Valentines

Grandpa Dan brought the girls Valentine cards and candy this morning when he picked up Rielee for school.  They were so happy  and quickly ate their oatmeal and toast so they could eat a piece of chocolate.  

Luke basketball

 Saturday:   We went to Vancouver to watch Luke play basketball.  I thought his coach (on the left) looked familiar, Kelly told me he is KATU reporter. 

 Ava and Harper spent their time at the game mostly snacking and chatting with everyone.

The team getting some serious advice from the coaches.  Luke played really well, as did his team, coming from behind to win the game.

Rielee came over when we got home and spent the night.  We watched the Lorax and played beachball volleyball.

This morning we got up early and when Parker came back from spending the night at the Dolan's we did some crafts for Valentines Day.



Reading, bakery, district

 Rielee and Harper doing some early morning reading.

 The girls were invited to play with Bridget this morning, again they said it was okay to drop them off because they were "big girls".  When we picked them up we headed to the bakery for a treat, of course they wanted one of everything!   They got cinnamon twists but once we got home they shared them with Papa so they could have some of his maple bar.

This picture is from the girls district 53-30 win over Rainier tonight.  Tierney had 21 points, Macee had 11.  Tierney is shooting a foul shot and the Woodland band members are cheering for her, it was so cool that the Woodland band stayed after their game was over to play for the Rockets since our band wasn't there. 

Valentines

It's been easy to keep the kids busy these days, we have blank cards, stickers and markers on the table all the time, so whenever they are bored, they can sit and work on their Valentines.  They usually draw a picture of whoever the card is for, and sometimes Ava will put stickers on the hands of the person.  Today she drew a very nice picture with what I thought were shoes, but she informed me that the person had on boots and gloves for the snow, which she then added to the picture.  We've talked a lot about the meaning of Valentines Day.  They got so excited about it today that they had to take some cards home for Mom, Dad, Luke and Lexi. 

Rocks

The girls played with rocks all afternoon.  They brought some in and played "store" with them, with Ava bringing in only the "shiny" ones which she took in the bathroom and washed.  Their conversation was so funny, at one point, Harper had one little brown rock she was holding and she told Ava "this little rock is so sad, he can't find his Mommy".  Ava ran outside and found a bigger brown rock, washed it and gave it to Harper and told her "here is his Mommy, he's not sad anymore". Before long, Harper took the biggest pot outside and filled it with gravel, or "baby rocks" as they call them, to make some rock soup.  Alan was here visiting at the time, and he and I agreed that Papa handled it all quite well as more and more rocks were hauled in the house, much better than he would have a couple of years ago.  He has mellowed considerably with these two.

Helping with the firewood

 

The girls love helping Papa get the firewood, all the while telling him how strong they are and how many muscles they have!

Here is a link to YouTube showing Parker making one of several 3 point shots he made today as his team beat Hockinson 49-37.  He had 16 pts. total. http://youtu.be/nu1h6pFGCsk

Senior night, Parker's birthday

 Tonight was Senior night for Macee, Tierney and 5 other Rockets. Tierney had 22 points, Macee had 15 in a win over Toledo.  They were undefeated in League for the second year and district starts next week.  After the game, it was time for Parker's birthday party.

13 years old already! Des made 2 cakes, one for me also.

  The twins had been so excited for the party and had asked about it all day.  "Is time for Parker's party yet?"

Parker was so happy to get this hat, he has wanted one like this forever. 



                                                  

He got lots of sports-related stuff, a basketball and  "new money" as Harper called it. It was a fun party.