Jan. 7, 2015 - Brrrrr

There was no school today because it was too cold!  Temperatures with windchill were right around -40 degrees in the morning.  That's cold.  So what do you do when it's that cold out?  Go bowling of course!  The kids did have a good time bowling but I think they had more fun hanging out with friends, well the youngest ones did at least.  I'm not sure Ethan is having fun in this picture.   

Jan. 6, 2015 - Practice, Practice, Practice

Tonight I was the family chauffer.  I went from practice 1 at the Y....

To practice 2 at Immanuel......

To practice 3 at South where I had to leave Ethan at the curb because practice 1 ended the same time that practice 3 started.  I'm sure glad every night isn't like this one...

Jan. 5, 2015 - Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

You may want to avert your eyes for this post.  We hung some "mistletoe" up for a Christmas party we had and we haven't quite gotten to taking it down.  I got to the end of the day and realized I hadn't taken a picture yet.  I happened to be standing under the mistletoe and Dan had the great idea of taking the following picture.  Ethan was the photographer and he didn't seem to think we shouldn't post this so......here you go.

 It took a few tries for Ethan to capture the moment and be zoomed in right.  There was a lot of this.

Jan. 4, 2015 - Back to Reality

We were back home today and back to normal everyday life.  Which consists of homework, watching TV, playing videogames, putting together Legos and playing games.  All in all, a pretty good life.

Jan. 3, 2015 - Let's Go Ice Skating!

It was a beautiful winter day today so we decided to take the kids ice skating.  There is a great facility not far from Jen and Dale's house that rents skates.  We all get our skates on and ventured onto the ice.  I can't say that any of us are really great skaters, but we had fun.  Sawyer and Bryce may have been on their backs more then their feet at the beginning, but by the end they were getting better.  Dale was probably the best skater of all of us, so he pulled Bryce, Ben and Dan around the ice for a bit, until Bryce and Ben ended in a heap with Dan on top.  Oops! 

Jan. 2, 2015 - Weddings are Fun!

Dan's cousin, Kyle, got married today.  It was a very nice wedding and the reception was a lot of fun.  The kids couldn't wait for the dance.  They got out there and danced till they could dance no more.  During the mother/son dance, they invited all mothers and sons to come out and dance.  I think I was on the only one of the dance floor with 4 partners!  Sawyer couldn't get enough of dancing, if there was a circle of people he was usually in the middle of it showing them his moves.

Jan. 1, 2015 - Someone is 6 and Happy New Year!

Today is Sawyer's 6th birthday.  He's had a countdown since Christmas so needless to say he is a bit excited!  We let the kids pick the kind of cake they want for their birthdays and Sawyer picked a Packers cake.  It was a very difficult thing to buy but, we decided to humor him and do it.  We did however add some Vikings things to make it look "better".  After cake, Sawyer got to open his presents.  He got his long awaited for Under Armor sweatshirt, so he can be like "the brothers" as he calls them.  And a lot of Legos.