nye 2026

great food and company to ring in the new year!  happy 2026!!!

chess

 lots of chess playing this winter break

christmas trees

one of my favorite holiday traditions is going to the white river valley museum to vote on our favorite decorated christmas trees

elk

a herd of 10 elk in the yard this morning, this is a first of this size!

whirly ball

whirly ball 2025

christmas 2025

no cute pics by the tree, but it was a great christmas with family and lots of thoughtful gifts.  the kids are excited to spend the next couple of days in pj's playing!!!

christmas eve tradition

everyone's favorite christmas eve tradition is building a small lego

puzzle #3

completed his 3rd 1000 piece puzzle of the season, this one was his advent calendar holiday puzzle

the eve of christmas eve

i love this holiday tradition of celebrating christmas with our neighbors and our families!  we serve enchiladas, flan and play mexican train dominos.  

sock snowman

volunteered in Bowie's class to help make these sock snowman

no bake holiday treat

my new favorite twist on the classic cereal bar dessert but elevated a little for the holidays.  these are browned butter rosemary thyme rice krispy treats.  follow the recipe on the box but brown your butter and add 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary and 1/2 t of thyme to the butter to infuse.  remove rosemary sprigs before adding your marshmallows.  sprinkle with flaky sea salt and enjoy!!!

cookies

kids had so much fun at cub scouts decorating sugar cookies and having a "snowball" fight with the socks everyone brought in to donate.

marketplace

big day for bowie!!!  4th grade marketplace.  she had to come up with a product and make 24 of them to sell.  each student got $100 pretend money to shop marketplace and they had a blast!!!  bowie made pearler bead stanley cup magnets.  i love her unique display as well!

dog sitting

dog sitting some of our favorite furry friends

floods

we are coming up on 10 years of living here and we have had some wild weather!  snowmageddon, ice storm, wind storms, record heat waves and this year is the atmospheric river storm which is causing devastating flooding nearby.

holiday cookies

our annual christmas cookie making and decorating day with our neighbor besties

fun friday

fun friday with friends at the library making holiday wreaths

winter bears

this is the project i chose to do for art docent in ryder's class, and i am practicing teaching it with the fam ahead of time.  jarad's looks more like wolverine. 

snowman

building mini snowmen at cub scouts