So, this is my first post since Christmas...a sign of the time in our life I guess. Five months is quite a bit to catch up on, but I think I can boil it down for you pretty succinctly: school, sports, church, texting, cars, music, knitting, family, friends. Keep in mind that's the winter list. If we were talking summer, we'd have to add boat and yardwork, and remove school (yippee). Oh, and of course there is work too...the corporate variety for Laura and David, the referee variety for Michael, and the unpaid-slave-chore variety for Josh and Daniel (and Michael too - except he is never home to do them).
Let's hit the highlights:
SPRING BREAK Yes, it is a long car ride, but for a full week of fun in the snow at Steamboat...IT'S WORTH IT! We had a great time hanging out with our buddies the Striplings - we even all stayed in the same condo! It helps that we are all pretty laid back and the kids have grown up together. We also met up with Michael's friend Sam and Daniel's friend Preston there too. The snowboarding achievements are too numerous to mention of course...but even off the mountain was fun. Hot-tubbing, snowball-fighting, eating and knitting...there was something for everybody! Check out the intensity of this snowball fight - pictures just don't do it justice.
EASTER
At the end of the week we headed back to KC via Abilene and celebrated a quick Easter with my family. 16+ kids always makes for a chaotic but
fun Easter egg hunt! Everybody had fun and enjoyed their sweets, except for Aunt Susan that is - the only thing the Easter Bunny brought her was the stomach bug :(
fun Easter egg hunt! Everybody had fun and enjoyed their sweets, except for Aunt Susan that is - the only thing the Easter Bunny brought her was the stomach bug :(SPORTS
Back home, we waited for the weather to warm up so we could enjoy some sunny, spring days watching Michael and Daniel play soccer and Josh run track...and we waited...and we waited. The sports went on but the cold rain just didn't give up! Luckily the athletes didn't either. We had a lot of fun watching Daniel and Michael's soccer teams enjoy winning seasons, and Josh's 4x400 and 4x800 relays in particulary were always exciting to see. I think Josh enjoyed the social aspects of track as much or more than the running, though...
CHURCH
In April, Daniel finished up a year-long confirmation program and was welcomed as a full member of Liberty United Methodist Church. We were able to attend the celebration as a family and even dressed up for the occasion - that doesn't happen very often anymore!
