Outdoors and Indoors

Our winter continues on with some fun outdoor adventures such as...

Gracie learning to ski!

Her ski school teacher seemed a little old at first, but boy was he awesome!  He oozed coolness and was a pro at teaching beginners.  Gracie was lucky to have such a groovy instructor.  She learned so fast!

I got to join her the second half of the day.  Oh how I love to ski and, even better, how I love to see my daughter ski.  It is weird to watch your kids do the same things you used to do.....it makes you feel old. But we had a great time together!

 

We also enjoyed a little sledding... (our family snow sport of choice for now)

In the ready position!

Shark-boy Ben

Cuddly Bear Sophie

Speedster Gracie

My two boys

Preparing for the 'all-girl' run

And as if that wasn't enough fun in the snow, we built a snowman with all of Ben's buddies, including cousin Henry who came for a visit!

(L to R: Ben, Kian, Luke, Henry, and Jack)

Here up north, we also spend a lot of time indoors in the winter.  But the creative juices are flowing at the Garlock house...

We love food and spend a lot of time in this position....kids on the counter 'helping' mom.  Here we are trying out a new granola recipe.

We saw this fun pretzel recipe in the "Friend" magazine and had to try it out for Family Home Evening.  The kids loved it!

And I just had to add this photo because this is where we find Sophie nearly everyday lately...our little 'art-teest' creating up a storm!

And as the weather warmed up, we headed back outside because soccer season returned! This year Jake was the new coach of the "Hurricanes"! (fitting for where we live)

Because he has some connections, he had some of the Aggie soccer team come to a practice and share their skills with the girls.  (Gracie is holding the checkered ball and Sophie is in the green as the "team manager"...a job she takes very seriously)

Gracie is loves playing goalie, so she got a one-on-one lesson from the Aggie goalie.  Here she is learning how to drop kick.

Go girls!