Lego Obsession

Ethan got a few Lego sets for his birthday, and Christmas, and bought a couple more with some money he earned selling his outgrown toys (the only way I could get him to part with any of his little boy toys was telling him he could have any money we made...$20 goes a long way to a 6 year old!)

He quickly built each set and yearned for more.  To help him really get the full joy out of Legos Bob sat down one Saturday and played with him.  There was a lot of mining, fire fighting and police chasing going on in our kitchen that day!

Grizzlies Hockey

Thanks again to our Pass of All Passes we met up with cousins and went to the Hockey Game on our extra day off.









The Grizzlies lost, but with a group like this, it's always fun!

2 Degrees

What do you do when it's 2 degrees outside???  Blow Frozen Bubbles!  I'd seen the idea on Pinterest and had to try it.  It actually works.  We blew a few bubbles and some blew away, but a few dropped on to the steps and froze.  You could put your finger right in to it and it would crack, but not pop.  Mommy led science at its best!

Fun Center

Guess who else got Pass of All Passes...Yep, our good buddies!  Jackson had a shorter day of school last week so we met up and headed to the local Fun Center.  Man we love to play!  The kids each tried the rock climbing wall.  Avery didn't like it at all and Leilah climbed the highest...go figure!

We all loved Laser Tag, even if our team didn't win! 



The kids talked us in to playing a few Arcade games.  I couldn't resist...mini bowling and Skee Ball are 2 of my favorites!  They loved playing the games and "shopping" for prizes was icing on the cake!

College Ball

Cousins got Pass of All Passes!  We were so excited to have someone to go play with!  We went to the local college basketball game last week!  We went early to be sure we got seats...turns out we didn't need to be that early!

The good thing about being early was the kids got a basketball shaped backpack full of coloring books and crayons to help make the wait a little easier.


They also got invited down on the court to  "High 5" the starting players as they were introduced.  It was so fun!


We ended the night at Training Table for dinner and loved every minute of it!

Little Baker

Avery got an Easy Bake Oven from Gram and Papa for Christmas so as a break from cleaning up Christmas and Vacation Laundry we baked up a little something yummy!

 She loved being in charge and wanted to do everything herself.  The nice thing about Easy Bake Oven is, she can!  We made Red Velvet Cupcakes with Pink Party Frosting and Rainbow Sugar Sprinkles.  They were actually pretty tasty for just add water and she was tickled PINK!

Washington Vacation

We packed up the day after Christmas for our trip to Washington.  We love to see my side of the family...even if it is a long drive.

This year we were treated to lots of fun with cousins.  We made Cotton Candy with their new Cotton Candy Machine!

We had a couple of Sleepover Movie Parties.  On the second party the kids got smart and split up Boys vs Girls instead of by family.  The boys loved it...


Samantha on the other hand had to sleep with a wiggly Avery. She had a good time, but probably didn't get much sleep!


We made a quick annual visit to the Elk and Big Horn feeding station, but didn't stay long because Uncle Ry planned a sledding trip for us up the mountains.  We made a fire, roasted hot dogs, and tubed to our heart's content.

We had that part of the mountain to ourselves so with the sun, fire, and solitude we sledded away most of the day.


To ring in the New Year we hit the local bowling alley.  The kids have loved bowling this year and showed real skill.  Ethan led most of the time and was only beaten by 2 points by Uncle Ry on his last ball.

After Bowling we headed home for games and food.  Loteria is high on the list of fun at Gram's.  New Year's just wouldn't be the same without Mexican Bingo for fabulous prizes.

All in all we had fun.  Mostly we just loved the days spent hanging out with family at Gram and Papa's.  It's always a good time in T-Town!