Hunter, Autumn, Taryn, Brady and their 3 dogs came to visit from Dec 30-Jan 3.
Due to snow and extremely cold temperatures - school did not resume until Jan 11. It was supposed to start again on Jan 5. The boys enjoyed their extra week off.
On Jan 26 - Brad turned 50! We had a party for him on Jan 23. Taryn and Hunter came down from South Dakota for the weekend to help him celebrate.
Alec was in the Blue Springs School District Spelling Bee on Jan 26. He won his school wide spelling bee in December which made him eligible for the District Bee as well as the Eastern Jackson County Bee which will be held in March. He made it through the 3rd round. We are very proud of him. Our friend from Cub Scouts -Lane Vermillion was also in the Bee and won the whole thing. Way to go Lane!
This last weekend was the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. Alec did not want to do much in the way of building a car. We ended up covering the block of wood with silver shelf paper and putting on the wheels. No cutting, sanding, shaping or painting. No extra weights. Basically a 4.9oz block of wood with wheels. The sad part about all that? - He won 1st place out of 9 in his den!
Other events in January:
Jill turned 16 on Jan 7
Jacob turned 18 on Jan 14
and last but not least - our friends the Schoenbergers welcomed a new baby boy on Jan 28
Cruz Gavin Lee
