Monday was New Year's Eve! As is traditional, the Groslands came over and we played games until midnight! At midnight, the kids ran out into the snow in their barefeet and we toasted each other with bubbly apple cider. It was a ton of fun. We look forward to that every year.

Tuesday was New Year's Day and my birthday! Kevin and I went to see Aquaman in the theatre and then out to dinner at the Olive Garden where they gave me free chocolate fudge cheesecake. Yum! Back at home, all the kids sang to me and we had a family night where we all set goals for the year. Cheyenne wanted a family goal where every kid vacuums one day a week! I liked that one. We will see how it goes! We are also going to learn a hymn each month--with parts! (We will see how that one goes too . . . Ha ha!) I am going to take a page out of Kevin's fitness book and try to walk 8000 steps a day this year. I will have one week done today!

Wednesday was back to school and back to a hundred other things. Cali had basketball practice from 3 to 5. Chey had a basketball game at 3:30. Beth had basketball practice from 4:30 to 5:30. Ben had Pack Meeting at 6:00 and Mariah had a game at 7:00. I was in charge of Beth's basketball practice AND Ben's pack meeting (we made clothespin cowboys riding clothespin horses. They were adorable). Kevin coached Ben's basketball team's first game at 6:30 even though Ben wasn't there and still the two of us managed to catch the end of Mariah's basketball game. Phew! Sarah cheered on Chey at her basketball game and picked up Calianne for us and saved us seats at Mariah's game. Savannah was back to work that day. It was a really hard day to end vacation with and I was really, really happy when we could look back at it from the other side!

Thursday was relatively peaceful! Practices and karate all done by dinnertime. Yay! Actually, Mariah and Chey were reffing basketball games that night, I think. It was peaceful for the rest of us.

Friday Chey and Mariah had games in Heber. Sarah said she'd hold down the fort for me, so Kevin left work early and we spent the afternoon/evening in Heber watching games, doing some walking, and having some dinner. They both lost, boo! But we had fun and got some milkshakes for the ride home.

Saturday, Savannah bought us all tickets to go see Spider-Man into the Spiderverse! Somehow, (and it really was quite a feat: Mariah and Chey came straight from work and Beth, Dad, and I left immediately afterward to go to Beth's bantam game) she found two hours where we were all free and we met at the theatre in three cars, but we all made it and had a great time! Thanks, Savannah!

During the week, we were surprised to receive a box from Singapore! Megan sent us each a t-shirt and a letter. We wore them all in the above picture. We love them! Just like we love that Megan girl! It felt like she was there in the theatre with us!