A month in review

We went to NM over the holiday break to visit family. The highlights included sledding

rockets

game playing

and visiting Grandma.

I also got to see my cute friend Renatha who I went through BYU's design program with. It was so great to catch up with her and meet her cute family. We picked up right where we left off almost 8 years ago!

Daily Dinosaur Digs

On Monday's MLK holiday we headed out to run some errands. While shopping, I found this great Dino Dig kit on sale and figured it could be exciting for the kids. I had no idea the hours of entertainment this would provide for the whole family.

The three have been working on this kit any chance they get. We even pulled out the headlamps so they could work on it after dark! And they have made some good progress. Four out of 8 pieces have currently been unearthed. See the velociraptor rib cage and leg below?

Braden has taken to the blue goggles that came with the set and even wore them on our trip to Costco the other day!

I think we need to head back to the store and pick up a couple more sets.

Ryan's favorites

And now I send them off to be printed.

Ryan's paintball picture in the top right hand corner looks a little intimidating to me. It's a good thing I don't paintball... And I hope that it's clear that Ryan built the crib in the pictures. It's listed as one of his favorite school subjects but I probably should have made it more clear. Oh well. Don't you love the little detail of the inscription on the crib? It's surely an heirloom.

Hard Copy Profile update

I have disappeared from blogging in attempts to finish our hard copy profile. I have Christmas break pictures, Primary activity, and other fun things to post, but I thought I would publish my latest finished portion of our profile. These are the "favorites" pages:

Ryan's pages are almost ready to go. I have to find a paintball picture of him and add it to the page before I finish.

We're almost done and that feels so good. Aahhhhh. More to come soon.