Saturday, January 17, 2026

Wilmington, Delaware

We drove over to Wilmington Delaware for the long weekend.  We hit some National Park spots and a few museums.  It was a bit snowy one night, so to give time for plows and melting, we stayed inside the hotel room watching movies for the morning. 

I have no idea where my pictures from the weekend went, so this is all I can put in for our travel log. 

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Owen's Deacon Dinner

Owen is now a Deacon! Since he turns 12 this year, he can move out of Primary and into Young Mens.  He is super excited.  He wanted to host "Owen's Deacon Dinner" and invite all the nearby family over to be at church and have a yummy dinner. My mom, George, Cindy, Colton, Adrienne, Otto, Rory, Abby, and Books came over.  Dinner was excellent and all the kids had a blast playing together. 






Thursday, January 1, 2026

January 2026

We had a rather impressive snow storm which was a heavy crust of sleet so that everything turned to an ice rink. School closed for three days and then we had to do two days of virtual.  My dislike of virtual "learning" is impossible to put into words.  The boys did really great with all their classes to log in and do their assignments. We discovered the hills at the golf course as perfect sledding.  The crust was so thick that by the day after the storm you could barely stomp through to make footprints to walk through. At the beginning of the month we went down to the Kennedy Center to see Spamalot.  It was really fun.  School, work, and the daily taskers are marching on.  The boys are both doing great with their schoolwork.  Damon is ridding the Naval Academy of wisdom teeth one mouth at a time.  My classes are going well.  Meade is not an easy school to teach at, but all experiences can be learning opportunities. Milton finally gave in to getting a haircut! His inspiration was us looking up 1970s hair styles. We also got to visit Bethesda and see another hockey game.