Girls Weekend!

Angie, Nancy and I are heading to Pocatello this weekend to bowl in the Women's State Tournament. That's right, no husbands, no kids...just us girls. Now I know Pocatello isn't the most exciting place to visit, but hey a weekend away is a weekend away! I think the boys are looking forward to it as much as I am :)  They have plans to stay up all night playing Guitar Hero with Dad (with the stereo cranked way up and the walls shaking, I'm sure). That's okay, I won't be here to listen to it! 

Good news!

Kyle has decided he wants to go to high school in September. We talked quite a bit about it since it will be a big change for him. He's been schooled at home since Kindergarten. We started looking at charter and magnet schools, thinking that would be a better choice than the big ol' high school across the street. We sent in lottery applications to three schools. The first one was held last week and his name was chosen! Yay! He's really excited about it. Here's the link if you want to see what it's all about: Renaissance  We're not completely sure yet if this is where he'll go, as his first choice is MTCHS  Their lottery is held in March. We'll keep you posted!

Kyle being Kyle

Kyle likes to show me how flexible he is, mostly because he knows I think it's creepy that he can do things like this. I finally had to take pictures of him. Someday I'm going to scrap them, I just have to think of a title first. He didn't think "Hail to the Freaks" was a good choice. Funny boy!

Eric's an All Star!

Eric bowled in the Ada County Youth All Star Invitational Tournament yesterday. The 30 top average youth bowlers are invited to the tournament, so it's quite an honor. This is Eric's first year bowling in it, and he was so excited to receive that invitation. The kids are placed on teams of five and they bowl each team once, for a total of five games. Eric won 3 out of 5 matches (and was oh so close on the 4th. Darn stubborn 7 pin wouldn't fall). He averaged 180 for the 5 games, bowling on a PBA shot (the Shark pattern).  He also won the high handicap series award for the tournament. We're super proud of his awesome day at the lanes!

The "Proof"

Kyle's been wanting me to share these photos for a while. His "proof" that he is now officially taller than me.  I scrapped them the other day, so I thought I'd share the layout. He liked it. I'm not so crazy about being called "Shorty" all the time, but I guess it was inevitable :)

Could it really be?

Yes. Yes, it is! The sun! We haven't seen the sun in forever, it seems. Just gray, dreary sky and snow clouds. Finally, the sun decided to make an appearance. I had to take a picture :) I hope it stays all day! Melt, snow, melt...

Will it never end?!

Woke up to snow again...UGH!  No new pictures, because really how many snow pictures do you want to see?  Marc had a run to La Grande, OR today.  Guess what?! Yep, he couldn't even get there. The freeway was closed again 4 miles east of La Grande. He sat in Baker City for 3+ hours, then his dispatcher told him to go home. What fun! At least he had company today. Bob chose today to do a ride along. What was he thinking?! :)

The dogs at least had fun playing in all the new snow. I should have gotten a picture of Copper after he did a face plant trying to rescue his favorite toy from under all that icky white stuff. He looked like a white dog instead of a red one. They don't much care for being dried off and having the ice balls pulled out of their fur, but that's the price they pay for running around like fools out there.

The weatherman is predicting a warming trend with highs in the 40's by mid week. Crossing my fingers that he's right.