A Typical Weekend

Olivia zip-lining at Grandma and Papa's house

Josiah Go-carting with Papa

At the top of Pilot Butte, taking a break before hiking back down.

Riding with Mommy

Joel, Hannah, and Olivia at Mt. Bachelor

Apparently an intermediate run is too easy for Joel and Hannah, so they decided to ski down backwards!

We've had some requests for more pictures, so I finally remembered the camera this weekend! We love living in the high desert, and right next to the mountains. Outdoor recreational activities abound. Here's some highlights of our weekend, starting with skiing on Saturday, and ending with hiking, go-carting, and zip lining on Sunday! The only thing we didn't do this weekend that we usually do is go for a bike ride, but we have gone on at least one bike ride each day the previous week!

Enjoying the kids

Sorry for such a long time before an update! I have noticed that I am terrible at remembering to bring the camera places, so these pictures are from the past month.

Josiah is doing better each day. His tantrums are improving, shorter in length and less frequently. He is still tempermental, but this might just be his personality. His communication is slowly improving as he learns more signs. It seems like he is starting to understand more English now too. He will have his cleft palate surgery and have tubes placed one of the last two weeks of April (still to be scheduled). We are looking forward to him having his surgery so he can start working on speech more, but dreading the actual surgery and recovery.

As you can see with the pictures, Josiah loves playing with his sisters and brother. He usually wants to be doing the same thing that the older kids are doing, so when they are working at the table, he has to be at the table too. When they are dancing or playing dress up, he does this too. I don't think I got any pictures of it, but he loves putting on the girl's princess dresses and shoes just as much as the girls do, and of course they love to dress him up! Josiah even rode on his Papa's go cart cause he saw his siblings and cousins doing it so he had to try! One of his favorite things is going to the park and going on the swings and slide. He doesn't like it when he is left behind, like when the big kids go to AWANA's, but he still enjoys the one on one time he gets with his Daddy when the others are gone.