There was no school on Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Kevin and I used the day to catch up on some work, and Beth and Ben had the neighborhood friends come over to play some games and hang out. Tuesday and school was back before we knew it!

Beth had a pretty good week. She did take a day off on Wednesday after an exhausting day on Tuesday. She had swing dancing in the morning and karate in the evening and looming dread over math homework yet to be done. She rested up and helped Sarah with Avery and even managed to go sledding with the YM/YW that evening. She barely made it to the door afterward, but she was glad she went because she had a great time. The math homework still isn't done, but she went to school on Thursday and Friday! I think homework might be her Kryptonite. Not that she isn't legitimately tired and feeling yucky all the time, because she is. I admire her ability to keep facing each day when she knows how exhausting and hard it is going to be.

Ben had a pretty good week. He is liking school better and may come around to enjoying PE. I will keep you posted. A day after his team lost every match in badminton, they won every game. Ben says it's because he figured out an unreturnable spike serve. He's not sure if it is legal but I guess he will keep using it until someone tells him otherwise! He also had tennis this week and karate. He and Beth continue to play the VR game together that they bought. He's studied so much chess online that he played Kevin on Saturday and beat him in less than ten minutes. That father-son activity doesn't take much time anymore!

Savannah had paid time off on Monday! She worked the rest of the week and has gotten her energy back! We are so glad! She even went to karate with Beth and Ben on Thursday for "Bring a Friend to Karate Day." She is pretty sore from that this weekend!

I'm doing school and work. Kevin's doing work and church. Sometimes in the evenings we all watch a show together. It's cold outside and everything is still covered in snow. It's pretty. We've seen deer and elk and the winter birds. Our heater works and we've even seen the sun a couple of times this week so we'll call that a win.