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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Basketball Tryouts

Kade had basketball tryouts this afternoon. He knew his friends would be on the A team so he was working really hard to join them there and luckily he did! It will be a short and quick season, but it will be fun!



Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Puppet Shows

 Kiwi Co crates arrived today! It could not have been better timing. The boys have been playing too many electronics during the day so I was strict today. It was hard for Luke but he was such a happier kid with less electronics on. He drew pictures in the morning and then worked on his kiwi co project this afternoon. He got to make puppets! And then he did a puppet show for me. It was adorable.





Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Pick Up Games

 After CrossFit today Kade was invited to go play basketball at the gym with his friends. He had a blast. I love the friends he has met through homeschooling. They are the best people! 




Monday, February 26, 2024

Basketball

 From one sport onto the next! Spring basketball season started for Tenley today! Some of her friends from volleyball are on the team which she was excited about. They have practice three times a week which will keep us busy! But it will be great for her.



Sunday, February 25, 2024

Family Games

 The kids have been loving playing games lately. Luke’s favorite is telestrations and the big kids love bananagrams. I joined in on banangrams today and although Kade doesn’t like to admit it, I beat him! He and I finished at the same time but he did not have real words on his! Haha. We had to wait for Brad to get home from church to validate me, but I totally won! 😂 






Saturday, February 24, 2024

Best Buds

 I think this is the second time this week that Ryder and Luke have chosen to wear the same outfit. They feel pretty cool about it too. I love that they’re such great friends.



Friday, February 23, 2024

Walks by the River

 Brad took the kids for a walk by the river today. It was sunny but so windy! I think a storm is blowing in. But they enjoyed getting out and Luke was dressed like a stud! 




Thursday, February 22, 2024

Champions!

 Tenley and her volleyball team won the championship game tonight! It was a close game. They won the first game 25-19. The other team won the next game 30-28. And then Tenley’s team won the last game 25-18! It was such an exciting game to watch and we were so happy to see her team win. Even Luke said he enjoyed being there! Tenley is going to miss volleyball for the next little while I’m sure. She had a great coach and she made some great friends!




Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Playdough Creations

 Tenley’s team won their volleyball game again today! 2-0 again. They will play in the championship game tomorrow night. It’s been a pretty exciting week and I am so excited to watch their game tomorrow night! She said she was nervous before her game today but she didn’t play like it. She does such a great job.

The little boys had fun making play dough creations today. Luke got pretty creative!





Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Tenley’s Serves

 Tenley’s volleyball team won their match today! They are moving on to the semi finals and they play tomorrow night! They won two games to zero but in both games they came back to win from being down 10 or more. It was so much fun to watch them all play! I can’t wait to see how they do tomorrow night! Tenley has grown so much. She used to be too nervous to do an overhand serve and now that’s all she does! She made all but one serve over tonight. I’m so proud of her!




Monday, February 19, 2024

Old Videos

 My dad sent me a video today from probably about 10 years ago of us all hanging out at my Grandpa’s cabin and hiking to Donut Falls. It was such a happy memory and Kade and Tenley were such cute little kids! I haven’t been feeling well so having a fun video like that to watch really cheered me up!




Saturday, February 17, 2024

Tenley's Volleyball Tournament

 Tenley and her volleyball team played their first game of the tournament this morning. And they won! They move on to play again next Tuesday. She's so excited. It's been a great season so far.



Friday, February 16, 2024

Family

 I haven’t been feeling well lately but Brad and my kids have been taking good care of me and Luke keeps me laughing!



Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Captain Luke

 We had a good Valentines Day. The kids got to go swimming with Brad which they loved. And Luke is obsessed with a Captain America jacket hand me down from his cousin. He looks pretty cute in it!






Tuesday, February 13, 2024

My Kids

 I’m so grateful for my kids. They make life so much more fun. They’re always making me laugh. They’re the best.



Monday, February 12, 2024

My Piano Man

There isn’t anything much cuter than watching Luke play the piano. He had headphones on while he played today and it seemed as though he knew exactly what he was doing! When he was done he told me he had made up a song and then he played it for me! It was so cute. 



Sunday, February 11, 2024

Super Bowl Sunday

We had fun watching the Super Bowl as a family tonight. We made our traditional fondue and the kids' favorite part were the graham crackers dipped in chocolate. It was all pretty delicious!

Saturday, February 10, 2024

My Handsome Kade

Kade went to a church Valentine dance tonight. He got all dressed up and he looked so handsome! I really hate how fast my kids are growing up.

Friday, February 9, 2024

Skiing

We finally went skiing for our first time this season today! Well, it was Kade's second time, but the first time for the rest of us. There were still rocks and dirt showing through in some places but for the most part it was great! We all had a lot of fun! We started off on a harder run and Luke was not ready for that! Poor guy. So Luke and I spent the rest of the day on the bunny hill. Hopefully he'll work his was back up to the harder runs soon. But he ended up having fun and wouldn't stop saying how much he loves skiing! We had to leave a little early to get Ryder to a birthday party and to watch the crosstown high school basketball game. The game was a lot of fun to watch. It was a fun day!

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Snow Day

 A big storm came in last night and the roads were awful! Our co-op group decided to cancel classes for this morning because of the weather. Luke was sad about it but the rest of us enjoyed sleeping in. I made crepes for breakfast to try and cheer Luke up. We did venture out for Tenley's volleyball game at least! She's doing a great job! I love watching her improve.



Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Luke and Piper

 Luke must really love dogs. He cuddled with our piano teachers dog, Piper a lot today. Piper loves to play with him. And she is such the perfect size for Luke to hold. Maybe we need a small dog...



Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Keena

 I can't believe how patient Keena is with Luke. Luke says he loves him and I think he really does, but he can be a little too much for poor Keena! He lays on him, pulls his ears, and who knows what else. Those are just the things I've noticed. Today Luke tried to ride him like a horse. And Keena never gets mad at him. He's such a good dog!




Monday, February 5, 2024

Four Leaf Clovers

While the kids and I were reading scriptures this morning I turned a page and found a four leaf clover that I had put in there years ago. I remember finding it at a park in Indiana with Brad and little Kade and Tenley. We had a picnic in the middle of clovers and I found this four leaf one! It was fun to remember that and share it with the kids!

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Family

We've had such a fun weekend together as a family. And Sundays are always so nice and relaxing. I'm so grateful for my family and for my parents that we get to call every week.

Saturday, February 3, 2024

Ryder

 We celebrated Ryder's 9th birthday today! Tenley blew up nine balloons for him last night and wrote something special about Ryder on each one. I thought that was so sweet! Brad made huckleberry sourdough pancakes for him this morning and then we went to an early dinner at a yummy tepanyaki restaurant per Ryder's request. It was delicious!

We opened presents, had cake and ice cream and watched a family movie together tonight too. It's been a fun weekend celebrating Ryder. We love having him in the family. He's funny, curious, smart and active and we love him!





















Friday, February 2, 2024

Ryder’s Birthday Eve

Ryder's 9th birthday is tomorrow and we decided to do a little bit of celebrating today. He initally wanted to go skiing for his birthday but it's too warm for that so he asked to go bowling. The lanes were all full for tomorrow so we went cosmic bowling tonight instead! It was a ton of fun! Every one of us got a spare at some point but Brad and Kade were the winners for sure. I'm always just happy to break 100! After bowling we picked up pizza for dinner. It was a fun night and we're excited to celebrate Ryder more tomorrow!
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