A New Bedroom

It has long been the plan that when Oliver was big enough there would be a room change.  Caleb and Elton had been sharing a bedroom and bunk beds ever since we moved into this house and Oliver had his own room.  Over Spring break, Oliver moved in with Elton as Dan repainted what used to be Oliver's room.  Caleb got to pick the paint color and so he picked "Roadster" blue.  Dan put together his new furniture and because he is lucky his dad is into technology and gadgets, he acquired an extra TV for his room that Dan already had.  We also moved an extra desk we had in the basement up that you don't see here because Caleb felt it was really important to have a desk to do his homework at.  You can also see how he arranged all his books on the shelves and moved Mimi's dog bed in as he is hoping she will sleep in his room at night now.  The bottom of Caleb's bed is a trundle that pulls out, so Elton had to try it out and had a "sleepover" in Caleb's new room on Saturday night.

Oliver has moved into the bottom bunk bed and acquired Caleb's "Thomas The Train" bedding, and Elton has moved to the top bunk.  Everyone is excited about the new changes and Caleb feels very mature with his "big boy" room!

Trip To Boise

On the Friday of Spring break, Dan, myself, Caleb and Elton headed up to Boise for an overnight trip of fun.  Grandma invited Oliver over for a sleepover so he didn't go with us, but had great fun at her house.  Dan and the boys dropped me off at the mall while they went to the Discovery Center.  Then we checked into our hotel before we went over to Tucano's (a brazilian grill restaurant that is amazing) for dinner.  We went back to the hotel for swimming and the hot tub and then down for our free drinks at the evening reception included with the hotel.  That is where you see the boys enjoying their sodas with their new "Wimpy Kids" shirts on.  We then went to the late show at the Edwards Theatre of the new "Diary Of A
Wimpy Kid" movie that the boys were so excited to see.  This was the biggest movie theatre they had been in as well as the only time they have gotten to stay up late to go to a show.  Saturday morning we enjoyed our breakfast at the hotel before going to PoJo's for some fun.  We then headed to Fuddrucker's where you see the boys in the Broncos booth for a good burger before we headed home.

I have to tell you that our Spring Break this year was wonderful this year compared to 1 year ago!  We had so much fun with all of our activities.

Learning How To Ski

The week before Spring Break, I got an email from Boys & Girls Club that Sun Valley wanted to bring the kids up for a day of skiing where they provided equipment, ski passes and ski lessons!  They were also looking for chaperones.  I thought this was an amazing opportunity for Caleb to go skiing for his first time and learn so I signed him up and I volunteered to go as a chaperone.  As a chaperone they also provided me with equipment and a ski pass.  It had been about 9 or 10 years since I had been skiing last so both Caleb and I were excited.  He did great with his ski lesson and his first day and I did pretty well getting back into the groove after a couple of runs.  Our local TV station came up to do a clip for the news and I was interviewed as a chaperone and made it onto the news that night too.  We had a great day and I am excited that this will be the beginning of the boys learning how to ski and our family being able to all go skiing together eventually!  Those who knew me growing up, know that I spent every weekend and many Wednesday nights skiing all through Junior and Senior highschool and skiing is my favorite sport.