Valentines Day

It was a big day at school, lots of Valentine wishes shared. And then at home, oh my! Heart-shaped pancakes and ice cream bar! We finished off the evening at Cheap Date Improv, a show put on at Fina's school by the improv team. It was hysterical, and featured our next door neighbor high school friend and sometimes babysitter. All the photos are here.

Snow Day!

With AJ taking a shot at snowboarding...

Twins' 6th Birthday

We managed to spread this one out, from Meatball Madness at the Club on Wednesday night to our traditional birthday breakfast this morning (Saturday). All the photos are here. BTW, it was 14 degrees and snowing when we got up this morning.

A fishing theme developed earlier when Jonny very accurately described
exactly what toy fishing pole and toy fish he wanted.

Mater at work.

A Quilt of Robob's Ties

New project - a few years ago Lynn's dad (Robob), knowing her love of Renaissance art and quilting, bought her some ties with art from the masters and said, "make a quilt." Life got in the way and it never happened. This week, with Serafina's help, Lynn appliqued the cut-up ties onto squares. Now to design a pattern to go around the squares - let the fun begin!...

Compound Seating at the Super Bowl

It was quite a day. "Compound seating" was just installed in the theatre room yesterday in anticipation of today's Super Bowl. After church, the day continued first with Fina making footballs of pound cake and chocolate. Next was make-your-own pizzas, a Compound favorite, then down to the theatre room for the big game. All the pics are here.

A couple of the littles got in on the chocolate football cleanup.

Compound Seating

Blizzard

It was the closest we've been to a blizzard yet, at least enough to give the kids an idea. A few more pics are here.

Tracy's Birthday Dinner

We had a little dinner gathering for Tracy's birthday tonight. All the photos are here.

AJ helped cook the braised ribs.

Fina put together a cool little Happy Birthday video for Tracy.

Jessie and Fina were in Number the Stars together.

AJ always enjoys little visitors.

National Junior Honors Society

It would be impossible to be any more proud.

New Year's Eve 2018

It was Fina that got plans going... She was having some girl friends over for the night and came up with all manner of food and games. With some help from Mom and Nana, it all came together and we all got to benefit from the efforts. All the photos are here.

Lots of prep work.

Touchdown!

Fireworks went off when the ball dropped.

This saran-wrapped gift ball was amazing. What a hoot!

Homemade pizzas and champagne - a favorite.

Royal Gorge Route Railroad

Definitely among the top Christmas gifts of all time! The fam thought Papa should take a ride, so off we went to the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. Gorgeous scenery, beautiful train, great service. And we caught a 68-degree day to do it. All the photos are here. You may notice I'm playing with a new image editor, Luminar. Pretty happy so far. May have been a little heavy-handed with some of the filters, but I wanted to see where it could go.

AJ's Sleep Study

He was a bit apprehensive going in, but they talked him into an alternate Boba Fett reality (Star Wars) and all was good. Now just waiting to see what it all means...