Coach Brody

Brad was at Bo's baseball tournament so they missed one of their basketball games. Thankfully Brody stepped in to coach. I don't know if we won the game but the boys played some good basketball and it was fun to watch. Brody did an awesome job!

 

Car faces

Darby was taking some selfies on my phone while we were driving to soccer practice. :)

 

Leaves

Ollie was at his friend's house and they were hired to rake up some leaves. 

 It was raining but that didn't stop them.

 

The Girls

A few random pictures of Darby & Sayler.  These girls are so funny.  

 

Ski Craziness

Monday, January 2nd was New Year's Day observed. This meant most schools were closed and lots of other businesses. The ski pass was open but they did a poor job planning for this "holiday". Gunner & Sayler really wanted to go skiing and I thought we should make an effort to get up there. It was a lot of work but we were able to get it all figured out.   We arrived around 9:15 and thankfully found a parking spot.  If we had been 30 minutes later we would have been stuck in the ridiculously long line to get off the freeway.  

Zephyr summed it up best when he said "The snow wasn't great and these are the longest lift lines I have ever seen but it was a fun day on the mountain."   I think the kids would agree.  They didn't care about the inconveniences or waiting because they were with their cousins and that is all that matters. 

Warming up at the lodge.  

 

Shrinky Dinks

I went to Michael's to get some Christmas wrapping paper on clearance. I happened to see these sheets of Shrinky Dinks and thought it would be a fun project to have for the kids. Sayler & Darby made gifts for their friends and all the boys were fascinated by the process of shrinking plastic.  I think it was money well spent.  

 

New Year's

We spent New Year's Eve at Brian & Angie's house. Angie had a fun little game that we all played.  There was also some poker playing but I was asleep for most of it.  

Ollie woke me up at midnight so I could also ring in the New Year.  

The kids all made it until midnight and fortunately they all slept in the next day.