Evey’s First Confirmation

I think that's what it's called… she just did the next level in the Catholic Church so she is super qualified as a catholic… and now she can do anything at church! She can sing in the choir or open the door, that's how qualified she is, she can now put the numbers up in the board and let people know what songs we're singing and she can escort crying babies to the crying room, if she deems them too big of crybabies, she can shut that right down.

Ok I don't really know what just happened but I'm proud of Evey and she got us all this photo with this religious figure who gets to wear red like the Imperial Royal Guard in the Star Wars films! So you know that it's a big deal! 

Congrats Evey great job! 

Eclipse 4/8/24

Don't worry, I'm gonna burn that pile on Friday!

Do worry, that cat could attack at any moment! 

Boyd’s 6th grade choir performance

Good news! He did not black out!

Bend those knees, son! I taught him well.

Oh the performance was… great. I don't think Boyd is too into choir, that's just a guess… he does have good taste in music, though.

Boyd is on the top row, fourth from far left. 

Now THAT was a party!

Evey hosted her first full-on party at the house… on a Tuesday night! The cars kept pulling in! It was crazy! I think there are… 27 girls and one dog in this photo!

PARTY IN THE HOJ!

Sweet Koko & Sweet Evey Melosa

A DQ run on a very cold day

We had Boyd's 5th/6th basketball rec league game in De Soto and we got beat pretty good, maybe 32-17 or something like that.

The weather was awful, like -1 and there was blowing snow. We decided to head to Dairy Queen to see Evey -- Bub's suggestion.

I'll admit I wanted Mexican food (because I always want Mexican food) then it occurred to me that Bub meant the DQ in Eudora, so we could see Evey. And that, suddenly, was a no-brainer. I was clearly thinking with my stomach and not my head. 

Evey cheered us all up (OK, I might have been the only one who was a little moody) and we all got some amazing 4-piece chicken strip dinners with plenty of gravy and the most well-buttered Texas toast anyone has ever served. Bravo, DQ cook.

From there we headed home and chilled out, waiting for the Chiefs game to kick off. It was a surprisingly quiet weekend, as I was expecting company in from Chicago, but their flights got canceled twice. 

The Chiefs game was good! Chili dogs were served. 

Kansas City set a record low on Monday morning, MLKJ Day... -16 out at the airport. 

Snow day!

Got about 7-8 inches early January