I cannot believe another year has flown by. The kids are growing at an alarming rate and it seems like yesterday that they were babies. Conor is 5'4" and has a size 12 man's shoe - unbelievable! Mackensey is getting so tall as well and wants to be a teenager!
We had a very nice "family" Christmas. The kids were very blessed by aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and great grandmas. We thank you all for making the kids Christmas so great. Some highlights of Christmas were nerf guns, legos, ps3 games, and a drum kit for Conor. Some highlights for Mackensey were a mic stand, guitar lessons, American girl clothes, a camera and a new bedspread. After opening presents, we went to a gym where we helped serve dinner to the homeless and poverty stricken First Nation people. When they came in they were given grocery food cards and a bag where there were toiletries, kids toys, clothes, food, etc. So many of them said, "Do we choose one thing?" It was so great to say - "Take whatever you need or actually just what you want!" So much fun !
For New Year's Eve we went with some friends to Mt. Washington which is about a two hour drive from where we live. Of course, once you get to the turn off - it is straight up the mountain! The kids have never been skiing before so we really wanted them to have that opportunity. Conor took snowboarding lessons and Mackensey took ski lessons. They were in ski school for 2 1/2 hours. When we picked up the kids, Conor's instructor said that Conor gets an 10 for effort -which we knew meant that he stayed on his rear end most of the lesson. He was in really good spirits and ready after lunch to get back out there and try some more. Shane and I were very surprised because Mackensey caught on almost immediately fell only three times during the day and was ready to ski some more. She told me that she wants to come here every weekend. I told her that her daddy needs to get a second job (ha ha). She had no fear and was tired of waiting on her brother at the end of the slopes by the end of the day. We told Conor that we were proud of him for sticking with it because snowboarding is so much harder than skiing. From what I gather it is the latest thing - his friend who was with us also was snowboarding. What a fun day!
