Cannon Aerial Tram

We took a trip to the top of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch State Park. From the top you can see the mountains of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, New York and Canada! This was Leighton, Brayden and my mom's first trip on a "ski lift"...pretty cool. At the top we had hot chocolates and cookies. Leighton has now been to four states and she is only 3 months old...quite the traveler!

Hitting the slopes

Heidi and I took the boys up to the bunny slope over at Loon. Riley has skied before so she was pretty confident that he would be able to go solo this year without the harness and she could give Colton a few lessons instead. Riley had a few falls starting out but before we knew it he was a master of the bunny slope and flying down the mountains (he beat me down the mountain a few times!). Heidi took Colton down with the harness a couple thousand times and before we knew it they were hitting the real chair lift. He did not want the day to end, I know he loved it because his tolerance for the cold was at an all time high. No ski outing is complete without hot chocolate in the lodge...it was so warm we even sat on the bench while it snowed, drinking our hot chocolate and watching the skiers. Colton wanted to go back the next day and the next...it was just way too cold though the rest of the weekend though to get him back up there...maybe we can squeeze a short ski trip in before Winter is over so he can get his fix. :)

Time on the Mountain

Our family went up to Lincoln, NH last week/weekend and had such a nice time...it is tough leaving when you just want to stay! Alicia's parents have this great condo up at Loon that they let us crash at every year so Heidi and I went up early in the week with the boys and then Alicia, Wally, Leighton, Corey, Kerry, my mom and Phil came up as well. Heidi. Riley, Colton and I went skiing on Thursday and it was just perfect ski weather, warm and snowed the entire time, 7". We did lots of fun things to highlight a few: skiing, the Cannon Aerial Tram, drives through the White Mountains, swimming in the pool, relaxing in the hot tubs, ice skating, geocaching (didn't find anything because we nearly froze to death), ping pong tournaments, lots of snuggling, games, relaxing and eating. Since I have so many pictures to share I am going to split up these blog entries. These pictures are of us just lounging around.

Do you think he likes being a big cousin?
He thinks she is his sister...lol...no guys are messing with her!

She is getting so big...she was playing with her blocks and laughing the entire weekend.

We were missing the bottom piece to the game Topple so Kerry offered up her head.

Wallbanger and the kids.

This one needs a lot of explaining. My mom dressed them up as star wars dudes then they got the hang of it and went back into the bedroom and transformed into a rock band. Notice the deodorant harmonica and my mom's Uggs. See little video clip below for more. :)

Family shot.

Me and my best buddy in the entire world...I am the LUCKIEST mom ever. Oh and for those that don't have iphones...get one...he was entertained all through dinner. We went to the Common Man and had quite a feast...mmm.

The tiniest clip of TNT...Riley will be a musician for sure.

Richard's Ice Skating Party!

These two knuckleheads like hanging out in the penalty box!

Lisa, Ainsley and Jen looking awfully graceful. :)

These hockey dudes don't need crates!

All the kids, complete with the hockey cake...yum!

At one point I told Colton to slow down because he flies...he turned to me and said "Mom, it's all about speed"...oh am I in trouble!

Best Buds

Our buddy Rich turned 3 this year and had "the best birthday party EVER" according to Colton and Riley. It was an ice skating party in the North End...a boys dream come true! It was so much fun and all our friends were there to skate and celebrate with. Happy Birthday Rich!

Edaville Railroad

Back in January we had a date with the Wells and O'Connell families at Edaville Railroad for the day. It was a cold, cold outing but the kids loved it none the less. The kiddie rides were open and the cranberry ball pit never gets old. The train ride is a favorite for everyone with all the Christmas lights and a chance to defrost your toes and fingers for a bit!

Leighton goes shopping

A few weeks ago Alicia and I made the trek to Providence Mall with Leighton for a girls shopping spree. I had to share my photo shoot of her with you, she gets cuter everyday!!!








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Nick's Birthday

Last weekend Nick turned 35 so we had a nice family dinner. Here are a few pictures. Notice the cute beer mug candles I found!






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Never too old to sled...

With all this snow we have been getting it was impossible to not get that urge to go sledding. Although it snowed the whole time we were there and it was really cold, we had a great time Saturday afternoon hitting the hills with our tubes. Uncle Zach brought his snowboard to warm it up for Sunday and to show Riley a few moves...I think he was impressed minus that major wipe-out! Buddy came along too and chased after us every time we went down the hill...he even tried to catch a ride on the tube a few times. Everyone had a great time and were completely beat following our escapade. The day ended with dinner at our house for some homemade spaghetti and meatballs and to do a 1000 piece puzzle. It was almost like being 10 again (except the adults could barely walk afterward needed a few days to recover).

Buddy the snow dog

We got hit pretty good with that winter storm this past weekend. Here are some pictures of Buddy playing in the snow New Years day. He didn't want to come back into the house he loved the snow so much. We played pass with the football for awhile and it would get buried in the snow and he had to go nose diving to find it...so cute when he would pop up with the snow on his nose! On another note, Colton likes to eat snow so we have had to teach him all about not eating that yellow snow now that we have a dog!

New Years 2010

We had an exciting New Years Eve over at Heidi's house with a pajama party! We ordered Chinese food (why this is traditional new years grub I have no idea), had some Patron shots, few bottles of wine and lots of games. Catch Phrase again was a big hit, so was guitar hero. This year it wasn't just us and the O'Connells, the Galens, my mom, Corey, Kelly Hunter and her boyfriend Nate, and Phil's friend Beetle joined us. Colton and Riley were the only kids to make it to midnight with the adults. They were really intrigued with seeing this "ball dropping" thing. Unfortunately we counted down with Dick Clark and they didn't even show the ball dropping!!! Very odd...when midnight hit they just showed random people kissing like Dick Clark sucking face with his wife. It really was disturbing for all...did anyone else see that?!?! Yes I could do lots of Dick jokes here but this is a family blog so let's keep it clean...I really wish Dick had that night...ewwwww. Anyways...Happy New Years to all our family and friends...we love you and feel so blessed to have such wonder people to celebrate life and another year with!!!

XOXO - Kelley

Hunter and Heidi faceoff

Riley's new guitar hero idol...Nate

Guess it is time to go home.
He slept until 7:30AM...woo hoo!

Happy New Years!!!