Thursday, January 31, 2013

Family Flashback – Toy Story Party

When William turned three everything in the Leingang household was about Toy Story. “To infinity and beyond!” frequently rang out through the halls!

So it was only natural that Will picked to have a Toy Story birthday party with Woody, Buzz, Rex and the rest of the gang…

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Will’s favorite present was his new Buzz Lightyear!

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FF Wills 3 01It didn’t last long but it was a pretty funny phase! LOL

You’re a rock star, Will!!! 

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Skiing at White Pass

Chris took Andy and Will up to White Pass to go skiing/snowboarding with Andy’s grad group for the very first time! They had an absolute blast and are already talking about going again soon!

Will and Chris skied and Andy snowboarded. Zack is jealous and wants to go now…

They not only came home excited but REALLY sore and tired!

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Now my kids are the “cool kids” with ski passes on their coats!

They really want me to go next time, too. I want to but I’m so not into falling! Sitting in the lodge with a cup of cocoa and a good book doesn’t sound so bad… :o)

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Snow Day

When all the stars fall into place and you get both a holiday and a sunny day on the same day, you spend it outside…

We spent MLK Day up at Mt St Helens. While the roads were a bit slick in the shade, it was a LONG way before we actually hit snow.

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Will stopped to take pics at this great spot!

But eventually we got to the snow and enjoyed playing in the sunshine! Some of us wore only ski pants and t-shirts, it was so warm!!!

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We finally made it to the snow!

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They started out rolling snowballs down the hill…

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Then they thought it looked like so much fun, they went down the hill, too!

All the playing and climbing makes one hungry. We drove up to Coldwater Lake for a bit of lunch.

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this one broke through…

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This one didn’t… but you could hear the thud echo all across the lake!

 

What a perfect way to spend the day! And we even got down off the mountain before dark!!!

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