Weekly Post

I took almost zero pictures this week, sorry!  This will be a lame weekly post.

Monday is the only day of the week when the kids don't have anything after school.  We LOVE Monday's.  We relaxed at home and tried out our new hot chocolate machine.  Ethan taught family home evening.

On Tuesday Ethan went on his first ski club ski trip after school.  It was 2 degrees outside and he was stubborn and wouldn't even wear long johns or boots.  They got to ride in nice coach buses and despite the cold he had a great time.

Oliver attends doggy school on Tuesday nights and Cole came with us this week.  He was very helpful.  We went out to Panera before class.

Wednesday Ethan was very proud of himself as he scored the highest pull-ups (15) for the middle school fitness standards test.  Liv passed the vision test at school.  Both Cole and Liv took the standardize MAPS testing this week.  For Young Mens on Wednesday night the boys played captured the flag in the snow.  Ethan turned into a crazy animal and was taking down leaders and kids twice his size.  Cole had scouts that night and Liv hung out with me at Young Women's.

Ethan had futsal on Thursday night and Liv had gymnastics.  I helped in Liv's class and Shawn and I went to our weekly Orange Theory Class that morning.  Shawn had both a dentist and a doctor's appointment also on Thursday (it was his day off).

Friday we had the sister missionaries come over for dinner and then I took Ethan and his friend over to the High School for the varsity basketball game.  Liv went to the Little Mermaid play.

The kids came with me Saturday morning for the Young Women Volleyball Tournament.  We lost :(, but the kids had fun cheering the girls on.

We spent Saturday evening cleaning the kids bathrooms :( and cheering on the Packers!

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It's gotten really cold here lately.  But our kids sometimes still go outside in shorts and no shirts.

My boys are growing.  I had to take them in to get their suits let out almost 2 inches.

Then we stopped by Dick's Sporting good for a quick game of basketball.

Oliver and I went to Doggy School Tuesday night.  He was a very good student, because he LOVES treats and everything is reinforced with treats.

The boys are having fun playing basketball at the church on Wednesday nights.

I had an appointment with the chiropractor for some neck pain I've been having.  

Ethan went with some friends and their church group to SkyZone on Friday night.

Shawn and I took Cole and Liv to the mall for some shopping.

Cole had two basketball games Saturday.  Ethan continues to volunteer to run the scoreboard and Liv plays in the hallways with her friends.

The boys went skiing/snowboarding in a terrible snowstorm Saturday afternoon.

Liv and I stayed in the warming house (she didn't want to ski this time) and worked on a school project.

Liv also had gymnastics pictures this weekend.

We finished off the weekend watching our Packers finally get Victory!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We started the week driving to Lake Geneva, in a terrible snow storm :(  We survived, but not without a couple near death experiences.

We had a great time in Lake Geneva.  We swam, ate, watched movies and relaxed. 

We enjoyed the dessert bar and lots of late night gelato!  

We came home to a frozen snowy mess :(

The boys worked hard earning some extra money taking care of the neighbors house while they were out of town.

We took the kids to star wars.

The boys helped me do some shopping at Costco

We have taken it easy this holiday break because we've had some sickness/injury.  Ethan fell and twisted/split his toe open.  We thought it might be broken, but it seems to be getting better.  Cole is on antibiotics after struggling with a terrible sore throat over the holidays.  Liv has been fine so far!

We took the kids out to eat at AJ Bombers, a fun burger joint downtown for New Years.  

After dinner we went to the WAVE game

Ethan went to a party later that night, while the rest of us stayed home and celebrated with cherry bombs and multi color candles!!