practice

Last night Nathan was talking to Emma about the winter camp he will be taking William and Laurel on at the end of March. Our age limit is usually 5, but Emma is not the most motivated when it comes to long distance walking (which would be anything further than the closest park). The camp entails an 11km hike in the mountains to get to a hut where they stay for a couple of nights with all the cousins old enough to go. The kids always have a good time and get some good dad/uncle time in. Then of course they hike back out, another 11 kms to the vehicles. Nathan and I know Emma would not be good to take yet and Emma suggested that she and dad could practice walking a long way this summer to get her ready for next year. At the end of the conversation Emma said, "we could practice walking to the slurpee store!". That's our Emma!

Katelynn is one!

This past week, on February 10th, our little Katelynn turned one. It was kind of sad to think this is our last little one year old birthday, but we all are still just having so much fun enjoying the family baby. Katelynn loved the cake, and the kids loved opening her presents so good times all around. Thankfully Kate doesn't really get mad when the other kids take toys from her, so her presents were enjoyed more by the other kids than by her that night, but she did get some time with them when mom forced the kids to let the birthday girl even look at her two new things. This past year with her has really flown by and I am so thankful for my littlest girl who makes me smile every day.