Little Sprouts - January 2018

 January Little Sprouts is always our favorite - making bulb pots!

January Snapshots

 We went on an adventure to find snow...we found rain, sleet and slush much to Heidi's disappointment.

 She loved her new 'Otter Space' shirt and decorating her glasses!

 Heidi loved all her crafts!

 Allison had her first orthodontist appointment on the same day Bekah had her braces put on.  We were the first to see Bekah's new braces.

 Our girls love Benny's donuts!

 Heidi & I went on a hike with Bekah & Jodi.  Heidi was our super-strong girl.  Who admittedly was dragging quite a bit by the end but perked up by some time with a visit with Baldy.

We said good-bye to a dear old friend back in January - it served us well!

Christmas 2017

  

Christmas Tree 2017

 The girls & I had fun decorating our tree this year - they are finally old enough to be helpful!  We gave them new pajamas & slippers - and I made them some Christmas quilts.  I didn't manage to get pictures of their 2017 ornaments; they were from Alaska - a caribou and a moose - I'll get pictures next year!

Tree Hunt 2017

 We thankfully had a dry day to go and find our Christmas Tree.  We didn't have to look hard - and found what we considered the nicest looking tree we could remember.  Heidi did take a face plant into the mud, though, we needed some amount of adventure :).

Nutcracker 2017

 Heidi's ballet studio puts on a Nutcracker every December and we managed to go this year along with Bekah & Miss Jodi.  The big girls wore the Nutcracker themed skirts they made.  We all enjoyed the show, particularly since Heidi's teacher was the Nutcracker in the ballet!

'Spirit Week' 2017

 Allison's school has 'spirit week' each year.  Admittedly we aren't very good at participating beyond PJ day and Civil War day.  This year they had a 'rainbow' day in which each grade was assigned a color.  Third grade was supposed to wear green.  Unfortunately (or fortunately?) Allison doesn't have any green clothing.  So she wore her Beavers t-shirt.  We were so proud of her civil disobedience that day.  And that she demonstrated some flexible thinking.  Of course, we probably shouldn't be surprised that she doesn't mind since she spends an awful lot of time at Beaver athletic events.  The volleyball team had a great year - we enjoyed going to several games (and wearing orange every time!).  The complete pep band was out for the civil war game and it was impressive!