Happy New Year!!

2014 started off with lots of winter fun! Greg and I went out with some friends New Year's Eve and stayed out much later than we had anticipated, but that didn't stop uf from hitting the snow on New Years Day! We bundled up in our snow gear and headed to Snow Mountain! This year, Jackson was tall enough to ride down the mountain in his own tube by himself. I was a little nervous for him, but he went straight down without hesitating! Beckett was also able to go sledding down the the little hills in the Snow Angel part of the park. He liked the sledding okay but really liked eating the snow!

Beckett getting ready to head down the hill! 

Here he goes!!

And time to eat more snow :)

Here is Jackson after his first trip down the mountain all by himself. I coudn't believe it! Not only did he have to go down the mountain by himself, but he also had to carry his tube back up to do it again!! He looks too grown up in this picture!!

Cool as a cucumber as we headed down the mountain in the family tube. He was even going down backwards!!

Beckett doing his favorite part...eating the snow!

We went with our great friends the Konops and after we sled, we decided to make a snow castle and have a little snowball fight!

Angie and Beckett :)

The older kids and parents then headed back up the mountain to get in some more sledding before our time was up, so Beckett and I played in the snow angel area. He loved posing as the penguins.

There was a little snow castle with tubes to crawl through. Beckett loved going through the tubes. It was really wet, so every time he stood up, he would slip, fall, and laugh. :)

The tubing crew!

Greg has had a lot of weekends off in a row, so we have made the most of them with lots of family activities! First on the list, skating at the St. Regis! Last year, Jackson was not too sure about skating. He fell once and then was done. This year he was ready!

He started off slow, but soon was zipping around the rink with no fear!

Here he comes! He fell a couple of times, but unlike last year, he would hop back up and do it again.

I initially thought that Beckett would just watch, but I should have known that watching would not fly with this little one. We laced him up and he hit the rink!

He liked to skate around but Mr. Independant really wanted to do it by himself. He couldn't understand why he could walk on the ground with the skates on but couldn't do it once he got on the ice. We ended up taking turns zipping him around, which was hard work!!

I have very few pictures of myself with the boys during all the things we do because I am the one taking the pictures. This year, I am really going to try to get my husband to take a little more photos!!

Daddy's turn!

After we finished skating, we had to try the St. Regis hot chocolate. This is hot chocolate with marshmallows, whip cream, sprinkles, and chocolate shavings. Delicious! Unfortunately, as Jackson was walking with his hot chocolate, he tripped and dumped the entire cup on my Ugg boots. All I can say is "Ugggghhhh!!!"

After we finished up with the hot chocolate, we headed downto warm up in front of the fire. A perfect family night!! 2014 has started off with a blast!

For some reason I couldn't add these pictures the way I wanted to, so they had to go at the end. This is the boys getting ready to head to Snow Mountain!

Delicious!

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