This week was spring break for the kids. We were in Tahoe, so Susan, George (and Daisy), and Mary came up for Katy’s birthday. We did lots of skiing (Margaret was boarding of course). Jax (and the kids) spent time on the mound of snow next to house. We hiked down to the creek.
It was Easter. Katy was kind of sick so no one went to church. We did have an Easter egg hunt in the front yard.
Elizabeth: Katy was very sick. We spent several hours in the ER the night before because she was having trouble breathing. Turned out she had croup, which I did not know 12 years old could get. She missed a week and half of school. The rest of us have been a bit sick, but not nearly so badly. Rusty is the sickest right now.
Last week was our ski week. The kids had the week off so we went to Tahoe for the week. We all did a lot of skiing (except Jax). Jax managed to find a couple of coyotes and protect us from them. The Waldens came up and skied with us. Margaret started snowboarding, Katy got better at it. Sam got much better at skiing. We also saw the eclipse, and the kids spent a lot of time outside in the snow playing. No one was ready to go home at the end of the week.
Another Christmas. Lots of presents for everyone. Again the kids were up early waiting for their grandparents to arrive at 7am. After a few hours of mayhem, everyone was tired and the place looked like a tornado hit.
We got our tree decorated today. We have to take pictures of especially who hangs the star each year so we can make sure that each child gets the correct turn.
We had our annual gingerbread house decorating party. We got 1 picture. There were approximately 28 houses made.
My whole family was in Ocean Springs for Thanksgiving this year. We had turkey on the day before Thanksgiving because Rick had to start work on the next day. We had dinner at Patty’s house so she could show off her new kitchen.
Another Halloween. There was a parade at school. Sam, Margaret, and Jax were Link, Zelda, and Eponia from the Zelda video games. Katy and her friends were princess fairies. We had 800+ people again and gave out glow bracelets.
Rusty has started his TIG welding class at the Crucible. He has not suffered any severe burns. His welds look pretty good to me. I have been injury-free. It’s a lot now like any home grown construction project now (put the window trim up, then take it down because something else has to happen first), but I’ve figured out how to keep busy (and happy). Last time I primed trim, which is not very interesting, but now I know where the paint supplies are. No class this Wednesday (Halloween). We’ll post photos of my really big project – Margaret in her Princess Zelda (Twilight Princess) costume. It’s been a many stage project (but I did them all really quickly).
We went to the zoo. There are pictures of animals and some of the kids.