First Sledding Days of Winter

We're finally in winter mode! Two Decembers in a row with zero snow was weird, but this week had some pretty white days and fun sledding. 

We spent MLK day making forts and going sledding and not watching the inauguration. I felt sad that day how I've loved sharing the olympics and other world events with them lately, but the election and inauguration was not for them this year. How do you explain a man like that becoming president to little boys who are learning right and wrong? There's no explaining it. So I answer their questions as they come but we stayed tuned out that day. They can learn all about the ugliness of right now when they're older.

Asher loved sledding and it was so fun to go with him. The hill by our house is just small but he still wasn't up for solo rides initially. And my favorite part was that he couldn't walk back up the hill without help so he kept asking me for a "booty boost" and I'd just walk behind him pushing him up the hill a little bit :) Such a cute guy.

Michael has been feeling sick basically the whole week but the rest of us have managed to stay healthy. Knock on all the wood. Those sick seasons from a couple years ago are still so fresh on my mind... so grateful we've had smooth health days this winter. 

Michael took Westin to a CSU basketball game with a generous neighbor's season tickets. I cleaned out the Young Women closet with my friend Lindsey and I was just really happy about that. It's nice to finally. know what's in there :) I went to the temple with the young women one snowy night this week and so many youth came. I really love our ward and I really really love our youth. 

We fed the missionaries pozole on Friday and that was fun and cozy. On Saturday night Michael and I went on a date to a cute basement restaurant downtown and then to Dear Evan Hansen at the Lincoln Center here in Fort Collins. That is such a heavy play but the music is beautiful. I really loved it. I really love feeling things at the theater and just feeling in awe of the talent and beauty of humans. I needed that boost this week. That was one of my favorite dates we've been on.

Tonight Westin conducted a primary meeting about the Children and Youth program and Bennett talked about his goal of wanting to learn karate and starting something new even when he didn't know much about it. They're growing up and they're so cute.

I finished Mitt Romney's biography this week, written by my editor from the newspaper at BYU. It was really interesting to learn his story straight from his journals and interviews. My biggest takeaway is that we need term limits, and people who care more about integrity and growth rather than party alliance. We'll just never get people like that in our current system.

January is flying by, which is not something I'm used to January doing. And it just seems to fit in with the way it feels like life with big kids is speeding, speeding up. 

Thank goodness for basement forts in the winter.

Very into the Junior Great British Bake Off right now

When do I have to recycle all my friends on the wall?
They're holding on strong past all the Christmas decorations.

CSU Basketball Date!

What would winter be without libraries?

Young Women's Closet before...

Young Women's closet after.

Circus day at school for C!
Little magician/ringmaster man.

He loves when it's dress up days at school.

The ultimate magnet roller coaster!

Sledding with a three-year-old is so cute.

He loved it.

I'm jealous of Kitty's coziness all throughout my day when I walk by her,
doing uncozy chores.

The Junior Bake Off did a "poop emoji biscuits" for their technical and the entire episode was full of poop jokes and I never want to forget the sound of all four of my boys just giggling giggling giggling all through the poop episode.

One more round of sledding. We're about ready to find a bigger hill!