DeA is back in action

Schoogies got the go ahead to go back to working out. She is still strong and athletic.

I got to coach the softball girls for the first three practices. DeA helped me and showed off her new clearance by doing warm ups with girls.

I think she thought we were approaching the North Pole and not having softball practice.

Ryker had some wall space burning a whole in his head so he crafted another shelf. It's sturdy and well-made.

The teenagers sure love messing with their ma.

Oh, a normal jacket for practice. How appropriate.

Rock stopped by the office on his way to court to get a deferral for Jens not wearing a seat belt back in November. He looked quite dashing in his suit.

DeA wanted to be the cool aunt, so she bought some little capybara wind-up toys for Leo. She wasn't surprised with Luca and Sofia showed up shortly after wanting toys, also.

Ryker is back to his building obsession, and he's building me a proper woodshed so that we can have an appropriate place to beat them with switches.

Leo Boy made a new YouTube channel and I guess Jens was his first subscriber. Her reward was a piggy.

My "free" woodshed has only cost me lumbar, screws, nails, a new DeWalt framing nail gun, 100' feet of air hose, six trips to Home Depot, and a case of nails. Not bad.

 

Ryker and DeA Birthdays

Ryker wasn't quite sure what he wanted for his birthday, but eventually we landed on mac and cheese and chocolate eclair dessert. Hampa and Nama were out of town (I know, what a surprise), but Javi and Rissa were around and happy for a party.

Sofia is always happy for a party.

DeA's birthday was a lot more understated, we were relaxed and she got her ice cream cake that she wanted.

Oh, and a long nap. She loves naps.

Ryker decided that the propeller hate was back in style.

I had a patient bring her grandson in for her appointment. She joked that he should go with me to the radio station, and he held out his hand for me to grab and just came along with me.

Lil' Paxton is just a chill guy.

We tried to go to Wapato Point Cellars for DeA's birthday dinner, but they only do the full menu with her chicken picatta on the weekends, so we pivoted and went to the Landing. We lost Ryker to Wenatchee in the transition, so it was just Rock, Jens, Schnoogies, and me.

Isn't she just the prettiest birthday girl ever?

Jens knows how to eat a steak in public.

Hampa brought Sofia to the office for a little visit. She discovered the raspberry donuts that a patient had brought in for their co-pay.

She couldn't be bothered with sticky hands, so she had Hampa feed her bites.

Delicious

Leo Puppy isn't allowed on the couch, but somehow spends time "not" on the couch.

DeA has discovered the joy of C4, especially the Skittles flavor.

Volleyball is over, that means that it is time to catch Jens!

Rock is "locking in" for his potential trip to Air Force National Guard basic training in the summer. Locking in apparently means loaded nachos at 10pm. That's how I know he's my son.

The boys love their 4th meals after their real dinner. One night was frozen pizza, cookies, and frozen biscuits. This was after their real dinner.

 

We got more snow! Almost two inches! Rock was stoked, DeA was not so excited.

DeA is finally to the point of recovery where she can start exercising. She is thrilled.

Ryker had two games in Yakima over his birthday weekend. He did most of the freeway driving and DeA did well distracted in the back.

We hit up Mod Pizza for a late pizza dinner.

They were ecstatic. 

A quick stop on Coastal so that Ryker could look for clothes and Jens could see some chicks.

The Yakima rink looks to be a converted potato cellar. 

It was colder in the rink than outside it. 

Ryker got a lot of ice time and played well. He was checked and sent flying in the first game, he looked like a cartoon character because arms and legs went everywhere. In the second game, he gave the goalie glove an extra little smack and a big kid cross-checked him off his skates from behind so hard that he ended up in the face-off circle on the opposite side of the rink. He claimed that it didn't hurt, but the next day he was complaining that his back hurt.

Jorge and Tamara Barrientos came to watch Ryker's game and then out to eat at Miner's together. It was so great to spend time with them again.

It wasn't a super late night after dinner, so DeA made Ryker's chocolate eclair dessert for his birthday. It all was going well until she dropped the bowl in the frosting, but she recovered well.

 

DeA Schooling and Jens B-Ball

DeA's Family History class was pretty intense and brutal and heavy. She still got an A.

The cat isn't allowed in the house, but the kids love bringing the cat into the house to bug their mom.

We had a great temple trip with the youth. Ryker got to baptize for the first time and did well.

Yeah, they were so quiet and reverent. 

They are always so excited to go down, and all crash on the way back.

We passed a guy selling strawberries, so we had to make strawberry shortcakes.

We finally had some snow stick on the ground!

I'm not sure why Leo Puppy had shorts on, but he was not a fan.

We drove up to Omak for Jens' game, and it was snowing heavily when we got there. DeA was very excited.

Jens played well and made some buckets.

All the computer use and driving has DeA all stoved up, so she took time during halftime and between games to stretch it all out.

Baller