Just another day at work with Mom... this was an aircraft carrier.

Bring your kids to work.... Year!

 

More school...

More Rippin-n-Lippin creating happening in the garage!

Reid got started working with a pen pal and has had a great time exchanging letters with him. His name is Luke and he is an Air Force hockey player.

This kid has really been juggling a lot of balls this past year, but really during his sophomore year. He has 2-3 hours of baseball every day, plus four really tough classes and labs. He's managing a lot!

Kyle had a few friends come over last minute to sing his birthday song!  :)  Jack, Sam and Cale.

Kyle and five teammates all had Covid-19 during December.  Another kid on the team was positive the end of January, and due to these kiddos already having been exposed, they were allowed to not be quarantined and the six of them played the last two games of the season by themselves.  One was a typical starter and the others had limited playing time.  It was SO good to see all six come to life on the court when given the chance.

He's now the tall guy!

 

The most fun mom section!

JW and I each had the vaccine - this guy didn't react very well to it!  

Ruby got me a McMurtry pass for Christmas and our first outing was with Carrie and Sam on a long hike!  These two pretended about history and war the entire time.

Paintball with the youth group!

Grant and his group of buddies this year having a great time at paintball.

Kyle's birthday was crazy this year - we managed a picture with all grandparents.

How DARE us take a family photo without Eddie inititally? Shame on us!

He got his boxing stuff for his birthday!

Eddie's favorite spot - protecting us from everything in our backyard.

Team pictures

Jason and I had a night out!  We went to Stilly Axe Pit with the Bales and then went to dinner at Roadhouse. It was great to have an adult night out!  Literally, our first date in 13 months.

 

 

We have received record snow and cold temperatures this past week.  Thankful for neighbor kids who want to be outside to play with Reid at these times - brrr! Reid and John spent a lot of time outside.

Ya think it got cold outside?!  Even our inside door hinges on the door in our master thought it was cold.  It's apparently drafty!

Kyle has started making pancakes!  

Lots of snow fun with the 8th grade socialites!  :)  This group of kids has parties for EVERYTHING. Glad they all have fun and are good people.

The van got stuck. Or, otherwise, I got the van stuck.  At the Waits' Ranch when I was dropping off boys.  The snow and the van didn't mix on a big hill.  It stayed there for 3 days and even then, the boys had to shovel a path and then push the van.

Pretty pictures of the church

Reid tied up Eddie's ears in to a Man Bun.  

Reid was Air Force KidForce Member of the Month!  His sweet little picture was on all of their social media accounts.