Mother's Day

Well, we did the usual Mother's Day gig: breakfast in bed, a few presents, some chocolates, and lots of thank yous for Kristy. Grandma Judy was also with and so we were able to treat her to the same. It was pretty great for Bob to be able to have a mother's day with his Mom and with Kristy.

James Cross Country

James has found a sport that is a good fit for his body type: cross country running. The Jr. High had a two-month cross-country program and James ended up doing ok. One of the races was a bit chilly, however. Grandma Judy and Grandpa Dan joined us at the race that was a little chilly. James finished middle of the pack for a 6th grader racing also against 7th and 8th graders. Assuming James stays a skinny guy, this might be his thing.

Skiing

We rented a cabin at Mt. Hood for a couple of days and did some skiing. Everyone tried the skiing. Nicki and Emily took ski lessons for the day while the rest of us were up shredding on the hill. We also did a little hot tubbin at the cabin...
Grandma Judy and Grandpa Dan joined us on the trip and chose to help with lunch instead of skiing. About halfway through Matthew's video, it appears that he almost collides with a snowboarder. Check it out...

New (old) piano

I've been reminded that I haven't updated this blog for about 5 months. So, here's the 5-month update.

One thing we've done is get a new piano. The piano is actually about 90 years old, but it has been substantially restored. Matthew and James are taking piano lessons and seem to be picking it up ok. The girls will probably start piano lessons this summer.

Cal Trip

After Christmas, we had a fun few days in the Bay Area. We saw Stovalls, Hus, and Youngs. For activities, we went bowling, saw movies, and went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Kristy and I got to sneak away for an over-nighter to Half-Moon Bay while the kids had a slumber party at the Hus (thanks again Sally and Gordon).

Merry Christmas!!

We had a fun Christmas this year. The kids acted out the Christmas story on Christmas Eve and had fun opening presents on Christmas Day.

Christmas Tree Cutting

This year we went to a Christmas tree farm to cut down a tree for our family. Everyone got in on the tree-cutting action.