Birthday Rock

Rock is 17. That's almost an adult. That is crazy talk.

He wasn't even home for his birthday, so Ryker requested milanesas for dinner.

I spent the day refinishing Jens' dresser, it was a relaxing and fun project with Horchata as my garage buddy.

Rock spent Sunday at home and we had wacky cake.

Jared went up to Antilon and cleared an area and flooded it for an ice rink. The boys went up and played 1v1 hockey. Rock tried to chip the puck over Ryker's stick and hit him in the chompers.

It knocked a tooth loose and gave him a swollen lip. After all these years of hockey I can't believe that this is the first mouth injury that we have had.

Jens made this cute bunny puzzle in shop.

DeA isn't feeling well and is having a hard time keeping up with the teenagers.

Rock and Ryker played Winthrop again, Rock has become pretty good friends with a group of those kids.

We had a fun temple trip with the kids. I got to help a new convert from Brewster that only spoke Spanish find his way around, that was a treat.

Ryker received a new 3D printer from FlashForge. It is pretty cool and easy to set up, he was pretty happy.

Marissa needed help getting the kids to school. When I got there, Ethan and Tanner were in charge and Luca was in the bedroom crying because he couldn't have fish nuggets for breakfast. I got him toast with sprinkles instead.

Max and Leo Boy were both pretty unhappy with their ride to school.

DeA finished her first class at BYU-I pathways, she had to show me her presentation while feeling super duper sick. She got an A, I'm not surprised.

 

Moses Hole Hockey Tourney

The last hockey tournament of the season was in Moses Hole. The game Friday night was so late that DeA and I had time to go to the temple between work and puck drop.

The rink is outdoor but covered. It was cold and windy and smelled like cows. The boys got to play on the same shift quite a few times.

Friday night postgame party involved Nachos Bell Grande and a five-layered burrito, just like old days.

We had an early game the next morning, Rock thinks it was a conspiracy to keep the Wenatchee peeps in their contracted hotels. It was even colder and windier and the sun was glaring on the ice. 

You can smell him from here.

We took the boys to the temple between games and Rock was baptized for Dave Judd. No, not that one, he is still alive.

She has many layers on.

They had to play a Vancouver select team that was pretty good, but the boys played well and held their own.

Rock tried schmoozing the refs between periods, but it didn't work.

We stopped at Chico's pizza. We were told that they loaded up on the toppings, which was true. The only problem is that they didn't load up on the sauce and cheese to the toppings just went everywhere. 6/10 stars, would stop again like on a youth trip.

We saw Horchata running up the driveway as were were driving up the hill. Ryker was pretty proud that she would come back to him and he carried her home.

Two little Tazmanian Devils sitting on their chargers.

DeA claimed that she didn't want to take a nap, but she made herself a cocoon and settled in for what looked like a wonderful nap.

She is trying to nail down her perfect no-bake recipe, she did one batch with evaporated milk and another with real milk to see the difference side-by-side. 

 

Jens B-Ball

Our life isn't all hockey, it's also Jensley ballin' out. She still bounces her head while she runs down the court.

Sitting in the car, sitting on the hard bleachers, and then sitting the car is starting to get to DeA's beautiful seat.

Shoot it!

Baby Sofia must not have been feeling well if she was letting someone beside Nama hold her.

The dogs found a dead squirrel and played with it for a few days. DeA was not a fan.

We have the best scripture studies in this family.

Her first home game was a banger, she played both games and had a bucket in each one.

Beautiful Schnoogies is beautiful. 

Rock loves rocking his Hockey Mom sweatshirt while making his classic artisan sourdough sandwich. 

 

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.