On the road...

Tomorrow Alex and I are traveling to Billings. He is attending a youth worker conference while mixing in a little business and I am just going along for the ride. Although I am dreading the five hours in the car with both kids, I am very excited to see my parents and sister's family. My dad hasn't seen Riley since Christmas and he is just going to be floored by how much she has changed! My mom also bribed Alex and I with a free day to go skiing while she watches the kids. Who can turn down an offer like that??? I haven't been skiing all season and honestly I don't even know if I got the chance last year. Kids sure do change the options for "free" time.

Among other things, Alex and I have been going through open houses for the past four months or so. We have a very loose ambition of selling our house this summer but it truly is just fun to go through houses and either fall in love with what other people have done, or cringe at what other people are capable of doing! I really feel like I have a pretty good idea of what's important to me for our next house whereas when we bought this house, I was a bit impatient and wanted anything that would get us out of our apartment. In this economy, though, I definitely think our patience, research, and homework will find the perfect house for our family. Don't get me wrong, our current house has definitely become our home and I am going to be a bit sentimental when we do finally move, but it will be very freeing to have more space for the kids to move about in.

Tonight Alex is going to a bachelor party and so the girls (and kids) are getting together for pizza and games. A little girl time will be good for the soul, I think. :)

I hope everyone enjoys the nice weather that is slowly making the days a bit more bearable.