As Valentine's Day Approaches

Lots of forces at work as we approach Valentine's Day. 

Fire, sun, and lots of snow joined forces to
create this natural little ice sculpture

Even Tracy got in on the shoveling

Can you tell the girl box from the boy boxes?

Lovesong began tech week today at Springs Ensemble Theatre

Snow!

We finally got a real snow. 8-10 inches in 24 hours. Two snow days from school.

Lexi's snowman

Caspian Cafe (I-25 & Garden of the Gods)
Great recommendation from our church small group.

Snow shoveling reward...

February!?

I guess I better post the last pics of January...

Nana and Jonny baked a cake

Sometimes he needs a little directing...

Broccoli Cheese Soup

Bacon-wrapped Pork Tenderloin. Pork²

Finishing up an older project for a new baby.
Not ours!

It was great!

A statue in the high school canyon.
Taken while clearing the area for the church.

Ingesting

The school "ingests" the four elementary kids (L-R): Lexi, David, Remi, and Jonny. And Nana and Papa ingest a wonderful lunch at Atmosphere Gastropub with a new Goat Cheese Jar (green, red, white in the jar with crostini) on the menu. And since they are amongst the few places in town with Sazerac Rye, it was Sazeracs around (the cocktail)!

Last Couple Days

I'm not sure how all this happened over the last couple of days...

At a conference!

Cheddar Bay Biscuits, just for fun.

Lexi was very proud of the "poster" she made for Nana.

We've gotten some snow lately. Just a little.

A curious little chinchilla.

The newest member of the fleet. Mini Cooper.

You All OK??

Uncle Rob sent us the greatest meme (see below) after today's KC Chiefs divisional playoff win, in overtime, over the Buffalo Bills. "You all OK???" It was a great game and got to be more and more of a nail-biter as it went on. The last few minutes and the OT were crazy. We had to pull everyone down off the ceiling after KC made the winning touchdown. I'd never seen such an eruption from folks in a living room. During calmer parts of the afternoon, Janice and Fina whipped up some homemade pasta!

 

Various Arts Lately

It may be a stretch, but I'm classifying all the various activities shown here over the last couple of days as "arts."

Mixology Arts

Flaming...

A "Feisty Horse" after an all-play dinner at the Club

Build your own kaleidoscope

Weave your own potholder

Janice's culinary art of enchiladas.

The art of electronic playtime