Crap, the stinkin’  groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow so we’re in for 6 more weeks of Winter.  I’ve already been living in my North Face coat…right kids!?  I rarely take it off and they make so much fun of me!  I detest being cold.  Luckily, I have a lot to occupy my time so I get distracted and forget I’m constantly chilled to the bone.

This month, Morgan made a weekend trip down to Dallas to guest play in a soccer tournament.  Yay MoMo!  Despite the long drive, it was an opportunity she did not want to pass up.  So the Sassy Dads (see previous post on Justin Beiber/CO trip!), Morgan, and Emma hit the road…

They came home with one win, one tie, two losses, and massive blisters on their feet.  So maybe life on the soccer tourney circuit is not all that glamorous!?  Thank goodness for Mom’s that pack good snacks…right!?

I was holding down the fort here with the rest of the crew.  Jake competed in a BB tourney here in KC.  Despite the obvious size difference, they did win some games and had a lot of fun.  These 6th grade boys are fun to watch!Just when I thought he was looking so much older and more mature, then he steps up next to this guy looking like a toddler!Jake’s Panthers BB team has been playing in a bunch of tournaments this season and traveled out of town for the first time for a tournament in DesMoines, IA.  They faced some very stiff competition there!

1.20.18 Friends, Sports, PS4, Candy, and Gatorade…the best combination for 6th grade boys!

In the meantime, we didn’t have a gymnastics meet, so Reece and I worked on school Valentines and boxes.  So fun!  Luckily Reece shares in my love of arts and crafts.

And we made our own little Superbowl party…

Wow – who knew the Super Bowl could be so entertaining!?  This is the first time I’ve watched it from beginning to end.  And we loved watching Justin Timberlake in the half time show as you can see here by Reece…

This is very typical behavior in our house.  Reece is always putting on a show of some sort (generally gymnastics is involved!).  And Drew decided to wear this cute wreath that we made at a NYE party as a hat to watch the superbowl.  I think he is pulling it off pretty well!

Meanwhile, Morgan and Brian were watching it on an iPad in the car ride home from Dallas.   Not the most ideal scenario, but it worked!

And we had to welcome them home with a poster and treats.  That’s just what we do!

Morgan is continuing to entertain us by playing on the freshman basketball team at her high school.   It’s a sad state of affairs when going to high school sports is your main source of entertainment isn’t it!?  We love watching you play, MoMo!

And we beat my Alma Mater, Olathe South!  Woo Hoo…go Ravens!That same week, Morgan also played in an Orchestra concert at school.  As usual, we all filed out of the auditorium envious of the talent and raving about the concert.  It’s truly amazing!

How does anyone have time to sleep with all of these sports, playing instruments, and homework!?  And they still make time to snap chat, watch netflix, make signs and find dresses for school dances!

High school can be a touch complicated sometimes so luckily I still have Reece and Drew to keep me in the fun world of little kiddos!  Drew tried out for the Math Wings team at school and recently competed in the regional competition.  Or should I say, he watched his partners compete as he doodled on his paper!?  We didn’t see a lot of math being computed.  Not even my dad, a math wizard, was trying to do the problems.  They’re way too hard!

He’s been playing some basketball with his 4th grade buddies – they have some snazzy new uniforms!  Go Lenexa Elite!Reece completed her 2nd grade biography project on Clara Barton!  She was so interested in learning about her and dove full force into this school project.

Just in case you are not aware, Clara Barton started the American Red Cross!

Reece handles school with as much intensity as gymnastics.  And for that, her teacher, completely adores her!  Sometimes I think she loves Mrs. Anderson more than her own family 😉  Here is a video clip of Reece presenting her biography project to her 2nd grade class today….job well done Reecie pie!  So Cute!

So that pretty much wraps up a lot of what has been going on in this mid-winter time period!   It’s been a mess of activities…we even cancelled a CO ski trip because we just had TOO MUCH going on!  When your high schooler would rather not miss school than go skiing, you know that it’s time for the family to chill out for a bit!  One more thing on the schedule, and we were going to lose our minds.

Spring Break can’t get here fast enough!