Some winter time fun

This is just a way for me to get out all of the random pictures I have collected from the past couple of months...I hope you enjoy seeing pictures of us all and some of the ways we spend our free time.

Gwangi still loves his Legos and he brought back a bunch of them from KG and has been slowly putting them all back together. He saves all his instruction booklets for just this kind of thing.

Sissi and I have spent some of our free time learning how to do water color painting. Definitely some fun mother and daughter time each week.

Sissi needed a desk, so we picked one up on Amazon, but we of course had to put it together. Miss Clara had to sit right in the middle of the project.

I just love her face and expressions!

This is where Sissi was doing her school work before hand.

This is her new desk and school area.

This is how we repurposed her dormer window nook. Super comfy and all set up for cuddling and reading.

Gwangi and more of his Lego sets.

The Etsy necklace that we ordered for Sissi after her bunny, Winnie, passed away over Christmas back in Kyrgyzstan.

Road trippin' down to South Carolina and doing school in the van.

We went down to meet up with the boys' friend, Levi.

Indy and I just had Sissi for the weekend, so we did a few special outings. One outing was getting all the sushi!

When we went back down to pick up the boys we spent a couple of hours with our friends having a picnic lunch.

I spent some of my Christmas money to get a Mickey head waffle iron on sale at Hobby Lobby. It's going to be a family favorite, for sure!

The boys spent 30 hours online over 2 weeks learning all the "driver's ed" stuff.

It was rough, as we weren't planning on having to do this, but instead just going into the DMV when they are 18 and getting a license, but due to COVID, the DMV isn't doing the driving test right now and so driver's ed is mandatory now.

My sweet girl, all finished with her school work for the day.

Our precious kitty, Clara.

Our adorable puppy, Vera.

We ordered some author copies of Krypto's book to have on hand so that we can give a copy here or there to a friend.

Getting out for a hike on a lovely January day.

We met up with our friends, the Weltons, and their dog.

Couldn't keep going on the path, see how it's under water?

While out we were searching for a couple of letterboxes. We got to introduce our friends to the really neat activity of searching for them and adding them to our notebook.

Group photo!

Emily and I, after finding our 2nd letterbox.

This is our old, and original, letterbox "stamp" that we made back in '08 or '09. It's an eraser that we carved the "S" and the "prop and wings" into.

Just a fun "screen shot" I tool from the Liberty University Parents group. I'm so glad I've been able to join and start to hear and see all the information/traffic. It's going to be a great experience up there for the kids.

Started our annual tradition of the "14 days of Valentines" where we put hearts on their doors with things that we love about them. This year Sissi and Krtypo have added quite a few by themselves to everyone's doors.

For a few days we had my dad and Isabel visiting and also my brother, Ben, and Lynsey. Some good food, fellowships, and games were how we spent our free time together.

The kiddos with Ben and Lynsey before they left.

Indy and I with them.

The fireplace/mantle all cleaned up from Christmas.

Another fun outing with Dad and Isabel...bowling.

We think it might have been the first time they can remember going? We might have gone 10 plus years ago back in Colorado, but none of them can really remember ever bowling.

Dad and Isabel.

The kids.

Indy, all ready to set a new record!