Sledding and Skiing

 Look at those guns

We had a fun family meal for Valentine's Day

When I wanted to talk about cheese Kim thought I wanted my picture taken

Mason was happy about something

Thanks grandma and grandpa

We got some snow and Monday was a holiday so we went sledding

We also did some tree hugging

Henry loved it

It was fun

Cupcake got to explore her ball

When there is snow our front yard is so much more fun

And tasty

We got to go to Texas Roadhouse for our anniversary and it was delicious!

Happy Anniversary!

Kim went running early in the morning in the snow because her friend wanted to do that for her 40th birthday

Cupcake says hi

Yummy broccoli

Our winter wonderland

Lyza has been designing a house for school

Warm weather after a new snow fall always brings out the song birds

Lyza got to go skiing for the first time on Friday

She was definitely the cutest 9 year old on the hill

She had a pretty good time

Nixon and I got to go skiing together on Saturday and we had a blast

Hot chocolate and dinner in the lodge

I had a hard time keeping up with Nixon

The kids really enjoyed the Primary Friend to Friend broadcast this weekend. It was cute watching Mason draw the girl praying

Lyza's Library

Recently I finished Warriors: Fire and Ice. Warriors is about cats that live in groups called clans and the challenges they face. So far warriors is my second favorite series. Right now there are at least 55 books in the series! The author is Erin Hunter. Erin Hunter also wrote Bravelands,  Survivors, and Seekers.

Have a great week

Valentine's 2021

 We enjoyed Karlotta's baby blessing last Sunday

We then joined some friends to eat food and watch the Super Bowl (in that order)

Look at that dangling front tooth. It came out this week

The kids helped make sugar cookies

Mason finally came to terms with the fact that he needs a real blanket and he is happy to be using this dinosaur comforter

Miss Lyza is a reading machine! She just exceeded ONE MILLION words for this school year. Good job Lyza!

We got to decorate the cookies last night

Someone had to finish off the icing

Kim helped plan a surprise 40th birthday party for her friend with yummy food and a night of pickleball

Enjoy your week and stay warm!

Lyza's Library

I just finished Wings of Fire: Talons Of Power. Talons of Power is book 9 of the Wings of Fire series. In Talons of Power an evil dragon from 2,000 years ago named Darkstalker (learn more about Darkstalker in Wings of Fire: Darkstalker) is released and the main character (Turtle) knows that Darkstalker is out there to kill him. If you want to read Wings of Fire: Talons of Power, make sure you read books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 first, otherwise it won’t make sense. So far it is my favorite  book in the series and I bet you’ll enjoy if you read it.

36 Isn't Old, Right?

 We have had beautiful weather and it has felt like spring

Kim found herself a new (to her) road bike

I don't look quite as good on it

It was sweet when our elderly neighbor helped Henry on his scooter

Good building skills Mason

Mason's blanket is on its last stitches. Shorty after this the two side completely detached and he now has two separate rags

He was really happy about this Lego creation

With an extra four kids for part of the day Kim's hands were full

They needed to get out of the house

A bridge over a bridge

I requested a pumpkin cheesecake for my birthday and Kim delivered

Friday night we ate at a friend's house and had birthday cake

Saturday morning the boys gave me some good snuggles

36 years old with a wonderful wife and four crazy (and also wonderful) children

The kids helped me open some presents

I got some cool and delicious stuff

Some of my favorite gifts were the ones Mason gave me

Kim surprised me and took me to an axe throwing place with friends

Kim had the honor of using one of these smaller "precision" axes

The rest of us used the larger ones

During one of the games when it was my turn we needed a bullseye. I delivered!

A turn or two later Kim was in the same position with her team and she got the bullseye they needed. Go team Keyes!

Here is a short video of each of us throwing

That was a fun group activity

Then we all went to dinner and had a great time

Take care and have a great week