Cats and Cocoa

Last weekend we went with Lyndsay's family to the zoo for a "Cats and Cocoa" event. They did a quick training with one of the tiger and passed out hot chocolate. It was really cool to see these cats in the winter. They were pretty active. For cats, we saw tigers, a snow leopard and a mountain lion.

We saw several other animals, too.

Who is the dominant male?

Brothers

One of my favorite things about having two kids is watching them play together. 

Mace and Cruz are learning to play together. 

It is really fun to see Mace trying to include his brother.

Mace wanted to take Cruz on a horsey ride. He was perfectly content with Cruz pulling on his hair. Cruz seemed to be enjoying the ride. The whole time Mace was giving Cruz a ride, he said, "Mooo!" Ha ha Even though, we would correct him, he continued to moo!

Twin Lakes Pass

We finally got some snow and were able to go backcountry skiing together.  We went up to Twin Lakes Pass from Alta. 

Tyler wanted to show off to Lyndsay by showing her his mad skills at taking off his skins without removing his skis (something that took him a couple years to learn)

Lyndsay was able to do it first try

Lyndsay sandbagged the whole way up, saying "I'm scared - I don't think I can ski down this" and then tore it up on the way down.

Monster Truck Diaper Box

Mace climbed in one of Mace's diaper boxes the other day and started calling it his monster truck.  Before long, we were pushing him and Cruz throughout our house in it.

Mace had a few crashes

Mace could go about 15-20 feet with a good push.

After watching for a while, Cruz wanted to be just like his brother

And Mace wanted to be just like his parents.  (If you look close, you can see the fear in Cruz's eyes)

Trolley Square and the Temple

Discovery Gateway

One of our favorite gifts we received for Christmas was a membership to Discovery Gateway.

It was really crowded on the day that we went, but that's okay. We still loved it!

Cruzer stayed in the carrier for a good portion of the time. It was easier than pushing him in a stroller.

Mace could have played with the green balls all day, if we had let him.

I love this action shot!

I love our AWESOME kids!

Some Pictures of Cruz

Mace's 2nd Time Skiing

Mace and Grandpa

Mace wanted Grandma to take him all over the hill

Mace clapping with excitement

Unfortunately, shortly after this video I let Mace try skiing the entire hill by himself.  He had a big crash which gave him a bloody lip. He is already bragging about his crash though.

Patsy Marley with Brad

Brad and I skied Patsy Marley on Monday morning. 

Brad skinning up the last couple hundred vertical feet:

The view to the West: