Sledding at the Olson's cabin

The olson Family invited us up to their cabin in Crivitz, Wisconsin for a day/night of family fun. There were 6 families up there total. 12 adults and 15 kids. We stopped at Burger King for a bite to eat and arrived at the cabin a little after lunch time. All the kids were anxious to hit the hill of terror. I have to be honest I was a little nervous about sending our kids down the hill because of some of the stories Jodee has told me. Good thing the weather was nice and warm, the hill wasn't as fast as we thought. The snow was packy and starting to melt ( a very wet and muddy day). As the day came to a close we sat outside by a fire, roasted marshmallows, cooked hot dogs and drank hot chocolate. Jodee took the kids on what seemed to be a never ending 4 wheeler ride with a trailer on the back with all the kids in the trailer. Megan loved riding on the 4 wheeler and never wanted to get off. Need I say more about Zach... Night came, and we were the only family that decided to stay the night. The kids watched a movie in a bedroom, while us adults talked, had some drinks and watched the movie Hangover(very funny, a must see). As a few more drinks went down, Jodee, Mark, Tom and I decided to run the hill via moonlight. Boy, as the weather got colder the run got faster. Talk about a rush going down the hill at 30 miles per hour in the dark on a plastic sled. We all were laughing our heads off. It was kinda stupid of us to put ourselves in danger, but it was so much fun. As it turned out, there were no accidents and us adults and all the kids had so much fun. A big Thank You goes out to the Olson family for a fun family weekend.

Top of the hill

A view from the bottom

Our "help" on getting back up.

Jordan Olson (7), Sidney Williams (7), and Madison (8)

Hang on.

My little sweetie having fun in the snow. :)

Zach (6) on his way up. He was IN heaven. He had so much fun!

Jake Olson (3) and Megan (2) getting 4 wheeler rides around the property.

Disney on Ice

Friday, February 12th, 2010
Madison, Megan and myself had the chance to go and see Disney On Ice at the Resch Center. The Olson & Challe families went with us. It was a really neat show and the two of them loved it. We got to see TinkerBell (Megan's favorite princess) and Belle (Madison's favorite) along with all the other Princess' skating on the ice. The show roll played each Princess and their story right before they became a "princess". After the intermission, each princess found true love with their prince and lived happily ever after
Madison, Sawyer Challe and Jordan Olson

Jake Olson and Megan

Our tickets

Always looking for TinkerBell. She kept asking me where she was.

Micky and Minnie

There SHE is.... TinkerBell

Beauty (Belle) & Beast

Cinderella going to the ball

Happily ever after

Potty Training

February 6th,2010
We've been working on potty training with Megan on and off for the last couple of weeks. She just doesn't seem interested in trying so we have backed off for a bit. Today though, was a different story. She "surprised" me (as she put it) this morning coming out of her bedroom with a pair of undies on. "Look mommy, I have Dora on". Mind you, she took off her diaper and put these on herself. I got really excited and thought... OK... she wants to do this. I thought wrong... she was just playing and would go to her room every 15 minutes and put a new pair of undies on. I do have to say, it was pretty darn cute. She would announce her new pair everytime she would come out. I think we went through 10 pair. Oh well, we'll keep trying and eventually she will get it.

Pair #1

Tring to watch Dora The Explorer through her Dora shades!

Doing some potty training exercises!

Still smiling

To cute not to post! hee, hee

Cousin Fun

On Friday Feb. 5th, we got to spend the evening with my niece Breven, while my sister and her husband attended a birthday party for their friend. We started the evening with Little Ceasars Pizza for dinner that Renee and J.C. bought for us. Gosh those bread sticks are awesome!
It really was a relaxing evening for Tom and I. Like always, they all got along and played very well together. The night seemed to fly by so fast. Before we knew it, it was time to get our pajama's on and start to relax for the night. A funny little story happened while putting on our pj's. My mom bought Breven and Megan the same pair of pajama's one time and it just so happend that Breven brought those to wear. Breven started putting them on and Megan got really upset that she was "wearing" her pj's. I tried to explain to her that she to had the same pair, and she could wear hers. Megan's face was priceless when I pulled those same pair out of her drawer and she got to wear them too. After getting our popcorn popped and water to drink we settled down to watch the moveie A Journey To The Center Of The Earth.

Breven and Megan eating Pizza