Best birthday!

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes- here on the blog, thru email, cards, calls, presents and in person- you truly make me feel special :) This by far has been one of the best birthdays ever! It's right up there with skydiving and the year after when i was VERY pregnant with the girls and couldn't get off the couch to do much of anything (no pictures of that thank goodness!) I decided this year that I wanted to have my birthday be something the girls would enjoy too. I wanted to do the Palm Springs aerial tramway last year, but we just ran out of time- I'm so glad we waited because this was the perfect age to take the girls for the first time! We drove 2 hours to the beginning of Palm Springs, elevation 2000 feet, we boarded this tram and went up to 8500 feet in less than 10 minutes and were in the snow! We had to walk a small distance down a winding path to get to the sledding area and while we were down there it started to snow! The girls were in heaven enjoying it and what amazes me is that yet again- they all 3 liked/took to different things! Emily loved making the snowman, ashley loved throwing snowballs at grandma and maddie could not eat enough snow (she also got the biggest kick out of the sled). All in all a fantastic day!

Maddie and Daddy on a sled ride- below- Maddie when it started to snow

Emily having some sled fun- below: Emily and her snowman

Above- Ashley determined to hit someone (most likely grandma) with a snowball- below: Ashley catching snowflakes

Snow Angels!!!

Maddie and Trevor go for another sled run- below: Daddy gives Emily and Maddie a ride while Maddie samples the snow