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Happy Birthday Special Ladies!

A big happy birthday to Nana Lin and Great-Grandmom. We got to talk to Great-Grandmom on the phone, and then celebrated with Nana Lin in person over the weekend, starting with a breakfast out with the whole Kitson side of the family



and then a dinner out with just the grown-ups.





In other news we had a good Mardi Gras, complete with our first King Cake, which we shared with local friends, although we completely forgot to take pictures.



We also had a lovely Valentine's, daddy sent us lucky girls a beautiful bouquet.



And visited with Uncle Eric one last time on his extended stay in Colorado.



Somewhere in there we also tried our hand at bread making.



Success!



We've been staying busy and happy, and wish both Nana and Great-Grandmom a very happy year to come!

xo

White Family Ski Vacation

We just spent a long weekend in the mountains with the White side of the family. Eric and Diana were in town visiting, so we took it as a good excuse to get everyone together.

It started off exceptionally well, with a new pair of butterfly wings from Uncle Eric and Aunt Diana.



We went ice skating on Keystone lake the first night we were there, and I think that was one of the highlights for Sabine. She currently thinks she is going to be an ice skater when she grows up. (We had fun watching the National Championships earlier this month, she's very taken with the sport in general.)





Sabine even skated a little by herself.



And a requisite picture in the tunnel under the highway with Grandpa. The echo was another highlight.



We went hot tubbing several times, Sabine LOVED "cooking" herself.



And Aunt Diana was a good sport and sang many, MANY verses of "Little Bunny Foo-Foo." (They are doing their own signs for "goon" in the picture below.)



The real highlight for us was, of course, the skiing. Sabine spent a full day in ski school. Six and a half hours was way too much, she was exhausted, but overall I think it went well, and she got some great practice in.



Most shockingly, Sabine was not the only one to go to ski school this time!



We got to go out for a nice dinner with the family to celebrate.





And we all worked on puzzles that evening.



And we hit the lake for a final round of ice skating before heading back home on Saturday.





There was also a lunch stop at a family favorite, the Buffalo Bar, in Idaho Springs, on the way back down the mountain.





It was wonderful to be all together, and we are so grateful that everyone is safe and sound and happy. Miss Aunt Diana and Uncle Eric already!