Winter

The weekend after Thanksgiving was filled with kids, extra kids, and Santa flying in by helicopter. Even though Dad sold Whirly, he still gets to bring Santa into town. We stopped and took some serious family pictures.

Baby Luca made his first appearance at church. He was a pretty popular little guy.

Mom ordered a giant Rudolph. It fills up the deck.

I was burning some boxes and I turned around to see a shoeless Leo Baby coming to help me.

Nick came over to try and find a cow elk that was not on Alcoa land. We found the elk, but they seemed to know exactly where they could and could not be shot.

Our luck of only seeing animals that we were not allowed to hunt continued, with the new development of seeing legal animals on private property. 

we got home in time to see Leo Baby enjoying his new red gloves.

DeA tried to replace me while I was gone.

We hosted family dinner and were pleased with Chayo's visit. She loved Luca.

I got to run the clock at Ryker's game. He played well. He is desperately trying to get a hat trick so that he can win a Nintendo game. 

Chubby cheek Luca is the best Luca

Rock had an outdoor tournament in Winthrop. He also had a snowboarding training at Mission Ridge wedged in there, but we aren't talking about that right now. He played great, scored two goals in three games and was very aggressive in front of the net against bigger guys.

The outdoor  games are fun, but cold. 

"I'll build you a rainbow, way up high above...sprinkle down sunshine, rain drops of love"