It was hard adjusting to real life after our cruise. But life moved on. We got drywall delivered for the basement.
It felt so different when the drywall started going up
The boys doing some intense puzzling
Kim can never leave the puzzles for the kids
Mason takes right after his mom
Nixon turned 12!
He thought he was getting shoes so we wrapped something else in a shoe box
Are slipper shoes?
He still got his shoes
We sent him on a little treasure hunt
He was pleasantly surprised to get a new trumpet
He chose an angel food cake with whipped cream and strawberries
We sang to him of course
We love our big boy
I sent the drone up one day and got a couple pictures of the house
I took the boys to a community college basketball game and we had lots of fun
Can't stop with the puzzles
I took some basketball pictures for the boys
How did we know his team shirt was going to be orange to match his new shoes?
Pickleball in some warm weather
Nixon also had some of his friends from his old school over to celebrate his birthday
They had a hot tub party
The pros
The girls enjoying a walk together
Mason finished this MASSIVE lego project
They fire department tested the fire alarms at the hospital while Kim was working and she got to pull the alarm
Mason had a crazy hair day
Kim and I took the boys out skiing for the first time this season
They all picked it right up again
Then it was back home for a soak to warm up
That evening there was a fireside with the General Young Men's President (Farnes) for the area youth and their parents. After we took Lyza and Nixon out for cookie dough
Nixon and Kim did some couch shopping
Lyza had a clarinet solo that was graded by a professional clarinetist
She got feedback afterwards
Henry finished his Lego project from Christmas
Some sunset pickleball
The boys playing on the scooters
Kim and I took a ski day and skied while it snowed on us all day
The snow was awesome and plentiful
We had a family night at the elementary school and the kids got to show us their art projects
And we got to play Bingo
We finally got some more snow and Mason put it to good use. He made snowmen
And a snow cave
There was an awards night at Charter and Nixon got an award for having a 4.0 and another award for being the top math student
Nixon planned an archery activity with the deacons quorum and Henry got to join in and learn how to shoot
Nixon is a natural
While that was happening Lyza and Kim were at a service project together making hygiene kits
Mason showing off his muscles while brining in groceries
On March 14th (pie day) Kim brought some pies home for the family
The snow didn't last long so Mason had to destroy his snow cave before it caved in on someone
Those pies were tasty
Nixon gave his first talk in sacrament meeting and he did so well!
We had a couple families over for dinner on a Sunday and all the kids enjoyed playing outside including having a snowball fight
Henry and Mason tried to catch a leprechaun for St. Patrick's day and once again were unsuccessful. They did get some treats though.
We got the drywall mudded, taped, and textured and then painted. The dark accent wall is where the TV will go.
I had to disassemble all of the doors that were also painted at the same time
Then I had to get the ethernet cable terminated before the TV was delivered
More puzzles
Mason helped bake some snickerdoodles
Nixon got his first haircut outside of the house and he got the "MVP" treatment
This was a tricky puzzle
I pulled a tree out of the backyard to make room for a shed
The day finally came to get our TV installed and despite my nervousness, they made it down the stairs with the TV
I was so relived
It passed initial inspection
It is a little bigger than our last one
Isn't Lyza beautiful?
This is some of the artwork Mason brought home from school
I got to assemble some new stools for our island
We got the vanity in the basement bathroom installed
And cabinets and a counter top for our TV room
Kim is a rockstar and prepainted all of our baseboard
Mason has been loving roller blading so he bought himself some new roller blades
Kim took the boys ice skating, which Mason excelled at
Henry did a good job picking it up
The electrician came and installed all of our light fixures
The design of the Coeur d'Alene Temple was approved by the City
Lyza and Nixon had a concert and rocked it
Some more couch shopping (we actually just had this one delivered two days ago but I will share more about that in a future post)
Mason had a "Math is Cool" competition. I love their team shirts: Grammar is important but math is importanter
He had so much fun
Kim filled all the hole and touched up the baseboards after they were installed
The band teacher at Charter is a trumpeter and plays in several bands. I got to take Lyza and Nixon to one of his performances and they loved being in a fancy restaurant
It was a fun show
The next day the primary sang in sacrament meeting so Mason and Henry were up there
Henry reuniting with a Chrismas present
Mason can't stop building
We got the hard flooring installed in the basement
There is so much more to catch up on but it will have to wait for another post. Take care.
