January 2016

January 2016 ... what was going on?

• New Year ... we had the grandparents over for games on New Year's Eve. The littles didn't make it to midnight (Coop woke up though). NewYear'sDay we had pastry wreath. 
• Basketball ... was in full swing. Cal playing on the JV team. He served at a fundraiser, and I was on snack bar and lunch duty this month.  Keaton in the prep league. Cooper and Colton in Junior Jazz. Check out the calendar (below) for all the games going on. We dropped NBA TV and went with League Pass to catch the NBA games.
• Derby Season ... starting up. Gray had five this month. The new black tables look nice. 
• Work ... one of the main guys at Symphony (Rick) quit, which left a bit of a void making Hubs work schedule even busier! He got a bit more money to compensate. He had a work trip to Vegas for the Builder's Convention (and they saw the BlueMan Group while there. Gray got pulled up on stage and dressed up in a pink bow). 
• Teeth ... ortho appointment for Keaton. Dental appointment for the two littles. No cavities, yea!
• School ...Cooper had a science fair project this month.
• Fitbits ... fun to see how everyone compares, even Landon on his mission reporting in! Coop has held the #1 spot fairly often.
• Cars ... Jen ran out of gas in the Durango. SO close to the gas station too. 
• Kitties ... are now banished from the gym after an Oreo accident IN the elliptical. He had been hiding in the back (as he would often do) but Jen didn't notice before starting up. Oreo is okay, but it scared everyone!
• Gadgets and Games ... new digital lock for the front door, which is WONDERFUL! The boys decided they must have a new PS4 and the StarWars Battlefront game. They pooled their money and paid for it. 
• Westra Side ... had a Red Robin dinner with the folks and Shane and Alicia, before they head out to California to live. Kaden came home from his mission, and Corin headed out.
• Blackham side ... Maga and Olivia came to one of Jen's Zumba classes. Jami was in town, and the family came to see one of Cal's games, and then have a b-day celebration for Clayton.