Piper's 3rd Birthday

 Team Hutton's princess turned 3 today.

 She brightens our days and approaches live with a passion, energy and excitement that inspires each of us. We are all so fortunate to have Piper as a daughter and sister.

Happy Birthday Piper!

Jefferson Street School welcoming P to celebrate her birthday

Waking early to open presents on her actual birthday

Piper, ever the fairy princess, painting at her birthday party

9 Fairies and 1 Peter Pan painting treasure chest

She must have cast a spell as they all sat quietly

Pipers friends made her birthday party extra special

The brothers, as Piper calls them, with Mommy enjoying her party 

Night at the Rockies Game

A great family outing last night to see the Colorado Rockies take on the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants at Coors Field. Unfortunately, the Rockies lost 5-4 in 11 innings. Fortunately, we had a blast and Piper survived her first professional sporting event.

It was great to connect with the Russell's and let the kids reconnect while cheering loudly for the home team.

Pregame meal at Hopdoddy Burger Bar in Denver...Piper has her game face on! 

Reis, Ryder, Piper, Delany, and Tagg

The Hutton's & Russell's cheering on the home team

Piper Playing Chess

Easter

Happy Easter

Beaver Creek Spring Break w the Cardinal's

Team Hutton and Team Cardinal boldly brought all ten together for an epic Spring Break in Beaver Creek, CO. We are so fortunate to have meet over ten years ago in Memphis, TN. Our family friendship remains strong regardless of where we live, how often we see each other and what we do when we get together.

The kids ready for the first day of ski school

Enjoying the views, company and slopes

We may have enjoyed a little candy on the slopes also

Never too tired to carry our little girls

Ice skating in the village...Bryson & Ryder looking more like hockey players

Powder day!

Nothing better than skiing together as a family

Brian, Danielle, Courtney & Scott...no description necessary

Mid week day off provided plenty of time to play sports, run on the golf course, sled and explore the creek.

Bryson, Ryder & Taggart

Some competitive yet friendly football and soccer

The kiddos... Taggart, Ryder, Bryson, Piper, Delaney and Emery

They paused long enough for a few photos 

Run Piper, Run!

A perfect visual depiction of Team Hutton

Daddy's little girl

Emery and Piper doing some dry sledding

"Seriously, why do the golfers hit their golf balls in the creek?"

"Regardless, we are happy they did."

Nothing better than continuing the day long celebration with some popcorn

The kids slept wherever they could...and moved around throughout the nights

We had an incredible week. Again, we are so fortunate to have the friendship and love making family experiences and memories together. Everyone is sad today and already missing each other. We cannot wait until our next adventure.

Spring Bike Ride

Team Hutton cruising thru downtown Louisville, CO after a family ride & lunch. Time to get outdoors and enjoy this incredible spring day in CO.

Harbor Town Reunion Spring Break

The Jacksonville, FL (Bruneau's) and Memphis, TN (Carls') Spring Breaks coincided this year. Fortunate for Team Hutton, they all decided to head to Beaver Creek, CO for the week...Harbor Town Reunion.

We all had a great time re-connecting, telling stories and watching the kids rekindle friendships.

Crazy to think that we left Memphis, TN over 6 years ago now.

The Bruneau, Carls and Hutton kiddos reconnecting during apres ski

Courtney, Michelle and Raquel

Daddy day on the slopes

None of us will ever be the same

Toothless Tagg

The Tooth Fairy visited Team Hutton last night as Taggart lost his first tooth/teeth.

Tagg lost his first two teeth

Piper's Swim Lessons

Piper officially began swim lessons this week. She loved the water and had a blast.

Assessing the situation...

Gaining the courage...

Pink goggles helps a little girl overcome anything

Alpine World Ski Championships

Team Hutton had a great time in Beaver Creek for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

Ladies Downhill cheering on Team USA & Lindsey Vonn

Watching the World's best skiers provided inspiration as we all hit the slopes the next day.

Papa Leveque and Team Hutton on the slopes in Beaver Creek

Tagg directed all his energy and new found motivation towards spending the entire day on the slope finding as many different green and blue runs as possible...his favorites were the ones with jumps. Tagg definitely won the medal for most improved.

Tagg's first time in Rose Bowl

Daddy said, "I've dreamed of this day for a long time and I am so proud of my two little men." We all question who had more fun, Daddy or Ryder & Tagg. Next, we need to get Piper up on the slopes.

Daddy with Taggart and Ryder

Tagg and Ryder both covered 12,000 vertical feet, consumed multiple hot chocolates and scared Mommy and Daddy to death as they gained confident and sought out the trees and jumps. Mommy said, "Oh no! Now we are in trouble."

Absolutely wiped out

Ryder won the medal for most adventurous as he did his first black diamond run (with Daddy in tow). The moguls seemed to be up to his hips but he just flew through, over and around them. When he hit the bottom and turned around to see were Daddy was, he said, "Dad are you stuck." Daddy's response was not easily understood as he mumbled to himself the rest of the way down.

Futsal

Ryder has really enjoyed playing Futsal at Boulder Indoor Soccer. They got a 6 - 4 victory today.

Futsal is really challenging and helping him to develop his skills.

Ryder working in space looking for his shot

Dental Braces for Ryder

 A big day for Ryder as we visited the Orthodontist for his dental braces. Ryder selected orange rubber bands and although a little unsure of it stated, "these are cool".

After seeing the Orthodontist

Before seeing the Orthodontist

We have a feeling this is going to get expensive.

Get Outdoors...Unpredictable Jan CO Weather

Things to do in Colorado on a 60+ degree Sunday in January when the Broncos are out of the NFL Playoffs...Team Hutton hit the trails.

Ryder & Tagg riding

Ryder & Tagg pacing each other

Piper catching a ride