Hey-Do you know why I am smiling so big?

I got my cast off . Hooray!!!Grandma had the idea to make my cast into a center piece on the table.

I had a busy first day without my cast on. I sat on the kitchen stool and kicked my feet as I ate. Grandma and Mom kept noticing all the little things Emily was doing today that she hasn't done in so long. It was like having a little baby and noting all the milestones.

Emily had a plan for her first day without her cast. She wanted to have pink cupcakes with pink frosting and a cherry on top. So here we are frosting the cupcakes. They were yummy!

We had a small party with a few friends and even got balloons to celebrate.

The first thing people are asking is if Emily is walking. No, not for awhile. She just doesn't have the strength yet. She was able to stand for a couple of minutes on the couch with Grandma's support. Grandma has been so wonderful to stay with us for so long and help take care of Emily. We could not have done the last several weeks without her.

The boys and Grandpa had fun moving the snow on the back deck and making it into an igloo.

It has been such a happy weekend for all of us. Thank you for everyone that has expressed concern for us and helped us out in lots of little ways.

Emily Update

Emily has had a happy week. She got a cool chair from a friend that lets her sit up and keeps her much happier. She has learned how to get around on her tummy and will lay and play puzzles or color. She fell in love with Love a Lot Care Bear from the Care Bear movies. Grandma found her a Love a Lot on ebay and we got it today. She LOVES it. We believe that Emily will be getting her cast off this week.
Dad-Thank you from all the women here. We loved the roses and they lasted for a long time.

Snow-Snow-Snow
Over the last couple of weeks we have said the words ..."Is it every going to stop snowing?". We have had storm after storm loading snow on the mountain. We are running out of places to pile it up.I snapped this picture on the way to work on a morning. As much as the snow can get us down it is the views like this that make up for it.

The hills look so amazing right after the snow. The dead trees look so beautiful covered with snow. They look lacey.

Here is Davin standing on the back porch. We hadn't shoveled it since the storms started. Last night Dad shoveled a dog run for Charlie. We had Davin stand in it so you can see how high it got.Somewhere under there is patio furniture!
We hope we get some sunny days for a while now.

Emily UdpateEmily is doing okay. She is getting used to her situation. Grandma is taking very good care of her. She has found a favorite spot to hang out besides Mom and Dad's bed, her red wagon. We filled it with pillows and her strawberry shortcake blanket and it is perfect. We have her check up this week so we'll update again soon.

Snow FunDavin fell in a hole of snow and instead of getting him out we buried him some more and turned him into a living snowman. He said it was acutally pretty warm all covered up. What a cute snowman.

Even Charlie had fun in the snow.

We have had an incredible amount of snow. Mom's truck didn't move since the storm started so it was swamped with snow. It is a good thing she isn't ready to go home yet.
We are so happy she is here.

Saturday SkiWe were able to take advantage of the good snow on Saturday. Dad and Davin got invited to ski with friends, it was great. Carter had an awesome day playing snowball fight with other friends. Sorry no pictures!

Our ViewOne of the things we enjoy the most about where we live now is the every changing scenery. This is the view from our back deck. The top one is from Thursday morning. The bottom one is from Monday afternoon. We have had another big snow week and more is in the forecast.