Ruby and Magnus

   We recently went to my parent's house for dinner.  We brought Ruby with us and Magnus was there as well.  Ruby and Magnus are already best buds and they love playing together.  We love when they play together because they get out lots of energy!  Here are some pictures Joey took.

Sledding in Leadville

   A few weekends ago, we went on a fun adventure on Sunday.  Ashlyn had her friend Lucy spend the night the previous night, so she got to come along with us.  We woke up bright and early to head to Leadville for some sledding fun.
    We stopped first at the Donut Mill in Woodland Park for some donuts for breakfast.  The kids all devoured their donuts.

Dawson picked a donut as big as him

Graice being silly

    The sledding hill is all the way in Leadville.  It was quite a drive just to go sledding, but it was well worth it.  It has hardly snowed at all this winter, so the kids have not had a chance to play in the snow.  When we got to Leadville it was a winter wonderland.  The kids were so happy to put their snow gear on and have some fun in the snow.  The weather was perfect and we were not cold at all.

The snow fort they found

Dawson ready for some snow

Look at all that snow!

Such a scenic place

The snow bunnies

    The only downside to this particular sledding spot is that you have to pull your sled up yourself.  We definitely got in a great workout that day!

Heading up the hill

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Ready to go!

There they go

Dawson and I ready to go

Here we go!  I was pretty surprised how fast we went

Joey and Gracie

The girls going again

Lucy and Ashlyn had a blast sledding together.  One time they didn't stop in time, and ended up going into the stream.  They thought it was the coolest thing ever.  

Dawson doesn't need a sled to have fun

The sledding queens

Sweet boy

Gracie is quite the snow bunny

Always silly with that one

Love her smile so much

   After sledding, we were very hungry.  We drove to Buena Vista to meet Joey's Dad for lunch at the restaurant.  Lucy was very intrigued by the restaurant kitchen.  She asked if she could go tour it.  They even put them to work and made them wash dishes.  Ashlyn and Lucy thought that was the coolest thing ever.

Lucy was a pro

Ashlyn hard at work

Valentine's Day

    The kids had a really fun Valentine's Day at school.  They had parties, passed out Valentines, and played games.  Joey's job allows him to go to the kids schools for parties.  He likes getting to help out at the parties and see all the fun the kids have.  Here are some pictures from their day.  

Ashlyn playing a game

The kids passing out Valentines

Ashlyn is in the front on the far right

Ashlyn and her dad

                                                                     

Dawson had to bring in a box for his Valentines, and of course we had to do Mario.  He was so excited when he saw the finished product.  

Such a cute Valentine

This is the card Dawson made for us.  Loved it!

My sister outdid herself with Ella's cat box.  It turned out so cute.