Snow and Sew

What a beautiful day! It snowed all morning and afternoon and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it pile up. It makes me want to get out on the slopes! I wonder if they have ski's for 5 month old babies. :) This was my view today from my parent's home.

Since I've been in Utah, I've been busy trying to revive my sewing skills. It's been a while, but I had a good time making skirts for my nieces, my sister, Katelyn and myself. There definitely was a learning curve to the whole project and some improvising, but I'm excited to say that they're done! I bought the fabric in Samoa, with the help of my stylish sisters-in-law. Thanks Alicia and Jenny! Who knows... maybe I'll start sewing all our clothes. Dave, what color tie do you want? :) Now I just need to learn how to knit...

We took these photos at Sarah's birthday party. She's 2! We have the two extremes in size in our family, Sarah is very petite and Katelyn is very tall. You can see how she's already up to Sarah's shoulder! I think they'll be great friends.

I'm so excited for Dave to come home this week! He sent some pictures last week to give us a taste of what he's been up to. Here he is climbing up the very steep stairs of the Great Wall of China. I wonder if Rocky could have run up the whole thing during his training. (I know... haha)

From tropical paradise to snowy hills

SLEDDING!
We had a great day today sledding with Shannon and her kids while we're here in Utah and Dave is in China! It was Katelyn's first sledding experience and since she didn't cry, I think she must have liked it. :) We bundled her up in a couple sleepers, a hat, and a little pink snowsuit (thanks to Shannon). I was pretty nervous to take her down the hill the first time, so I decided to dig my feet in the whole time down the hill as well as drag Tom behind us. It worked out just perfectly. Check out the little video.



PLAYING WITH COUSINS
After sledding for a little while, we borrowed little Sarah's (almost 2) sled and pulled Katelyn around in the snow. Mary (4) wanted to pull her and I thought it was adorable. They are all so cute with her. Mary wanted to pull Katelyn up the hill in the sled and I could just imagine it toppling over (that's my paranoid mother side). I decided to carry her instead and just prayed I wouldn't slip. That would have been ironic. :)

And this picture is dedicated to my cute Dave because both Katelyn and I miss him.