January....where have I been

We started 2012 out with a bang. We had a fun night at home with the kids. We played games, games and more games. Including a new family favorite of mexican dominos. Kevin even played with us the whole time. He usually doesn't play games because he is a poor looser!

We got hooked doing some puzzles. Here are a few that we have been working on.

Weekly homemade pizza party. We have kindof started to make this a weekly tradition and these are some of our favorite flavors...bbq chicken, margarita and pepperoni.

Brandon went skiing for the first time. His school class was going for a fieldtrip and he was very excited to go. The ski school spent the morning teaching the kids and then let them ski and play all afternoon. I didn't know what to expect when Brandon got home, would he like it or hate it. Well, when I went to pick him up after a long day skiing he said, "I wanna go again!" Back in the day I used to ski quite a bit and so I was excited to think that we could go skiing together. We have already decdied that we are going to go again in a couple weeks and bring Isaac so he can learn also.

Isaac started playing Jr. Jazz basketball. He really likes basketball but has always been a little timid. This year he has loved watching basketball on tv (especially the Jazz) and he has been practicing his dribbling. He has turned in to a good little player. He understands the game pretty good and is a good hustler. The team has 1st and 2nd graders on it and since he is only in 1st grade, and a small 1st grader at that, he is one of the smallest on the team. But don't let that fool you....he scored 8 points tonight!

January has flown by. Some other highlights are that Brandon has started playing indoor soccer (pictures to come). I had a pedicure with my mom. The kids have been doing well in school and I jjust got 2nd terms report cards and I am one happy mamma. Kevin and I have gone on a couple of fun dates (way overdue). Jakey is finally letting me put shoes on him and he actually leaves them on. Usually he pulls them right off. And last but not least Maycee has been into little mermaid lately. She loves to watch the movie and pretend like she is Ariel. I keep finding her taking off her shirt and putting on my bras because she thinks that she looks like Ariel in them.