Sunday, April 16, 2023

End of Ski Season and the Beginning of Soccer Madness

 Henry has been working hard learning how to read


Two weekends ago we got to watch general conference together and eat green muffins for breakfast


It was a good general conference together


Mason got this new hat and I think he looks so good in it


We love it when Nixon reads to his little brothers


The kids got to have some Canadian Smarties


The piliated woodpecker was destroying our big pine tree in our front yard


Nixon and I tried to scare it away but it got too high for our nerf bullets


Last weekend we all went skiing together and had a wonderful time


Henry was able to ski confidently without his harness




Lyza made some AMAZING progress and really boosted her confidence increasing her speed


She and I got to have some quality time together




Nixon did his thing as usual


Including making funny faces


Everyone had a great time


Here are some skiing clips


After skiing we went to our friends' house for an Easter egg hunt







Lyza is the spotlight this month for young women


The kids got some stuff Easter morning





3/4 of the kids cooperated for a picture after church


Henry was the hold out



We had our neighbors over for dinner and visited with them for a long time after

We did our annual Easter egg lesson that evening



Kim and Henry found some pretty daffodils this week


Lyza teaching her brothers about some creepy-crawlies


On Monday we made resurrection rolls for FHE. I took a few pictures of the boys.







Lyza was a pro



Henry has read (or had read to him) 500 books since Kim started tracking them. The goal is to have 1000 done before kindergarten. True to his current stage, he did not want to pose for a picture.



For reasons we can't explain, one day this week Henry asked if he could go to Burger King (we never go there and never talk about it). He got his wish and enjoyed himself.



Henry and his friend playing Mouse Trap


Lyza and Nixon went on a walk along the river with Kim one evening this week


On Friday Kim and I took Nixon, Henry, and one of our kids' friends skiing. It was our last trip of the season since today (Sunday) is the last day the mountain is open.


Henry and I spent a lot of time together while everyone else skied some of the bigger runs.


He did so well




Nixon wore his new sunglasses


Kim and I never skied together so we at least got a picture together before the drive home


Here's some video from the trip


That evening the kids had some friends over for a movie party


Saturday morning Mason and Henry made a fort


Henry had his first soccer practice and soccer game on Saturday morning. He was pretty nervous but it didn't take too long for him to warm up to the idea


He got the first goal of the game right away and before I expected it. He got congratulated by his coach.


After that he turning into a scoring machine, scoring seven of his team's nine goals


He knew exactly what to do




And he had a big smile on his face


Perfect shot




Jumping for joy after this one



This one sums the whole experience up as he runs to me after scoring another goal


I got a few of them on video


Nixon had his first game of the season. He is on a bigger field and is in the youngest range of the U11 age group

He looked good right from the GetGo


He played the whole game and you could see fatigue from running up and down that big field





"Don't kick me"



The other team was really good but we hung in there


Nixon scored a goal on a penalty kick


Kim is picking out some new frames and needs your help. Leave a comment on your favorite two frames.


Take care

2 comments:

  1. Glad that your family had a nice Easter. Looks like you had so much fun skiing. Way to go on all the soccer goals, Henry! Kim, all of the glasses look nice.

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  2. Great pictures - Kim my #1 choice is B and then like Sarah said they all look nice on you.

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