My name is Mud

Well, it would be if I had any avid readers out there who were ticked that I don't update this thing very often lately...  BUT, kind readers, allow me to clear my name with this update full of slide shows and fun tidbits of our life over the last month.

Let's see... about a month ago we packed up enough food and warm clothes to supply a small army and headed up the mountain to play in the snow.  It was Keahi's first time and to be honest, she wasn't so thrilled to be stuck on a blanket where she couldn't eat the rocks.  At the bottom of our run, Clint found {and by found I mean fell into} a hole waist~deep in the snow made by a tree that had fallen before the snow came.  We heard that at the top of the mountain, the snow was around 12 feet deep!  We saw little snail-like things all over the place that were actually rocks or bits of snow that started rolling down the hillsides and grew as they rolled.  Pretty cool looking!  We were all freezing by the time we got home and were glad to come back to 70* weather.  {Gotta love it!!}

Next up, Keahi is eating table foods and turned 9 months last week.  8 teeth, 21.5 pounds, size 3 diapers, learning to stand up in the middle of the floor, cruising furniture, hasn't taken her first step yet but it's quickly coming!! 

Also... I had a fun idea for Madi's hair and voila!  It actually worked!!  {Sorry the pics are so pixelated... don't know what happened there}

I hit the big two-five last week!  That's right, I'm a quarter of a century old and I have to say that it wasn't as hard as everyone says it is.  Maybe 30 will be the tough one... I had a great day and don't feel like an old lady yet so life is great!!  :O)  I also was a finalist for our local version of American Idol, that was fun.  There ended up being 22 finalists {I think... there were a LOT of us!} and I had a blast!!  My audition is online, if you want to see it, let me know and I'll email you the link.

This last weekend, the boys {Clint, his dad, brother Rob and gf Kia} took Russell's kayaks and a canoe and took on the river.  We've a TONS of rain this year so it was flowing pretty heavy and a tad on the swift side... {ok, it was really fast but at least no one died right?!}

I think that really the only other thing that deserves note on this post is that our girls are friggin' adorable and we can't get enough of them!!

LOVE IT!!