Valentine's Events and more

For Valentine's Day, Avery got to go to a Daddy/Daughter dance this year! She was very excited and loved being there with her Daddy and friends.

Avery dancing with her friend Reese.

Here is a video of Reese and Avery doing the Macarena!

Macarena

For Valentine's Day, Carlton treated us to a day at an indoor fun park where we were able to play mini golf, bumper cars, go carts, laser tag and the kids also enjoyed a few arcade games.

Laser tag

Mini golf

There was also a foam pit and trapeze, so here is a video of Carlton doing the trapeze into the foam pit:

Carlton trapeze

And Avery:

Avery trapeze

The Sunday before President's Day, the kids and Carlton explored the Park City side of the mountain. Their ski/snowboard school was off that day and I was sick with a cold but they had a great time! Here are some pictures Carlton took.

 

Here is a video of Gavin snowboarding:

Gavin Snowboarding

I do not have any videos of Avery skiing because she has been exploring blue runs on the mountain and did her first black diamond run this past Sunday!!

Here is a video of Avery doing a weather report at school:

Avery Weather

The kids have 3 more Sundays of ski/snowboard school and then we will be off on a new adventure for Sprnig Break!!

"I'm Jib!"

Our Mr. Gavin was one of four narrators in the musical Finding Nemo! They just had their performance on Friday night and I have recordings of it but they are broken into sections instead of one long recording. The audio isn't great - sorry. Also, not all the kids had a microphone to use and some of them are a bit hard to hear but please enjoy the music!! (Do not be intimidated by the number of links - the whole play was only 30 minutes long)

Gavin 1

Gavin 2

Gavin 3

Gavin 4

Gavin 5

Gavin 6

Gavin 7

He was so proud of himself and we were proud of him!! Not only did he do the performance on Friday night but they performed it twice on Wednesday and twice on Thursday during school for the kids. He had just recovered from the flu the week before and his voice wasn't quite back but he still got though it!

Getting ready for his performance.

Group photos of the whole cast and crew. Mr G with his huge grin!!

Our friends, the Searle's, joined us for the Friday evening performance too!

Avery was dressed as a dalmatian because it was the 101st day of 1st grade! Here is a quick video of Avery doing one of her gymnastics skills on the balance beam:

Avery on beam

Here is another quick video of Avery doing a cherry drop off the bar:

Cherry Drop

Two more pictures - new helmet covers for skiing/snowboarding!

That is all for now!! 

Christmas and NYE

I am behind in my posts again but wanted to give a quick update - before all the Chrsitmas craziness, I had cataract surgery on both eyes (one on a Tuesday and the other on Wednesday). We didn't have enough going on so I decided to add more to my plate! This is how I had to sleep for a couple nights so there wouldn't be any pressure on my eyes. Fun, fun, fun!

This Christmas we visited Santa, Gavin was Student of the Month, we made individual gingerbread houses (meaning I bought a kit of premade houses at Target that we each decorated) and we went to a performance at the Utah Symphony!

We did not notice the certificate was upside down until days later! Ha!

And Grandparents joined us at our house for Christmas this year!

Avery lost a tooth on Christmas Day (that way the Tooth Fairy didn't have to compete with Santa).

Avery read to Grandpa and got to build some Lego with Grandma.

We all gave Grandpa hugs before he drove back to Phoenix.

We escorted Grandma to the airport for her flight home.

Everyone received face masks in their stockings, so we got to try those out!

The kids and I celebrated Noon Year's Eve at Ken's Gym where they did a balloon drop at noon.

After the New Year, Avery got her ears pierced! She chose her birthstone which is an emerald.

Gavin got to join Daddy at a Jazz game while Mommy and Avery did a girls night at home (Avery was sick with the flu).

Avery lost another tooth!

Face masks and nails! (Her nails stayed on for about 20 minutes...each one coming off as she continued to play on her gymnastics bar)

That's all for now folks!! We hope you are enjoying 2026! Stay healthy - the flu is rampant. Avery had it in the beginning of January and now Gavin has it. Hope you can avoid it!