Pete and Casey went up for a ski day with the other 6th grade students on the 15th. Because it had snowed so much the previous week they had a lot of fresh powder. Casey wanted to venture out into the fun looking powder, but quickly learned that wasn't as much fun as it looked so he stayed on the more groomed and well traveled paths for the day. Pete had a blast with his buddies on the mountain and has had fun growing in his ski skills this year.
I stole away to watch Casey's last home game on the 16th. It's always a treat to see Casey in his element coaching and encouraging the girls to play to their strengths and to give it their best. Casey had one of his best season's ever with 12 wins and 4 losses. He's proud of this team and all the hard work they've put in this year to come out on top. His season ended just over a week ago. This past week the JV and Varsity started districts. JV ended up winning both games and made #1 in districts. Varsity won one and lost one last week. They'll continue their district games this week with the hopes of getting to State (that will be next weekend).
We had school cancelled on the 17th. The storm came in with a vengeance and we wouldn't have made it out that morning to work. The kids enjoyed a random snow day in their week. Casey and Pete plowed out a few houses. Besides Casey getting in an afternoon practice at the school we just had an easy going day at home.
Pete's got to go to his friend Gage's house on the 19th for a party. They had pizza and got their scare on with a scary movie. His little friend group cracks me up trying to get their thrills in. That same night Casey and I had a staff party for the middle school teachers at the Brickhouse in Twin. We had a delicious dinner followed by games and conversation with our fellow staff / spouse's. It was a fun date night. I won for guessing which teachers said what in a game, and Casey's team won a round of "Family Feud."
Pete has had games the last three Saturday's. His team won their game on the 20th! He made some baskets and played well. Last week on the 27th his team fought hard and ended up loosing by just a couple of points. Pete put in his best game yet! He was on point for defense and got in some shots to help his team out. It was the first loss of the season and the boys were disappointed. Yesterday was Pete's last regular season games before his tournament day this coming weekend. He finally got to go up against his best buddy Austin (funny enough, they're both #5 on their teams). His team was missing a couple of players and the other team was on a roll. Pete's team ended up losing by a bit.
Kendal got to go up to Magic Mountain on the 20th for a free afternoon of cross country skiing with her friend Hope. She had a good time learning something new. She said she got bored of the little loop they went on, but had a good time anyway.
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Alice had her birthday party also on the 20th. I'm so bummed that I didn't take any pictures of her friends and the fun. Alice had Natalie, McCall, Sophie, and Emma over for her party. The girls made bracelets first and then decorated cookies. After presents we played games. Alice was so excited for her party, she spent the weeks leading up to her party begging to decorate and plan for her party. It was a messy chaos, but the girls had a great afternoon together!
With the quarter ending this past month, Kendal and Peter got their grades in and Alice had parent teacher conferences. Kendal got a 4.0! She stresses and works so hard and were glad her efforts come out with such awesome grades! Peter got on the high honor roll. He's more casual than his sister when it comes to school and is not driven to get only A's, but he works hard and is doing so good in his classes. Kendal get's to be in Art and P.E. for third quarter, and Peter gets to be in Finance and Computer Basics this quarter. Alice continues to grow and impress us with her smarts and good scores at school. She's at a 4th grade reading level now and working on second grade work in Math and spelling. Her teacher would like her to talk less and listen better in class, but otherwise loves having Alice in her class.
Kendal and Casey got to go up to ski for the 7th / 8th grade ski day on the 26th. It was overcast, but a nice day for them up on the hill. We had rain here, but nothing crazy. I had to attend a training in the morning, then I caught up on some work before I came home for the afternoon. Pete ran off to play and I hung out with Alice to play.
It was the annual fundraiser / chili night at the high school Friday night so Casey took the older two to eat and see the games for the boy's last home game of the season. Alice opted out so we stayed home and had a chill evening playing / reading together before I put her to bed and studied for my ABCTE work.
Nothing major happening to fill this post with anything else. Our days are full of school, work, basketball, church, and living life. Can't believe it's already February. Basketball ends this coming week for Pete and this or next week for Casey depending on how Varsity does finishing up districts. We'll get a tiny break in between sport seasons, and continue to do what we do!
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