The kids went back to school after Christmas break on January 9th but had a snow day the next day. They went back to school the next two days, but after another major snow storm, church was canceled that weekend. It was a 3 day weekend thanks to Martin Luther King, so they went back to school on Tuesday only to have another snowstorm cancel school for 2 more days. Temperatures rose quickly after that and the snow has mostly melted. But we got almost 18 inches of snow which is a lot for Boise! And the kids thoroughly enjoyed their snow days.

On the day of the big snowstorm we acquired a new member of the family when a friend offered us a free, runt of the litter baby bunny. Snowball (yes, Wilbur was voted down) is as small as the lego bunny Libby got for Christmas! He’s super cuddly and we are going to try having an indoor bunny and see if it works out. He’ll be allowed in only a few rooms of the house and if he starts to stink things up, outside he goes. Amber, our old bunny is still with us, but probably wont’ be for long. She’s pretty old. So far Snowball has been a breeze to potty train. Keep your fingers crossed. 

Levi’s choir has been preparing for a big performance at a music teacher’s conference in Spokane but all the snow days were cutting down on their practices. So the kids organized a snow day practice at someone’s home, which I think is pretty dedicated. When he came home from that rehearsal he found this on our doorstep:

This is how he answered her:

This boy is really enjoying high school life. Someone took this picture of him at a basketball game for their Be Real:

Liberty had her Winter ballet recital this weekend. It’s really fun to watch her on stage and see how far she’s come. She is thoroughly enjoying pointe. I thought I recorded her dance, but ended up only getting the bow. :-(

For my birthday dinner Rock (and Libby) made homemade gnocchi with pesto-my favorite Italian food and a delicious and beautiful peanut butter chocolate cheesecake.

Cade is settling into mission life, though it’s pretty chaotic when you are the district Monkey; the companion of the district leader. He’s learning a lot at a fast pace and is doing really well. 

He described his experience so far (and all of life, I think) perfectly in a letter: “The work has been slow, a lot, amazing, boring, tiring, beautiful, miraculous, etc. Its going to be a long, short two years.” ALL of life is that way, isn’t it?