Welp…I got the flu for Christmas. Me and Blake both. And Nat and Simon. Then, we passed it on to Grandma and Josh. So, that’s super exciting. We had to delay our Christmas Eve dinner and jammies so we wouldn’t infect the rest of the family. Everyone was so sad. Josh said, “You mean I…
Merry Christmas!
This year marked the first time since 2014 that we hosted family in Colorado for Thanksgiving. It was a great time! And things are so much easier when you have a sister living 7 minutes away! It was so nice to share the Thanksgiving prep work, and the house guests! Day one we had soup…
Halloween weekend began as it always does, at the Longmont Parade. It was a beautiful morning and all the costumes were so clever. Then the moment we’ve been waiting for…..presenting the cast of HERCULES! Every year just keeps getting better. I wish Halloween was always on a weekend! It was on Monday this year, and…
It’s so fun to have family around to force my kids to do fun things! We did another glow in the dark Easter Egg hunt, decorated cookie, and decorated eggs. It was the best! Blake did not agree. He had a hard time finding eggs and didn’t want any help. He was mad and refused…
We tried something new this year and purchase the Adventure Advent. It’s like our Adventure Challenge, where you scratch off different activities and have to do what is underneath. It was fun to have a few new ideas thrown in the mix with our tried and true. But, before anything else, the most exciting news…
The Banks Christmas party was a lot of fun with never have I ever games, meat pies, and an epic ping pong battle. Carson won the grand prize of $50! Christmas Eve started off with the annual skiing trip, at Brighton this year. It was a lot of fun and we had a good time…
The best Christmas story this year is about Blake’s present. Santa was bringing him a Lacrosse Rebounder. Santa ordered it on Amazon and sent it to G&G Cornell’s house. Well, Santa went to check out that box late on the night of Dec 22rd. Santa opened the big box and inside was a SOLAR PANEL.…
Happy Halloween from our gang to yours! Halle, our resident Halloween lover, had 4 different costumes this year. Ferb, and then at the ward Halloween party she, Riley and Ruby were the Crayons from Studio C. Then at the annual Boulder Stake Halloween Dance (put on by yours truly) She was Crank Newt from the…
We tried to explode Watermelons with Rubber bands, only with mild success. It takes like 300 rubber bands! But it was fun to try. Chocolate making! This was tons of fun! And delicious!
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