Best Friends Forever

Buster is honestly the best dog in the world...and Skylar loves him to pieces. Lately she has taken to crawling in bed with him , pulling on his ears, checking out his toes and his eyes, tugging on his collar and giving kisses (receiving some too) and he just lays there. Whenever she is playing with him she yells "My BA", my only guess is that it is the beginning of saying Buster. I always knew that he was a good dog, but I never imagined he would be this wonderful!!

The Princess now has her very own castle...

Chris is VERY Creative and he decided to turn the storage closet under the stairs (at the cabin) into a play castle for his little princess! It is very cool, there is a loft on top so when she is older she will be able to sleep in her castle and the underneath side is a little play area with her play kitchen. We painted the walls with chalkboard paint so the kids can color too! I know that Skylar will grow to really enjoy her play castle but even now without fully understanding it, she seems to love it, she will stand in there playing at her kitchen longer than she will do anything else.

Our 4th Wedding Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Chris! The last 4 years have been wonderful... thank you for the laughs and smiles to brighten my days, for the love and support to to keep me smiling, and for your understanding when I am a little less than perfect:) You are a wonderful husband! This last year has been the best watching you also become an amazing father!! I love you!!
Jan. 2004

Jan. 2008

Happy New Year 2008

From our family to yours, may you all have a blessed New Year!

New Year's Eve 2007

Great Grandma Winquist W/ Skylar

Us Girls...Mom, Me, & Kristine

Andy w/ Aubrie & Skylar

Aubrie - 1 yr. old

We spent New Year's with the Winquist Clan...after an amazing dinner everyone (but us, no babysitter) went up for dancing at the Ski Club. Chris and I really showed our party animal side...we were asleep by 11:00 pm...man have we become boring!!!!

Twinners...

There have been several occasions where people have commented that Chris' Aunt Kristine and I resemble each other (or look like sisters)... There were a couple of times on New Year's eve where we were mistaken from behind, so we thought we would take a pic to see for ourselves...and there are similarities... I couldn't pick a better twinner:)

Lovin' on our Baby

Silliness with Grandma Frye

Skylar was eating pretzels with Grandma Frye...Grandma decide to eat one herself and Skylar went for it...

Cross Country Skiing

We got new cross country skis this year from Mom & Doug, (THANK YOU, such an incredible gift we have had SO MUCH FUN). There are some really incredible trails around Caberfae and we had a great time adventuring around them. We took Buster with us and he was in heaven, he thought he owned the woods running all over like a crazy dog!

Winter Snow Fun

Michael with his snowman he built in front of Grandma Frye's

Michael and Skylar

KJ - almost 2 yrs.

Alissandra - 2yrs

Michael pulling Skylar around

Skylar got to get out and play with her cousins a little bit. Grandpa Frye made them all new sleds, mounted on old skis they are so awesome. Skylar really loved just getting outside and taking in the sites!

He is so funny...

my dad was reading to Skylar Christmas afternoon and she was just cracking up...what a precious moment!

OMG...I think I just won $10K....

So I really wish this was on live video because you would all be falling off your chairs...Chris and I decided to play a little Christmas joke, our victim, Ali. So in one of her presents we put a lotto ticket (a guaranteed winner). She was scratching it off and she was like oh a $10k, another 10K, seriously another 10K...does that mean I won...Cam grabs it from her and was so serious, looking it over, ya you won...no way! Then Ali grabs it back and was like is this for real I can't believe it, then she flips it over and starts reading the back of the ticket....the first line reads: this ticket is valid only in your dreams....

Good Laugh...Love it!

On another note....a few days later I get a call from Haley ( who was not with us on Christmas because she was in Mexico) she was telling me how she stopped by Dad's house, found the ticket and ran down to Ali's room to show her that Dad had won $10,000....so easily fooled:)

Christmas at Caberfae

Daddy helping Sky open presents
Erik, Grandpa, & uncle Tommy

Chris & Michael

Alissandra Winquist

Ali showing off her fav

Skylar & Grandpa Mueller

Skylar with her Aunt Boo

Michael & Me (he wasn't fond of the kisses)

our little "crawling zombie"

sitting in the pretty chair Santa brought

playing with the new nemo bath toys

"hey what do you think is in there"

not so sure about chicken dance elmo

Sky with Grandpa Hansen

We had a wonderful holiday up at Caberfae...a big thank you to both of our families for allowing us to break past traditions and begin new ones:) Grandpa Hansen came and celebrated with us on Christmas Eve and was there for Santa presents and stockings in the morning. Then Christmas afternoon we had the pleasure of having Grandpa Mueller, Aunt Ali and Uncle Cam. Then Christmas evening we up the road through the woods and down the hill to Grandma & Grandpa Frye's, where we celebrated with most of the Winquist Clan. (we missed you Heidi, ,Martin, & Parker).
Skylar was a trooper through out the day, she was very OVER STIMULATED and only squeezed in one 30 min nap so needless to say as the evening wore on she was a little drained (crawling zombie). She was very funny opening presents, the first one she really got into but was so excited about the plastic Nemo bath toys Santa brought she did not have much interest in other presents!
As usually we had a FANTASTIC time; some great laughs (see post on FAke Lotto Ticket), Incredible food, and many wonderful memories were made! We are very blessed and this time of year is a great time to remember our many wonderful blessings!!