A-maz-ing things here...

Ellie lost her (first) two bottom teeth. Very exciting stuff for this kid. No tooth fairy sightings, but at least she remembered to come!

Carter looks amazingly like Homer Simpson.

And occasionally acts like him too.

It snowed at our house New Year's Day. Did I mention AMAZING? The irony is that was the day we got home from Christmas vacation and were joking how warm it was. Woke up to snow. Ha. ha. ha. It was gone in about 2 hours, though. Phew.

Dee started playing soccer for a rec league. Love it! It's fun to watch and he's loving playing again.

Ty and Dee put together a Christmas gift model helicopter (thanks J&A!). Fun afternoon together plus passed off a Bear requirement. Bonus!

The weather here has been AMAZING too. We had the windows in the car rolled down. Ellie was cupping her hands out the window then putting them on her face and inhaling. I asked her what she was doing and she said, "Catching the wind. It smells like sunshine!"

We went hiking yesterday around the Castle Crags area. We walked on part of the Pacific Crest Trail and as I was explaining to the kids what that was and why it's significant Tyler shouted, "You mean we have to hike all the way to Mexico?!" I think he was mostly concerned about the lack of snacks for that sort of hike.

Amazingly only one kid fell in the water (Ellie) and it was just one foot.

This is Mt. Shasta from the Crags viewpoint.

This is the Castle Crags. It surprises you as you come around the corner on I-5. We live in such an amazing place!

The crew at the view-point. The telescopes were a big hit as you can tell.

A-MAZ-ING!