Last Minute Vacation

Most families plan out a vacation months in advance, but not the Antrikin Family. We were thinking of going on a ski trip on Spring Break, but not everyone could make it then. Most families would just push the date back. Our family takes a different approach let's just go now. So we all checked our calendars and decided Tuesday night we would be leaving Thursday to go on a family ski trip. I really like to just pick up and go like this. Jonathan on the other hand is a planner so he really stresses out when we go on trips with my family. I must admit he is getting better.

We went to Pagosa Springs, CO. It was beautiful. The drive was really long. We broke it up into two days and stayed the night half way there. Joel was sick the entire time. He started running a fever the day we left and was still running a fever when we returned. He had a virus and got a double ear infection from it. He is starting to feel better now. Jacksen and Jennah both went to ski school and did very well. They only went the first day and the second day they both went with us. It was so much fun! Jennah would try to talk all the way down the mountain. Her constant talking would distract her and she would get to going to fast and we would have to tell her to slow it down.

The weather was beautiful. The sun was shining so it wasn't too cold. Then the last day it snowed. The kids are not used to Colorado snow. The flakes were huge Joel had a blast watching it fall.

I will post more pictures when I have them developed.

Valentine's Project

Jennah had a family Valentine's project this week. Her teacher made this basket out of a paper sack and as a family we had to decorate it. I don't know if all kids enjoy this as much as mine but they had a blast. Mrs. Lindsay only had a few rules it had to have her picture on it and her name, and everything else was up to Jennah. With Jennah being the middle child she seldom gets to call the shots. She completely enjoyed it. Jacksen could barely stand it. This is what we ended up with, and it is so Jennah!

Jacksen is having a Jump Rope for Heart jumpathon at school and is very excited about the very cheap prizes. He is quite the little salesman. As soon as he gets home from school every day this week he wants to call someone else to donate to him. We kept thinking we would have to tell him what to say, but he would just rattle it all off like he was a professional telemarketer. He is so big!

This was going to be the first week since Christmas break that both kids went to school all week, but it didn't happen. The first week back Jennah was sick for two days and Jacksen was sick one day with a stomach bug. The next week they were out all week with the ice storm. The next week was last week when Jennah and Joel were both sick. Jennah was home three days and Jacksen one (the day after we took Joel to the ER in the middle of the night). Then another snow day the same week. This week looked pretty promising until this morning Jacksen woke up with a fever so here we are another week with at least one kid not on a regular schedule. I guess that's what happens with little ones. I just hope this is what Jennah and Joel had last week and not something new!

Joel is feeling better he still follows me around everywhere. He is starting to try to talk more. He has now added Jon, drink, yes, and Dora to his vocabulary. It is so funny to hear him say words for the first time. Sometimes I think I am imagining it but yesterday Dora came on and he yelled "Dora!" I thought to myself did he just say Dora, and then Jennah yelled "Mom he said Dora!" so it wasn't just my imagination.