The Judds' Visit

Papa Dave and Mama Zista came up to watch hockey and basketball. Ryker made sure that Dave understood how hard it was to hit top shelf on a one-timer.

Poor Schnoogies had to do homework while we played games.

Rock took a knee to the eyebrow during middle school PE. It is turning into quite a shiner.

The boys had their Apple Cup tournament over the weekend. DeA and I had to volunteer to run clock and keep score. The kids decided that a booth built for two people was big enough for all of us.

Uncle Nick sent over some slappin' green chili hot sauce. Jens tried it and wasn't ready for the hotness of it.

The Monday morning game wasn't as early as it could have been. The boys played well.

It's hard to get good pictures while stuck in a glass case of emotion and running the clock.

Sometimes Milo needs a break from Luca and Leo.

Ryker really wanted some industrial looking tables for his 3D printer farm. Grandpa Dave was more than happy to help him out.

Ryker seemed to enjoy learning and building, but it wore him out.

They turned out great. A long one, a short one, and a baby one.

Those printers aren't going to weeble, wobble or fall down.

I really like this screensaver thing at the office.

 

January Stuff

Ryker printed me a BYU helmet, but Maddy's daughter decided that she is a big BYU fan now.

One thinks it is summer and the other one thinks we are hiking to the South Pole

I set up a picture slideshow on my monitor at work, I like seeing Schnoogies and the kids all day long.

Ryker busted out the Magnum PI shirt and started sniping pucks.

The combined activity was a spaghetti dinner, but the kids had to be tied to the people next to them. It was pretty funny to watch.

It was a little messy, but they seemed to have fun.

Someone left the TV remote in the treadmill I was using and I had to support Ryker's channel.

I bought these cheap drain weasels from Marshalls, DeA seriously doubted how they would work. It pulled out a hair clog the size of a ferret.

Horchata is lonely in the garage ever since Amber ran away and likes to stretch in front of visitors and wait for tummy scratches.

 

New Year's Party Recovery

I didn't have Rock's video of the bonfire being lit with tannerite, so here you go:

He spent New Year's Day at Echo and then at Mission Ridge. He ended up stuck on the lift for over three hours, until after midnight, because it malfunctioned. He finally decided to rest on Friday but only because we made him.

He wasn't the only one.

Saturday was a hockey day. They had their first game at 11:30, and then we had to wait around until 7:15 for the second game. 

They had quite the cheering section with Nama and Hampa, Rissa's crew, and Rock's flight instructor.

Sofia loved the cheering.

Rock and Hampa want to buy a plane, and there was a plane for sale at the airport. We checked it out, but the financing on a plane with a timed-out engine and a 16-year-old pilot is pretty tough to get.

I don't know why, but we decided to measure the family's guns.

We love this YouTube channel called "Thumb Follow Me" that's a cartoon with thumbprint characters. It is meant for younger kids, but we still made our kids make Thumb Art to email in.

Even Schnoogies and I got in on the arting.

I think the kids thought we were bluffing, but we really did send in their artwork.

DeA made it clear that I had better not be bluffing about sending hers in.

We have very effective scripture study here, especially with all gas, no brake Rock.

 

Merry Christmas to Me!

DeAndra decided to give me something really wonderful to unwrap this Christmas!

She's more beautiful today than when she wore this dress the first time.

DeA and I decided to head down to the temple on Boxing Day. It was a beautiful drive down, but mostly because DeA was with me.

She was especially stunning in front of the pretty sunset.

Thanks to life and the kids, we hadn't been to a session in too long and it was great to be there with her.

The kids are really taking advantage of their vacation time.

DeA's favorite Christmas tradition is the "clearing of the junk".

As cozy as a  beautiful bug in a rug.

Did you know that a stick of butter is a 1/4 pound and not a 1/4 cup? I used to but somewhere along the time that knowledge escaped my brain. Thankfully DeA was around to help quadruple the no-bake batch.

Ryker was pretty wild this New Year's Eve.

DeA will say that she stayed up until two, but she took the hours of 9, 10, and 11 off.

Rock had a bonfire with his peeps at the loading area in the snow, it looked like they had fun.