SNOW!!!!

I am SOOOO behind on my posts! 

Someday soon I will go back and do Christmas and everything I have missed! 

 

But, the kids have been out of school for 4 days because of SNOW!!!  Yes, 4 days!!  So, I have taken a TON of pictures of all the FUN we have been having! 

 (I didn't take pictures of the non-fun/yelling/getting in trouble times!!)

 

We really did have fun!  Sledding, making a snowman, a snow fort, sledding, playing outside, yummy soups, some chores, movies in the basement, going to the movie,

crafts, and who knows what else!!

 

DAY 1---we took the kids and Hallie and Leah to "the mountain" to sled!! 

Off of Kellogg--right by the Palace, there is a great hill!  2 years ago, we saw a ton of people there sledding as we were driving by and said we wanted to go there!  Well, it took 2 years for us to get enough snow to go!!!

 

To get from the parking lot to the HILL, you have to cross this little stream!  So, we had to get 4 kids across the water.  Steve decided it was just easier to carry Paige across.

 

 

Steve stayed at the TOP of the hill to help the kids with the sleds!

I stayed at the bottom of the hill to make sure they didn't slide into the stream.

Actually, I just took pictures!

 

 

Can you tell Tyler GOT SOME AIR in the left picture??  There was a man-made bump that Tyler kept going over!  He really got some air under his sled!  SO FUN!!!

 

Then, he would have to rest on the ground!

He's not hurt Grandma...just resting!!

The kids claimed it was HARD WORK walking up the hill so many times!

 

PURE JOY!!! 

 

WHAT FUN!!!

 

And of course it's more fun when you take FRIENDS with you!!!

 

So much fun!  And, that was just a few hours of the 4 days off school!

 



This years FIRST GRADE music program's theme was WINTER!!!

I always get frustrated because we usually get a note ONE WEEK before the program....not only announcing the date (we need more than one week's notice at our house!!) BUT ALSO, telling us  the clothing attire "requirements" for the program!  This time it was fairly easy...hats/gloves/mittens/anything to do with COLD WEATHER!  We can do that!!

And-- I now ask the school office for all the music program dates at the beginning of the year...because I HAVE I KNOW more than a week before!  I usually have jewelry shows scheduled and can't change those with a weeks notice!  So, I have learned....and now we are more prepared!!  (But you will notice I do not have Tyler's music program pics for this reason...I did not have the date early enough and I had to miss it!  Not cool.  Not cool at all.)

And you can't have a WINTER PROGRAM without snowflakes the kids made!!!

(We think some of the kids forgot to dress for the "winter" program!  Maybe they didn't get the note at all!  HA HA!!)

So, another exciting, 22 minute school music program!

Paige loved it!!!  That's all that matters!!!

Football memories

Every Saturday for more than 2 months we have traveled to watch the boys play football!  Often I had to take Tyler alone because Steve was coaching Jaden and couldn't leave or had to come late to Tyler's game!  I told Tyler is was like a DATE!  Just me and him.  And sometimes we took Paige on our football date out of town!  Tyler learned that his mom is not good with directions!  We got lost more than we did NOT get lost!  And, he will tell you he was late to 2 games...because we got lost!  It kind of became a joke when it was getting close to arrival time and we had no clue where we were! 

 

I'm all about making MEMORIES with my kids!  I didn't say they were always GOOD memories!  These weren't really "bad" memories!  We laugh about it!  I told Tyler I saved him from warming up in the cold weather....when I got him there late!!

 

One memory---the entire 45 minute drive to his game (before we got lost) Tyler and I talked about HIM Driving and what type of car he would have, etc.  He asked if I thought he would get a Mustang....UM, NO!!!  So, I tried to explain you don't really "pick" your first car.  You get something old, something cheap that we can afford, etc.  So, then he started trying to spot cars on the highway that he thought maybe he could get!  It was SOOO cute!  And if you know Tyler....he asks LOTS of questions!  He does not like silence!  We talked about HOW to drive, taking the driving test, you name it, we talked about it....

for 45 min!!!  Love that sweet kid!

 

Some RANDOM end of the year pics!

 

A pep talk before the game!

 

 

And, he's down...

 

Before Tyler turned in his helmet for the year---we had to take a picture of the stickers the team earned!  This was the first year the boys earned stickers for things like:

no scoring in the red zone

keeping them to 1 TD or less

 

Tyler's team ended the year 5-3-1

 

 

And the one sticker on the front of the helmet was Tyler's INDIVIDUAL STICKER!

  Each game an individual sticker was given to the player who put forth the best effort and played the best!  This is an honor to get this sticker!

 

Awards at the end of the season! 

Coach Bantz was awesome and we are sad he is moving and will not coach again next year!