the rollerdrome!

bailey, lyla, jenelle and eli. as you can see, jenelle loves her big cousin and usually  gets him in her death grip a few times per visit:) also, it looks like bailey is giving me the "i'm going to beat you up" signal, haha

with lyla's cast off, she's been able to do more things. we were a bit hesitant about rollerskating, but with this brace it would be pretty difficult to hurt it again. she did great! 

flooding

as if snowpocalypse weren’t enough, now we have flooding. being in the 100 flood zone is a little nerve wracking…

the greenbelt is under there somewhere

our neighborhood has a little drainage problem, but the ducks enjoy the temporary pond

Lyla testing out her rainboots

she loved riding through the water

february this and that

“dress all in one color day” at homeschool co-op. holland, mary, lyla, eli, reese and liv.

ice at grandma and papas

esther had a day off from school, so she spent it with us. we had a warm day so to the greenbelt we went. the stream running to the river was solid ice…that is, until these kids came along. they worked on smashing the ice for at least an hour. tons of fun…

these two LOVE each other

blythe fam

brnat and emily came to visit for a few days while on furlough. it is ALWAYS good to have these two. love catching up, love spending time, love our conversations and their friendship.

while they were here we went and visited our mutual friends that serve with MAF. it was really good to see rodney and tammi too! and wow, MAF is quite the operation!

jesse and hailey

jesse and hailey came on a last minute trip. it was SO good to see them!

we went straight to bogus for hailey’s first time skking. she’s in love. yesssssssss!!!!!

terrace lakes hot springs in garden valley. always feels so good in the winter…

grandma and papa with their eldest granddaughter 

love spending time with this crew

a little bit of shippin’ at tj maxx…twins!!!

back up to bogus for another day of skiing and tubing…

hanging out at grandma and papa’s house…