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 I have been having lots of fun with my drone (at least when the weather cooperates)

A couple Sundays ago I took the drone up at sunset and it was cool to see the sunset from our house (I just had to get up 400 feet)

I think these little planet photos are so fun

But nothing compared to this

Here is a video of my sunset flight

After that we went over to the neighbors' house because they wanted to show us some Christmas decorations before they put them away. It turned into a nice visit and we learned a lot about them and their lives

For Family Home Evening at the start of the year we focused on goals

Check out this creation

Mason got to play some Monopoly Jr.

We got a TON of snow the first week of January so the kids got to sled in the front yard

Kim and a couple friends saw West Side Story. They were the only three in the theater.

When we got all of the snow I wasn't feeling good so Kim did most of the shoveling. Nixon also helped out.

That is A LOT of snow!

When I was flying the drone from the backyard Kim found Mason standing in the front yard (shirtless) watching the drone

Here is a 180 degree panorama

And the sun low in the sky

Here is a little planet from that afternoon

We got Nixon's boots fitted to his new skis

We had out first skiing of the year two Saturdays ago. We all went except Henry. Mason did pretty good for his first time

I got to spend some time on the lift with Lyza

Here is a little video of Kim helping Mason go down the big hill at the end of the evening

And riding the chair lift with him

And Kim and Nixon looking like pros

Here is another sunset photo from the drone

Kim and I took Lyza out on a date to Red Robin and she got a peperoni pizza

Mason helped Kim made these crackers

We have had warm weather and most of our snow is gone. The kids have had fun finding ice and chunks of snow and breaking them

Henry on a walk with his friend

Henry also wanted to use sidewalk chalk, although I think it is still a little too cold

Nixon and I went skiing together yesterday. We rode the shuttle up the mountain and we were the only ones on the bus (going down was another story)

Since it is a long weekend there were fireworks and a celebration planned for the evening so it was really busy on the mountain (notice the line of fog/cloud about the height of the clock? More on that later)

Up the mountain the visibility was horrible and we were right in a cloud. Nixon and I went down once together. We both fell at about the same point. I lost my phone and didn't realize it until I was halfway down the run. Luckily someone found it and turned it in.

We stuck to the lower run for the rest of the night. We also watched the fireworks. The fireworks were cool but obscured by the same cloud on the upper part of the mountain. 

It was really hard to get any photos of the fireworks because the visibility was so poor

Have a great week and take care

Happy New Year? Here we come 2022...

 Kim has been enjoying Christmas puzzles

We took a trip down to the boardwalk to see the Christmas lights last Sunday night

We stopped in the resort to look at the big fish tank

And the kids ended out playing in some big piles of snow by the parking lot

Mason has been a Lego building machine

He even made a Ferrari

I am not sure I want him to get any older...

This has been an awesome gift

Here is an aerial view of our house from the drone

Nixon and I go to the beach together and I fly the drone and he uses his metal detector. It is a good arrangement.

Lyza got to go to Barnes and Noble to use her birthday gift money

She was happy with what she found

Here are a couple more drone shots

This was a difficult little puzzle

We saw Sing 2 as a family and really enjoyed it

That same afternoon I had a Zoom hearing but really wanted to get a drone flight in...

I made this little world photo above our house

We took the kids to flying squirrel again this week and it was so much fun

Henry was always on the move

These are SOME of the books Lyza read in the month of December

On New Years Eve day Nixon and I went to the beach again in search of treasure and photos

This is an aerial right above the playground at the park

Here is a little world photo I made above the river

A panoramic looking out from our beach

And a panoramic looking toward our beach from the river

While we were there everyone else was playing Settlers of Catan

We got to see the beautiful sky as the sun was beginning to set

That evening we went to a friend's house for a party. There was good food, music, dancing, and glow sticks

Happy New Year!

The kids had fun counting down 7:35 pm ;)

And kissing

Mason had lots of fun with his friend Venna

Here is a cute video of Henry dancing

Here is a our Video 365 video for 2021 (you can see the fireworks from the party at the end)

On New Years Day we took down all of the Christmas decorations. Kim and Nixon also went skating together

For Lyza's second Christmas we had her great grandpa and grandma Bullock record the nativity story in a book for her. We have loved that book but have been worried about its longevity. While Kim and Nixon were out skating I decided to digitize the book so that we can have it forever and not have to worry about the electronics in the book failing.

We hope you have a great week and new year! Take care!