truck

Checking out cousin Zak's army of superheroes that he got for Christmas

And finally, Santa also came to our house in Oregon.  K-Man thought it was a pretty sweet deal getting to have Christmas at three houses this year!!

Figuring out his shape sorter

Hooray for Christmas!  We're sad we have to wait a whole year until it comes again.

We wish you a merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!

Christmas Eve

We were able to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at Mike's parents' house, which was a lot of fun!  K-Man had a good time seeing Abuelo and Abuelita (what he calls Mike's parents), and getting to play with his cousins.  

K-Man with Abuelita and her kitty

Abuelo reading "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" while we pass around the white elephant gifts.  This is an annual Christmas Eve tradition at Mike's house.

Daddy helping K-Man figure out his toy from the white elephant exchange

"I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!"

He thought the lint brush Amy got for her white elephant was actually a hair brush, haha!

Mike checking out his cool new flashlight for hiking that doesn't need batteries

Merry Christmas Eve!

Opening his Christmas Eve pajamas, which is a Christmas tradition in Amy's family

We're pretty sure he had more fun with Abuelo and the box that his pajamas came in than he did with his actual pajamas

Ready to go to bed so Santa can come visit

Counting Down to Christmas

We figured it was about time we post our Christmas pictures because we have birthdays coming up soon and we don't want to get behind!  Since we went to Idaho for Christmas to be with our extended families, here are some pictures at our house leading up to Christmas.  We were SO excited for Christmas this year because last year K-Man was only 6 months old, so he didn't really get it.  But this year, we knew he was going to have a blast!

Mom finished getting the Christmas tree put together and lit while Dad gave K-Man his bath.  This was his reaction when he saw the tree for the first time.  Too cute!

K-Man is getting so big!

He loves his wagon

This is how we let him touch the tree... he can touch the ornaments with one finger :)

He spent so much time by the tree this year--he loved it!