January 2022

 January 2022

Emma and I had some fun adventures together after things normalized with the boys going back to school.

 January 8, 2022

We got a zip line for Christmas and we set it up today. The kids have loved trying it out!

January 15, 2022

We had our (late) New Years Eve party tonight. We invited friends, played games, ate food and had fun! As always, we celebrated at 9:00pm instead of waiting until midnight.

January 20, 2022

I have some left over caramel sauce from making a Dutch Caramel Apple Pie. Today I realized it would be delicous to dip apples in it, so I asked the kids if anyone wants some. Isaac was the only one who thought it sounded good. So I poured some caramel into a little cup and am cutting pu the apple. Isaac starts drinking the caramel. I say, "Hey, you're supposed to dip the apples in the caramel." Isaac explains, "I like caramel and apples, but not together." Lol! I guess it all ends up in the same place.

Today at school, Isaac learned about the "am" family (sam, tam, bam, etc). He was telling me words that end with "am" one of them being dam. Conner says, "There are actually two kinds of dam." I'm thinking, hmmmm I wonder how he's going to explain this. Conner continues, "One is like a bridge that blocks the water in a river. The other is like a beaver dam." I tell him, "actually, those are both the same kind of dam..." Conner says, "No they're not. One is made out of rocks, the other is made out of sticks." I continue, "They're the same because both of them block water in a river." Conner asks, "Where did you learn that? Did you go to science or something?" Ah...how kids think we never went to school or something...lol.

January 29, 2022

This week has been crazy. Thankfully, Ammon was working from home when on Tuesday, the van started smoking on me. Ammon took a look at the van and it's leaking oil. Since Ammon has been working from home, we have been find just having one car. But on Monday, when Ammon goes back into the office, we will have a problem. Which means we have been car shopping. Which car to replace, do we count on the van being fixable, so many question. In the end, we ended up owners of a new: