Walkers' Trail

Grant and four of his buddies went to the escape room on Friday - and escaped!  They had nearly 15 minutes to spare! Atta way, boys! This crew got to dine on steak and tator tots and cookie cake! On Saturday, Grant's K-Life small group of fellow 8th grade boys participated in the dodgeball tournament as an annual fundraiser.  They beat a team and then lost to that same team in the finals - aw, shucks, but they did have fun! Pictured is the small group and their two college leaders, Luke and Caden.  ...and the team prayer and huddle before it began is the most important thing about that day anyways!  Proud of these young men!

Off we go to Monarch! We drove 7 hours after work. Our first views of snowy peaks! The cool thing about this part of the mountains is the far right peak is the mountain Grant and I did a mission trip on with our youth group in 2016!  It was neat to go by in the winter - different look!  First run up - glad we took a picture on this day as the following day was snowy and gray, and the last day Reid was sick!  Yes, yet again on vacation, Reid got a fever! We knew Saturday after lunch he wasn't doing great when he had tears.  102.7 when we got back to our house!  So, Reid and I hung out the following day and read books and napped (it was just fine with me!). Monarch isn't the biggest mountain but the view from the top is spectacular! Even Grant falls... :)  Reid did so much better this time than last on getting on and off the lifts, and he became a lot more confident in his skiing ability. The playroom in...

Baskeball season ended up great for the 8th graders. They went 7-1!   These three have played many years together! Blue Devils, led by Coach Jason Walker, won their league, with it coming down to the very last game!  It was huge! Big 12 year old!   Reid's airplane he made after we got home from California. Very detailed.   Kyle's birthday dinner - Morrison Café.   the game of basketball "clicked" for Reid the last 2 games of the season.  He was the only guy on the team who had not previously played, and for four games, we weren't sure he would again.  Then he missed 2 for trips and being sick. It was then that the lightbulb clicked on and he was a great defender and would drive to the goal a little and try to shoot. jumping big! Grabbing the ball.... then taking it and and dribbling...   KLife Progressive Riot   the little Blue Devils only won 2...