Reid and Stefani Adopt

  Ready for the Egg Hunt.  This may be Isaac's last year of doing the egg hunt.  Next year he graduates to helping hide the eggs. Esther examines our cement pile carefully for eggs.  The cement pile is remnants from us taking down our fence. Jaydon find one of his eggs in the tree.

 This Spring Break we stuck around local Florida and visited the Florida home of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, who were good friends and bought summer homes next to each other.  The kids were overwhelmingly bored with the historical site, even though Jaydon and Isaac were the ones who decided to visit that site in the first place.  The next two days, we went biking.   The water line post mark showed how high the water got during the last hurricane.  It came near to taking out these historical monuments. Thomas Edison summer home.  He had two built mirror imaged from each other.  The third house in the back was Henry Ford's house.  He also had two houses. Mom and the kids in front of the statue of Thomas Edison at the historical site. The Banyan tree, which grows roots down from its branches, is the main attraction at this historical site. Reid enjoying the pre chilled beer mug which he filled with water in our Air B'n'B.   Esther doing what Esther does best, finding reptile

 Our family was invited to the Kennedy Space Center to watch a rocket launch because Reid's company worked on the payload for this rocket.  It was really cool, and a little bit chilly.  We did finally hear the sonic boom, but I was super surprised how delayed the sound was from the visual.  The whole ordeal of sending a satellite to outer space was like 15 minutes.  It's crazy how fast we can put a satellite into orbit these days.  

 Isaac participated in the Brevard Phoenix Cup this weekend.  He only plays on Saturdays so we can attend church on the Sabbath and keep the Sabbath Day the Lord's Day.  Isaac has always been very responsive to this--never complaining that he doesn't get to play on Sunday.  His team has gone on to win a couple of tournaments with him helping them on Saturday and not going on Sunday.  I hope they continue to be understanding of our religious views.   Reid took a video of the one of the games they played on Saturday.  Isaac makes a sweet goal at 61:47 on the video, if you are ever interested.  He is player 10 in blue.  This was their second game on Saturday, Jan. 20th, 2024.  I was hoping against hope that someone from our team would score against this team--because our boys were playing up against the 13 year olds, and our team is all 12 year olds and under.  I was super excited when our boys scored, and even more excited that it happened to be my boy that got the goal.  Of cour

 And the adventure begins!  Reid took a big leap of faith and took the kids on a ski trip by himself this year.  I stayed home to work and cough my lungs out.  They went to Pocatello, ID, and stayed with Reid's parents.  It was very quiet at home with them gone! Reid and the boys on the airplane. Esther on the plane...as she sees snow for the first time in a year. Geared up and snotty. Geared up and rosy. Geared up and sleepy.   Up, up and away! Lava Hot Springs break. With animal poses.  And icicles. Issac gets to go to the temple to do baptisms for the dead for the first time.  Grandpa Archibald was happy to escort him. Reid with Isaac at the Pocatello Temple. And I'm happy to report that after a red-eye fight, my little ones are back!  What a whirlwind trip they had!  Now to catch up with school work!  ... And sleep.

  Christmas was low-key this year...except, see those ski bags in the background?