November

This is just a crazy time of year for everyone. It seems to get crazier the older the kids get. So here are some pictures from November. We had our first snow late this year, it didn't come until middle of November. The remnants are still here, but slowly melting away. Hopefully we'll receive more before Christmas. One of my favorite things, white Christmas'.

The girls were so excited about the snow. Every time we go outside we can hardly keep them from playing/stomping/eating snow.

We were looking for something to do so I got our craft cart out and found pipe cleaners and jingle bells. We created bracelets. They had a great time with them. Madison being inventive put them on as anklets.

My little gypsy girl.

Thanksgiving Day was kind of crazy this year. Scott had to work that morning, so poor Donna (Grammy) did the majority of the cooking (turkey/stuffing/rolls).  The girls and I hung out at home, took a late shower and even got some curls in their hair. Then off to Grammy and Grampy's we went.  Bret, Janet, Donelle, Blaine, Tammie, Scott, myself and the girls made the party.  We had a great time.

The girls have started to watch movies (well parts of movies).  So we brought Barbie Island Princess to watch. Grampy was nice enough to let the girls watch in lieu of the football game. A little after it started the girls were off playing, and Grampy switched it back to the football game. Audrey had a melt down. They may not be watching it but they like to listen to the music. Scott had just calmed her down when he came around the corner to see that Grampy had given in and put the movie on. I think the girls have Grampy wrapped around their little fingers.

Audrey and her prize movie hanging out with Uncle Bret.

Donelle says, "Zoie looks mean and serious when she eats". So we start giggling.

But she was right don't you think.

Me and the girls enjoying pie. Audrey didn't like any of them, she preferred to play with them. Madison ate a couple bites, but Zoie if not watched carefully would probably devour all the pies.

Audrey playing with her pies.

Getting ready to go see Santa and get our pictures taken.

 

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a delightful New Year. (Hopefully will post one more before then, but who knows what the next 9 days will bring.)

Halloween Weekend Pictures

Okay, here are the lovely Lady Bug costumes.

The Saturday before Halloween our Mom's of Multiples Group met at a retirement facility with kids in costumes and then we split up and handed treats to the lovely people in the building.  Zoie was very persistent on giving her cookies away, she wouldn't take no for an answer. All the kids had a great time.

I know there are only four lady bugs present, 

but Madison was home sick with a fever and couldn't partake in the fun.

We missed her dearly.

The other two lady bugs are MacKenzie and Danielle. 

Which Danielle is Zoie's Best Friend, as seen below.

They are two peas in a pod, they do so many things the same it's scary.

One of the residents had a extremely friendly cat that received an abundance of love from six little girls.

 

 One of the other twin moms kids were Thing 1 & Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss so cute!

 Audrey handing a cookie to a nice lady.

 Outside after we were all done. Best front shot of Audrey that day.

 That night we "Painted Pumpkins" instead of carving. 

The girls enjoyed that. 

 This has to be one of my most favorite pictures of Audrey.

 Zoie really liked the white paint, it was hard to get her to use the other colors.

 My favorite thing about the picture below is look at the plates of colors. Audrey and Zoie have theirs all nice and neat; and then there's Madison which she just swirled them all together to paint.

  

HALLOWEEN NIGHT!

We went to a different retirement facility (same one as last year) to do our trick or treating only to find out they weren't doing that this year. Just having a small party in lobby. So we hung out for a little bit to visit with the few folks there, then after that went to a couple friends houses, grammy's house and then home. 

Camping Trip Day Three 09/25

We slept pretty good, the girls didn't raid our bed until 4 or 5 am this time!

We walked down the road and explored some of the areas where the creek runs off into the woods and creates a calm mossy stream. This was the area that I stomped off in and found a couple handfuls of wild raspberries (yum!).

So all in all the trip was a wild success, although this would be the 1st and last trip for 2010. With winter on the way, the rest of our Fall was taken up with getting things buttoned down around the house for the snow and freezing temperatures that are on their way. Well that and a couple of times we got absolutely hammered with a cold/flu virus that took us all out for the better part of a week (maybe 2).

Camping Trip Day Two 09/24

Day 2 starts out with hot chocolate after breakfast. We didn't sleep that well, we had a couple of "bumps and thumps" in the night as the girls tried to get used to their new sleeping accommodations. Needless to say, by 3am the girls had found their way into our bed.

