January Recap

 We didn't do much during the month of January, but I will give you the recap of what we were up to. 

We had a fantastic dinner with grandpa T at the Salt Cellar in Scottsdale where Max ordered the king crab legs.

We attend Max's golf lesson every Friday. He still loves golf and the fact that it's an independent sport.

Max's school choir took a field trip one day and performed at the District wide choir concert. Grandpa T and Grandma S met me there and we were able to enjoy Max's school sing their song for the District. It was a lot of fun to see and I am glad I was able to attend. Max originally signed up for choir because of the Diamondbacks field trip where they got to sing on the field at the beginning of the year, but he has grown to like choir throughout the year. He thinks he will sign up again next year for choir now that it's over.

One night Zoe and Sammy both were sitting on Andy while he was laying on the couch. Just not a care in the world. Of course Max decided he needed to join in too and get a group photo.

Sammy got a field trip to Scottsdale one day to get a bath, teeth brushed, ears cleaned and nails trimmed. My friend recently opened up a dog grooming business so I took her up there to support the business and leave an online review. I was definitely impressed with the place and especially since they were able to cut her nails. Nobody is ever able to cut her nails, so we were both extremely happy that they were able to do it. Sammy enjoyed her field trip but was tired when we got home.

It was a quiet January and will probably be a quiet February too, but I will do my best to keep everyone updated.

Winter Break: Part II

We had two weeks to fill with fun family activities during winter break. After Christmas we went to see Karchner Caverns. It's a cave that is around 72 degrees with 94% humidity. It was super cold outside that day but very nice in the cave. It was a little over two hours to get there but something I have been wanting to see. The place is super strict and won't allow anything in the caves and definitely not phones so we only took one photo out front together.

Max got a deep fryer for Christmas so he deep fried wings, cheese curds and onion rings for the Packer game. The wings were probably the best I every had. He did a fantastic job and made them gluten free for me. He didn't feel well after eating all that since we don't normally eat like that. He now understands eating fried food in moderation and not all at once.

We went bowling one day with our friends because we normally would bowl in WI so Max really wanted to go bowling while he was on break. 

We had our Friends Christmas on NYE and had a great time. We did the annual group photo with the kids. It's crazy how big they have all grown.

I got each kid a box of crayons and wrapped dollars around each crayon. I had a lot of fun doing this and enjoyed seeing their faces when they opened their box of crayons. They eventually figured out the money was wrapped around the crayons and it was hysterical. It was more fun watching them undo the dollars from each crayon. It took them about an hour to undo it.

I got a pinata for NYE because that's what we traditionally have been doing in WI. Max was surprised I go the pinata and he had fun busting it open.

On NYE Andy made fried ice cream to surprise Max since he has been talking about it recently. It's something he never had before and wanted to try. It was definitely good! I am lucky that Andy can just whip something up in the kitchen.

Winter break is over and back to school for Max. It was a nice couple of weeks unwinding and spending time together as a family before the new year. I hope all of our family and friends (near and far) have a fabulous 2025!