12 hours on the road and still alive

We did it. We successfully went on a snowboarding trip. I thought my snowboarding days were over with Jack being born in December, but we managed a trip to Sundance so the tradition will live on. We took Lafe and Madee and their funny little friends Colby and Jana. It was a successful trip with no injuries. I only fell once, but for some reason felt it for days. It made me feel old.

Jack and I are suffering from Ricketts so we decided to get some vitamin D and join Mysha, Ella, Kym and Rylie for a little sun and duck feeding. Jack enjoyed the ducks so much he fell asleep.

Logan and I also took Jack later in the week for some duck feeding. What can I say, we love ducks.

Logan went with some classmates and professors to Boston to present his research at a Engineering conference; my mom and I decided to do a little road trip to visit Staci and the boys in Colorado. Say what? Talk about a boring 9 hour drive. My favorite part was the diesels. I forgot that three month old babies don't like being strapped down for 7 hours at a time, so after Jack's first break down, we decided to take the trip a little slower and take breaks. Our drive home totaled 12 hours. Ugh. It was a wonderful trip overall though, with highlights such as the butterfly pavilion, swimming, a dinosaur park and Texas Roadhouse! Well worth the drive. And again, I've included endless pictures of Jack. Lets just say I'm making up for the fact there are about three blurry pictures of me as a baby.

The boys

The girls

Jack's excitement over the ducks.

Kym chasing after Rylie. He was constantly trying to dive in the lake. Haha.

Will and Adam with the glove puppies I made them.

We made the boys butterfly hats for the museum.

Jack loved his.

This moment goes down in history. Staci and I share an almost life-altering case of arachnophobia. (perhaps it has something to do with the fact that our dad made us watch the movie Arachnophobia as small innocent children). We both decided to face our fears and hold the museum's friendly tarantula Rosie.

I couldn't look. I later had the tarantula crawl on Jack's face to make sure he doesn't grow up with the phobia too.

More Ducks!

Runner ducks are our favorite. They are so tall, it feels like they should have arms. They remind of the Seinfeld when that lady walks without swinging her arms.

Again, Jack is thrilled to be there.

Just chillin.

Just for the record I don't make Logan pose. I just ALWAYS have my camera near by.

Picture Overload

I sold my soul and got a new camera. I couldn't be more thrilled. This is something I've wanted for years now and having Jack sealed the deal. Thus, even more pictures will gob up my blog. Thats fun to say- gob blog. The latest happenings for us include: Lost premier party, Jack's blessing, Winterfest, and Valentines Day.

We fought it for long time, but we finally gave in to the TV gods- we are Lost fans. This is the final season and we just had to watch the opening episode in style, so we had a Lost party with our friends, the Tippets. If you don't watch Lost, it won't mean much to you, but we had Dharma tees, food, costumes, the whole works. I loved it.

Jack's blessing was on February 7th. Logan did a wonderful job. We decided it would be easier for everyone if we just did it in Gunnison. We did it in the 2nd ward. It was nice to have so many friends and family there. We appreciated everyone who made the effort to come.

On February 13th, as part of my Valentines gift, we went to Ogden to the Winterfest. I didn't realize what a hole Ogden was until then. It felt like Gotham City. I was just waiting for the Joker to mug me. None the less, it was a good old time. We got there at the end as things were winding down. We mostly just watched the snowmobile races. I ran to a couple stores as well.

Then on Valentines day we tried our hand at some chocolate making which turned out to be fun and delicious. It was also the rat's birthday. That's right, last year for our Valentines date we went to Petsmart and bought rats. If that doesn't say love, I don't know what does. We now have a Christenson tradition to get a rat of some sort every Valentines day. This year we gave Jack a little squeaky love rat. Jack also got to enjoy a V-day bath with rubber ducks.

Jack's blessing.

Jack with his BF Charlie.

Me with my BFs Mckell and Seidi. Sorry about your head Jack- that looks uncomfortable.

The fam.

The booties made by Grandma Chappell.

The invitation.

The hatch of course.

Dharma treats.

Dharma babies.

The smoke monster, Dr. Jack Shephard, Charlie, Claire, and baby Aaron. Jenna- you win the costume prize. I love it. Note we all have cool Dharma tees made by yours truly.

Get it- its an island with a plane crashed into it.

The love rat. Jack named him pinky-whitey.

Sizzles is jealous of the new rodent.

Jack's V-day bath.

Making chocolates!

Mint covered mint oreos. Holy smokes.

The winterfest in Ogden. This is the snowmobile races. I think I see two face lurking behind that tree.

Jack all bundled up. His favorite part was breathing the cigarette smoke from all the lovely folks.

He slept most of the day. About 6 hours. Is that normal?

Mom playing with the new camera. Oh by the way, Jack is partially blind due to his retinas being burned out by a camera flash.