Christmas party

Our friends, Paul and Stephani had a Christmas Pirate exchange party at their house

Remodel

When we built our house in 2006 we had planned on making built-in cupboards/book shelves on each side of the fireplace, but never did.  We have been talking about possibly moving out of state for the last year, but we can't seem to find any place we like more than Spokane.  We're still considering Austin, Texas and Arizona... but as of right now we're leaning more towards staying in Spokane.  We're lucky to live so close to nature with tons of hiking/biking trails, lakes, skiing, etc.  We both have jobs we love.  The kids are in a great school district.  The cost of living is great here.   So, after looking at some homes in the Spokane valley, which is closer to Jason's job... we decided the housing market is ridiculous right now.  We love our house and the area, but just wish it was closer to the valley which is where we do our shopping and most of our activities.  But we decided to stay in our house for a while anyway.  And we decided to make some upgrades to our house. 
First up.. the fireplace.  Jason decided to finally do the built-in shelves.

Thanksgiving

This year it was just the 4 of us for Thanksgiving.  I actually had to work from 3-midnight.  I originally wasn't going to cook a big dinner, but changed my mind.  The boys loved our little dinner.

Frozen 2

I took the boys on a movie date to Dinner and a Movie to see Frozen 2 at the Northern Quest theater.  We love their theater with huge reclining seats, dinner/snacks during the movie served to you and the theater only seats about 30 total.  We ordered cheesy fries to share and individual drinks.  Great movie!

Below is Connor's solar system project for school this year.  The bottom picture was a project from last year (4th grade) where he had to recreate his favorite scene that he read in a book.  He chose the Notebook of Doom.

bubble bath

It's not very often that Connor agrees to take a bath with Kaiden.  For the last couple years he's preferred to take showers over bath's, but once in a while Kaiden can talk his big brother into playing in the bath tub with him. 

November

I took the boys to check out the dog park with Piper and I.

 Grandpa had his second knee replacement done

dog park

I found another dog park for Piper!