Evansville Trip and Snow!

At the end of January we finally made it down to visit some family in Evansville. It was a pretty quick trip (as usual) but we fit quite a bit in!

Ike shooting his BB gun at Gamma's.

The boys and Uncle Denny.

With Grandpa Dave.

We went over to Dad and Kyra's on Saturday to make beef Wellington (Dave's request). It was an all hands on deck, all day affair!

While Dad and Dave were working on the food, Ike helped Grandma Kyra fill her bird feeders.

We also played an intense game of Grab Bag gift exchange.

Ike's still working his way through these rice krispies treats.

Finished product! It was so delicious.

Playing with the Christmas present from Gil and Allie.

When we made it home we had about 7 inches of snow! And the kids and I had a snow day on Monday :)

Sledding behind the Elliotts' house. Here's a video compilation of the boys sledding. I even joined in on the fun...it had been a loooong time since I've been sledding!

Boys helping the cottage make a snow man. They never got further than the second layer.

Ike with his snow cairn. He kept saying he'd made a "snow Karen" and I couldn't figure out what he was talking about. The boys were super into finding the cairns on the trails last summer in Utah...finally understood what he was trying to say when he showed me his creation.

Ike also made a tunnel in the huge pile of snow piled up by our driveway.

We've had snow on the ground every day since then. We are pretty much over it at this point. Then this week we got about 11 inches more and the kids have been out of school the whole week! Super thankful we leave for Florida tomorrow!

Showing off the huge icicles they knocked down. 

Finally here is a video of Ike saying the presidents with an English accent.

 

Basketball Games and Visitors

Dave has been pretty busy between basketball season and robotics this winter. The rest of us not so much! We have had a lot of fun going to his games though. 

I took his picture because we thought he'd miss bball pictures, he ended up making it anyway but the picture turned out so cute!

Little blurry but here's the whole team.

Ike and I hanging out for the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021. Dave went to a friend's for a sleepover and Josh worked. We had a great time and had the Elliott clan over too.

Bedtime snack got a little weird. Kids made apple smiles. Didn't know that was a thing.

We were planning to go to Evansville in the beginning of January, but that got pushed because of a robotics competition. Tony and Ben had a day off work so decided to come to us instead!

Poker tourney. I think Josh ended up winning and Ike got second. There were many emotions (from Dave) but all in all everybody had fun. 

Tony and Ike working on chess. 

We went eagle spotting and saw about 20 by the spillway at Salamonie. 

We did zoom Christmas with Dad and Kyra. Ike was soooooo excited to get a new keyboard set up! He plays it constantly. 

Finished another book-Holes. I absolutely loved this book so it was super fun to share with the kids.

Gamma came up the next weekend to visit so she could attend one of Dave's basketball games. 

Ike is always a thrilled spectator. 

We aren't able to attend any of Dave's robotics competitions, but I snagged this picture from their facebook page :)

 For their last game, the kids played the school from Wabash, so it was a pretty big rivalry. It was a great game, and Southwood ended up with the win!  

Here is a video of some of Dave's highlights from the season. Most came in the last game, he had a great end to his season!