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Sun River

Keeping with tradition, for mid winter break we headed down to Sun River for the week. It was a fun week of skiing, swimming, hot tubing, and playing games. The long car ride makes it all worth it when we see the smiles and hear all the giggles the Knowles cousins share. We spent the first weekend with everyone there (the Sarions, the Jones, and the Knowles) and then by the end of the week just us and the Knowles were left. It is extremely safe to say that my kids had a blast!!! Thank you so much to grandma and grandpa for making this memorable vacation possible!

It was so nice to be able to get outside after a long day of car riding. Callie thought it was super fun to ride her scooter on the icy roads.

And Liam, of course, opted to push his bike around instead of riding it. 

This goofy little gang has a ton of fun together!

This little boy gives the best snuggles!

We had some amazing skiing days. The weather was quite unpredictable and ranged from raging winds, to crazy snowfall, to sunshine, but the kids all (surprisingly) had an absolute blast! There was minimal complaining and lasted much longer than I expected. The kids spent their days taking over the mountain and deciding who got to be the leader in their snake. (the video might explain better)

This was the sunny day....

I sure love this group of kids....

This was a not so sunny day.....

We skied one day with just Grandpa. I kind of figured that she wouldn't last long (none of her cousins were there and it was snowing like crazy...) but you can't underestimate this girls' love for her grandpa. She would do anything to to be with him and skied a majority of the day without stopping. 

We found some long blue runs that Callie loved! Wish we would have found them at the beginning of the vacation. 

Thanks to grandma, I was able to spend 4 days skiing which meant that she got 4 'Liam' days. He had some much fun playing with her! The two of them had a lot of fun at the playground even though it was covered in snow. 

We took the girls there after a ski day (excuse the crazy helmet hair). Not sure how they had energy for it but we pretty much had to drag them off the playground. 

The tire swing was a hit. 

Our long snake...the order is Maya, Clara, Laurel, Callie (Bennett was off on crazy adventures with Brent)

Maya, Laurel, Callie

Callie and Grandpa

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