Fun-a-palooza in Billings!

We went to Billings last weekend to stay with Lez & Bryce & Jane & had such a great time (as always!)  We also got to help our good buddy Ben celebrate his 4th birthday!!  The weekend was literally the most fun weekend for the kids...complete with their first trip to a waterpark & first trip to Chucky Cheese--so classic.  Here are some fun shots of our time!

We must not have been able to wrangle Jane for this picture but this was the first night & sleepover city! :)

When the kiddos went to bed we passed the time with a little blackjack...a reoccuring theme at the Harrison household!

Here we are at the wave pool--Brady LOVED this--it was his favorite part!

The girls taking a lunch break

That night we hit up Chucky Cheese--yes, it was everything I remembered (and all that entails) & the kids had such a blast--I think it was all a bit overwhelming at first, but I could hardly pull Brady away from it all when we left!

Many (all) of the same rides as I remembered...some may call them vintage...

Birthday party fun!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE...DARLING!!

Not the first, nor the last time we will see this shot...

 Concentration!!

Carrie & Zach & Ben!



Happy Birthday Papa!

We helped Papa celebrate his birthday a day early last night with a fun "Hawaii" themed party!  Here are some cute pictures of the kiddos with their Papa--they love him so dearly. :)

Brady signed his own name in the card to Papa so he was pretty proud of it!

Papa & his Peanut

Cute Pictures & Videos

Here are some fun videos and pics from the last couple of weeks!

This is pretty funny...hopefully Daddy doesn't get turned into child protective services for the "pushups" after a missed catch...:)

Livvy has become obsessed with her new goggles for swimming...I have to hide them after a while!  She takes a break from reading with the goggles to whip out some pushups too! :)

The two of them are doing swimming lessons from our friend Mary Boling this month--pictures to come!

Watching the Big Game & dancing to the halftime show! 

The weather was super cold last week...building forts is a good way to pass the time!

Cute video of Livvy dancing with Champ at a Bobcat game last weekend--our kids love him!



Aloha!!

We went on an amazing trip to Maui that our agency qualified for the last week in January--we found out about qualifying January 10th so needless to say it was somewhat of a whirlwind of a month!  The kids stayed with my folks and had an awesome week with them filled with all sorts of fun!

Jeff and I had one of the best vacations EVER.  We stayed at the Marriot in Wailea and it was a great spot. 

Here's a quick summary of our week:

 *Lots and lots of time by the pool soaking up rays & sipping on tropical drinks...

*The best, most fun day of golf

*Learning a new skill: Paddleboarding!  LOVED IT!!

*Watching the wonderful whales who were out all day every day & entertained us for hours (someday when I have a better camera I will get lots of great photos of these guys...this camera just didn't cut it...)

*Spent an afternoon at Big Beach loving the soft sand & waves

*Delicious food.

*A couple fun meals catching up with our State Farm friends

*Pure. Complete. Relaxation.

At the infinity pool

Jeff in a retro SF hat thinking he's pretty funny

Beautiful sunsets every night!

We played the Wailea Gold course & it was very, very nice

Some action shots! :)

Jeff and Arnie

 Big Beach!

State Farm had a white party the last night & it was very cool--felt a little like South Beach on the rooftop in Maui!

Paddleboarding! :) 



Flip Cam

Jeff and the kids gave me a Flip Camera for my birthday a couple of weeks ago & I love it!  Here are a couple of the first videos I took of the kiddos.

Livvy just being cute

Brady loves to pretend he's a Bobcat basketball player running out of the tunnel for warmups...this is what he's doing here! :)

Family Ski Day!

We had the best ski day as a family up at Big Sky the day after Christmas!  Livvy got to have a fun day with the Johnsons (thanks, guys!) and we hit the slopes & Brady showed off his skills & got a private lesson from Papa. :)  Here are fun pictures of our day, as well as another day of skiing with Dusty & Gina!

Everybody but EJ who's taking the picture

Everybody!

Daddy got Brady a spiffy new helmet cover!  You can also see his little harness which makes it a lot easier on the adult!

His progress was amazing!  He went on 8 runs with us & by the end was knowing when to turn on his own & come to a stop.

We all kind of took turns going with him--here he is with his Daddy

Brady & I taking a rest in the deep snow!

He loves the chairlift!  Especially the "high speed quads!" :)

Nana & Brady

This is on the way up the mountain--enjoying a hot chocolate!

Lots of apres ski pictures!

Tough guys

Daws Boys

Mom & Jenee

These are after we skied with Dusty & Gina

Brady & I skiing together after his 2nd lesson

Brady & Daddy skiing the day after Christmas

Skiing with Papa

Skiing with Mommy