The first day of April, the weather was amazing. Jason wasted no time getting Ethan and himself up the mountain for Ethan's first ride.
When they got home, Jason made Ethan turn with his back to me and said "that's what I was looking at the whole time" haha. Ethan is in love.
You can't fake that smile. That's a happy kid, and I'd guess on the other side of that camera, his dad had on the same smile.
Can you believe we get to live here? Unbelievable.
We took one day of spring break to go to Exploration Works with our friends.
I think the water station will always be a favorite.
The wind tunnel was funny. Ethan did one in Fort Collins and opted out of this one.
Something about watching Ethan practice makes me so happy. He works so hard.
One of the evenings was spent in the ER. Elliott got Ethan in the eye with a stick, and we thought he'd be ok, but after a few hours, his eye was still watering and swelling and he said it hurt. So I took him in. It was just a scratch, and he's fine. Weird thing is, when they checked his eyes, his good eye was a 20/15 and his hurt eye was a 20/20, even with it watering and sore.
Jason had a kid in a candy store moment. About a week before this photo, I was at coffee with a friend and got a call from Jason, I could tell he was excited when he said "Guess what." He won an online contest for a signed Blackhawks Leddy jersey. He's still excited. :)
Our lacrosse team also got in uniforms! It is so awesome to see a field of purple.
And stickers for their helmets.
Jason's birthday was pretty laid back, the kids wrote him some birthday cards.
Then, dinner at Applebee's, complete with singing.
And the kids ate the dessert.
The day after, we headed to Billings (yes again) for Big Sky State Games. It's my favorite hockey tournament of the whole year. It's a 3 on 3 cross-ice tournament. It's fast paced, and so fun.
This series of pictures will show you how lacrosse has helped Ethan with his hockey game.
He now uses his body,
and skating skills,
and isn't afraid,
of anyone.
You'll note that kid is all the way out of the playing area. I'm so freakin proud of him!
And I'm proud of Jason. He helped coach Ethan's team for the first time ever. He had a great time, and I know Ethan liked having him out there.
Grandpa, Tyler, Abby, Chris, Henrik, Jaymee, Raigan, Erica, Carson and Andrew all were able to make it to the games. Ethan has a pretty big fan club for only being 9. Haha
I seriously LOVE watching this kid play. All season we told Ethan, if you get a hattrick, you can get a carbon fiber stick. Well, this was the weekend. One game he had 2 goals, and we really thought he had it, but the final game, he got 3 goals right in a row. It was awesome to watch him get excited on the ice. Everyone on his team knew it too, and there's no way we could act like it didn't happen. So proud of him.
And they can never get enough. They were sizing up the competition.
They took 3rd, only losing 2 of 6 games in 2 days. We were wiped out.
And, Papa has been sending Ethan money when he wins games. He saved it up, and bought his own shoes. He wanted running shoes, and he picked the brightest pair they had. It always feels good to save up and buy what you really want.
That is the first half of April. It doesn't slow down from here either.
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