Winter Camp

The kids enjoyed seeing friends, eating meals at the dining hall, getting piggyback rides, and all the excitement of winter camp. One of their favorite things was getting to try out crawling through the laser field Katie was setting up for the night game.

Valentine's Day

 We enjoyed our traditional pink heart-shaped pancakes for Valentine's Day breakfast. Joshua and I also got to go out to lunch and we had Manhattan clam chowder in bread bowls for dinner, which was Mary's idea. 

Birthdays in Visalia

After a couple of delays due to us getting sick again, we finally made it down to Dad and Mom's house and had birthday dinner for Heather and David.

Dad, Mom, and the Trevinos got him a new bike. He had to go find it in the garage and at first wasn't sure what to think because he was so excited.

We had more cake with strawberries for dessert. After testing negative for a dairy allergy with both a scratch test and blood work, we were given the green light to give David a dairy challenge. We did it at Mom and Dad's house and he didn't have any trouble, so he's outgrown his dairy allergy! He got to have real whipped cream for the first time on his birthday cake.

He and Hannah enjoyed playing with his new mag tiles from the Nickells that have magnet dinosaurs.

Mary dreamed up lots of projects in the shop and ended up with quite the collection of furniture for her calico critters.

 We returned home on Thursday in heavy rain in time to welcome Joshua back from the CCCA conference.

Five Years

David is five years old and as active as ever!

He loves to climb anything and everything including the fridge, doorjambs, rocks, trees, and people.

He likes books and hearing stories.

His favorite places to play right now are outside, especially when it's rainy or snowy, and in the pillows and cushions from the couches.

He likes being silly and making silly faces.

Legos, little dinosaurs, and his bike are some of his favorite toys.

David likes to help make food or with any project.

 David is fun and sweet and full of energy.

David's Birthday

We had lots of fun celebrating with David on his birthday. He requested pizza with strawberries for dinner and a strawberry cake with strawberries for dessert. On the cake, we decided to put a dinosaur building a snowman.

He was very excited to open his presents.