eating at bear tooth and sledding

the boys in their christmas eve star wars pjs

christmas morning was in the hotel. we opened presents and sat around in our pjs all day. some people from work were meeting at a restaurant for christmas dinner, but we never seemed to make in off the couch. it was fun just relaxing and seeing the boys play with their presents

the next day we drove to girdwood to visit the alyeska ski resort. we enjoyed the amazing views on the way there.
here's a pic of the tram we rode to the top of the mountain

i blame facebook. really. for making lazy and not wanting to post here so much, just because it's easier to post all my pics to facebook and not have to gather any thoughts to go with the pics. so here are some of the pics of the fam. (check out facebook for all pics of course).
since curt and the boys have been here we've indulged in massive amounts of sledding and eating. not sure which we've done more, probably a tie. it is so fun to see the boys enjoy the snow the way they do. they love it and want to move here. i think it's gorgeous, but still not sold on living here.
so here are the boys the first time in the snow - on our way to go sledding.

we've enjoyed breakfast at snow city cafe a few times. i've been thinking long and hard about this place. thinking about maybe giving it the "first place" award for breakfast, but tart on fairfax in los angeles is still a contender. tart has more breakfast options that i love, but there is something about the crabby omelet and stuffed french toast from snow city cafe that has us eating there for breakfast twice in a row and then going back for more
crabby omoelet - king crab, green onions, swiss cheese and avacado and the hash browns are great too!

stuffed french toast

glad to have my sweet boys with me


yea, i have some awesome sledding skills

curt does too.

i love this pic of my little jacky. we were walking around the first day looking for a great place to sled. there was a lot (a foot or two) of the powdery snow on the ground and when we walked onto the field jack fell in the snow and disappeared for a second. we he came up he was whining a little. i ran back to help him, but couldn't resist taking a pic first. he looks so precious.

cade is already planning his move here. he loves the snow. he wants to learn to ski. his parents are taking things a little more slowly though.


that's all for now. i realize it will take me days to get caught up. i have a cold now and am up at 1 am so i guess this is the best time to catch up. will try to post more in the next couple days.

The Perfect Parental Heist

Today, I (Curt) was with the boys and needed to do some Christmas shopping. How in the world was I going to pull this off? My babysitter was not available. And the count down is on I had to make my move. Let me clarify by heist I meen that I was able to buy christmas toys in front of the boys and they had no idea. We went to Toys-R-Us the boys were really excited. I had not yet made a plan. My first plan was to leave them in the car... Twenty years ago that would have been fine- but not today and not in broad daylight. So in we went. Jack was jumping around and Cade was so excited he could not talk. I asked them what it was they wanted again for Christmas... They walked around and I would simply grab the paper-- for video games you cannot get the game until after you pay for it-- Now I realize this could not have worked if I had actual toys, but as I reached the checkout I told the boys to sit on a bench by the doors and wait. They did with little wrestling and some crying later a worker put the games in a bag-- I was even holding Jack at the time-- And he handed me the bag, we went to the car, the boys got in -- and wa-laa I pulled it off without a hitch. They asked me why we went and how come we did not buy anything-- If they only knew. This totally makes up for my Wal-mart blunder 10 years ago- that is another story.

The Big Cryer Party

Na-Naw and Paw-paw had their 60th Anniversary. Mom planned a program with music detailing the lives of my grandparents. Many of the family members participated in singind and dancing.

Grandma Cryer wanted the great grandchildren to dance for Na-Naw. Only two of the great granchildren decided to honor her request.
"So you think you can dance?"
Eventually Cade got into the action and danced with Allison

Jack decided to break dance while family members performed