Autumn was in full swing as the mornings were crisp, the aspen leaves were turning to warm shades of copper and gold and the few raspberries we could find were perfectly ripe! Rock Creek was just 150 yards north of the camper so when it warmed up in the afternoon we played near the water. The girls took much delight in throwing rocks into the creek, just about as much as the dogs enjoyed chasing after them.

Earlier that week while shopping for supplies for the trailer I picked up 2 plastic trucks at Goodwill in anticipation that the girls might have fun rolling them through the dirt; I had no idea just how big of a hit they would be. They would roll them down the slightly rolling hill behind the fire-pit, run down pick it up and do it all over again. When that got old they would load the truck beds with pine cones and dirt and drive them around. The look on Madison's face as the truck rolls down the slope captures pure joy. They started to fight over the trucks so I made a quick run to Red Lodge and picked up a Tonka truck to keep the peace. (I know... I'm a sucker.)

Camping Trip Day One 09/23

After our tent Camping trip to Yellowstone earlier this Summer we decided that maybe a camper trailer was in our future. We love tent camping but it's a gargantuan task with 3 toddlers. So we looked high and low for a good used camper trailer; it was a lot like trying to find a good steak at a PETA convention, but finally we found one that was perfect! It even has a triple bunk in the back! For the maiden voyage we took a 3 day camping trip to Red Lodge (about 60 miles from home). With the Suburban packed with 2 adults, 3 kids and 2 dogs we set off; and unlike most Weston adventures this one is lacking any drama. The Suburban didn't break down, we didn't have any trouble with the trailer, and everyone had a great time!

Now a word from Zoie...

"I have an owie on my finger... I have a princess band-aid... I am thrilled..."

Dirty Girls

Krista has been super busy and with the girls not taking their naps she hasn't had much time to herself let alone update the blog so I figured that I would go ahead and see what kind of damage I could do again.

Fall is here and we're trying to get the place all tidied up before winter gets here. We've had a couple of frosty mornings, but so far a very pleasant Autumn. We had some showers and since we've yet to get another load of gravel to fill in the driveway there are a few muddy spots. We went out last weekend to get some things done around the yard and Audrey found the puddle and immediately set out to jump in it... Madison decided that looked like fun and before we knew it they were jumping, hopping, running and dunking their heads in the mud puddle. Zoie would have nothing to do with it other than casting a rather un-approving look at the mess Audrey and Madison were making.

Sometimes it seems like they are the sweetest right before bedtime... sometimes notsomuch. This was one of those sweet times.









We have a ton of photos from our camping trip a few weeks ago... we'll get them all organized and posted here soon.

Daddy Day Trip!

Krista is off for the weekend to Red Lodge, MT for a Mom's Retreat Weekend. So, first thing I did was pile the kids and dogs into the 'burban and headed out with some friends to play in the dirt! We headed for the Benbow mine trail, which I wasn't at all familiar with... but what the hey. The brief history of the Benbow mine is as follows...
During World War I, the Stillwater Complex was intensively explored for chromite (chrome ore). The complex is a narrow area that runs southeast from the Boulder River to just east of the Stillwater River on the northeastern portion of the Beartooth Mountain Range. Chromite was first discovered in the location in the 1880s. It was important during wartime because it hardens other metals and prevents rust in iron and steel products. After the end of World War I, demand for chromite plummeted and most of the mining ceased. Demand rose again during World War II, and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company worked the Benbow and Mouat mines during the war, building extensive work camps and mills. The area continued to be mined sporadically until the 1960s.
...anywho; so we finally made it up to one of the mining complexes. Audrey had fallen asleep so I let her snooze while Madison, Zoie and I walked around. The view from up there is amazing (somewhere around 8300 feet). Audrey woke up a short time later and we all hiked around. As we neared the old mill, Madison wanted to go up in "the big house", Audrey thought it was a playground and Zoie was content to serenade her daddy with cries of "uppy, uppy (dang it, pick me up dad). So we went inside the abandoned mine and climbed high up on the rickety old staircase, some of the planks were missing so I told the girls to be careful. -ok, not really it was fenced off, so we settled for photo ops from a safe distance outside.