Catching up

We have been busy and I haven't had time to do a post in a while!! So here are smoe videos of skiing and snowboarding. First one is Gavin as he's coming down...and then accidentally runs into Avery.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DIUjGAdZdm9pyJxf4VBOnzHuhMEnYoqV/view?usp=sharing

Here is another video of Gavin:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tXzi7EX979dGwV5jnWYd6hGg6MJCkdm/view?usp=sharing

The kids finally finished coloring and putting together a cardboard bakery they received at Christmas.

The National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation House was a gift to me that I finally put together - it came with red wine inside! And here is a pic of Gavin and Avery with their helmets decorated for ski/snowboard school. Avery's cat ears have little bells on them!

Avery was awarded Student of the Month for March and here she is getting her award and by the sign in our yard.

Here is a video of Avery skiing a short little ski course - we don't have many videos of her because she is on the blue runs with her group. I was still on greens and Carlton wasn't on the same blue runs she was doing.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kNvVs5LKhp2sS5bsBlSWvXEb0_1rAJsr/view?usp=sharing

Here is a short video of me skiing....as you can see I am very cautious!! I think this was my second or third time down a blue run.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FHERWSk45ByPjb5i5w5PKMIdxCFcNP1e/view?usp=sharing

And here is a quick video Carlton got of Avery as she disappeared down the Tunnel of Fun (blue run)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ABYbke8IShNy5P0O8NqB8XvcLbqjBMH/view?usp=sharing

For their last day of the season long ski/snowboard school, Gavin's group had a course set up near the bunny hill. He tried to show us one of his tricks but couldn't quite get enough speed.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v1IBlXGQ6bsxivMTWCappYsxfpVoWtov/view?usp=sharing

Here's a pic of him with two of his coaches.

Here's a video of Avery doing a hop on her skis...she's the last one in the line.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jjBemugZkrICJHFHKTVszR3KGS8XK0Az/view?usp=sharing

Here is a very short video of Carlton snowboarding.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cx7R_0KRfTG8dNTH1Dnj5mCWW1Vcvygm/view?usp=sharing

And here is Avery doing a cookie race at the end of her day.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PeK2bYduUjjY7VJqgc8svnvXimVx0Ua/view?usp=sharing

Some final pics of our last day of skiing.....

Gavin and I on the gondola coming down the mountain for Avery's race. Gavin in front of the map iof ski runs. Carlton on the chairlift with Avery and her coach, Nick. Me in front of the map of ski runs and then Carlton with Gavin enjoying hot cocoa before Avery's race.

Avery's cookie medal after doing her cookie race!

Avery with her coach, Nick. He was great and she loved her lessons with him!

That is all I have for this post!! More to come!!

Dance & Gymnastics

Quick post to share Avery's dance recital that she did last Saturday.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ztxqC2VJ48coPpPbNq2dbfj8PTbijVhY/view?usp=sharing

And here is a picture of her and her friend Emma right after they performed!

Then on Monday, Gavin was tested in his gymnastics class to see if he could graduate to the next level! He worked SO hard and had to do his backward roll and cartwheels several times but he made it!! Here is a video of his backward roll:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lsNl_qkklQCx6zJCYzCMJy8gz8j-SncB/view?usp=sharing

I did not get a video of his cartwheel that allowed him to pass but here's a pic of him with Coach Spencer. He was Gavin's coach when he first started level 1 and now he is going into level 2! He was so proud of himself!!

That's all for now!!

Christmas Happenings

I wanted to share some videos from Avery's Christmas program at school! 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kh-hK2Ic7aNz-HVCxT67eY5o83NdJj11/view?usp=sharing

And

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11qyHQFyLvtkklMQTfd_WDsk1RCw_RPIC/view?usp=sharing

On our drive to Phoenix for Christmas, we stopped at the Sand Caves near Kanab.

It was a nice, short hike with some tricky spots to navigate and all of us repelling down at the end. Fun adventure to break up the long drive!

Our Christmas was less than ideal - all of us were struck down with norovirus and we ended up celebrating Christmas on the 26th instead. We did recover enough to walk through a wonderful light display called Tianyu.

There were lots of cool moving parts to this display. Here's one section:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E66gSHNtx0Y00ehKjl_AHUCUUAbmRNUO/view?usp=sharing

Another video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17OUTdrSEktdkcDJaPbjsFO7cEWVWJxcl/view?usp=sharing

And parrots that mimic what you say into a microphone:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SX1bofgqE5D93H-RNLAvbwUhjp_cE6xZ/view?usp=sharing

And Bubbles!!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HKsFjJ85NElDyHyIXLTIWC0pFlTFKZw_/view?usp=sharing

Flamingo xylophone:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4H75DPJegVHY7nywou2atd5sh4w5-ed/view?usp=sharing

And water spouts:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l5RZ07B2ZGAG-ywp-thIK-QDnS1xycpB/view?usp=sharing

A smoke cannon:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14U-KXHYzTbzgD3OG2Nfn6I24X_v5VsE7/view?usp=sharing

Oversized flowers:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gdBVfrtsolznsi8g93qY8ZnPjobUNlAc/view?usp=sharing

Fairies:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KJc7e-EhU-HpbOg8ttn-rhxlPISHGUQa/view?usp=sharing

We got to meet a panda:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pkinKM4__C2LvuRwWdS-JnU3kmONExfd/view?usp=sharing

And the kids got to have a psychedelic experience:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RzUJ2RLMFqv8ek3hcJiv6nkNT6b1jSlY/view?usp=sharing

Then we got a couple pictures of the Chinese Year of...

We moved on to the Panda section.

Then we found panda's on bikes!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Omj3gI_CaguDWLQ5LrynjPqt06tl83DH/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K9FN3rlfDYkUou-FSzVwv9GtOcGeJu90/view?usp=sharing

Next up was the ocean!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nhn7DCHcSfhnFQZFL5Fcq2u6HYxmPn7W/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wQixQv321g6_SLGt2fiz6IGb092-V3z0/view?usp=sharing

Jellyfish:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UWrX3bVtsa5TS_RMABU5BaLOHs_ZJm8E/view?usp=sharing

Gavin pretending that the octopus is trying to take him while Avery pretends to save him.

Giant whale shark that we walked through.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LRCksvMLraiKc1bw956_mCxSJixfDLcT/view?usp=sharing

For New Year's, I took the kids to the local gym where they did a balloon drop at noon for the kids to celebrate.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RCwAEnK29AkgxmEiRB0xzgXyyFYWwg3J/view?usp=sharing

They had a great time!! We started our New Year with a day in Park City skiing and snowboarding. I have one video of Carlton snowboarding with Avery skiing. (Gavin and I had gotten down a bit faster and he kept asking when they were going to get down). We were really trying to boost Avery's confidence - before this video, I had been on the mountain with her to ski down together and she was really scared and crying and didn't want to ski down. I finally had to put her between my legs so we could ski down together.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1osg8ffCF3uoR-d9wJGl-rIAh1PSkzYwp/view?usp=sharing

That is all we have for now!! Hope you are having a wonderful 2025 so far!!