Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

We have a family membership to the Monticello Discovery Center.  It is fun to drive up and spend an hour looking at the exhibits and playing with the interactive sections.  We went with Rob and Mallory Lyman's family this time.  Rob and I made some satellites.  Melissa and Hannah to advantage of the on-site glamor studio!  2 of my cute girls.  Somehow, after Sunday dinner the kids convinced us to play games at Grandma Workman's and they were introduced to Twister.  This game is even more challenging when you don't know left from right.  Possibly dressed for the school Valentine's Party? Thursday the 11th at 8:30 AM, must be posing before school.  And just a few minutes later, Melissa called me at work and told me Zoe wasn't well.  Her belly had swollen the past couple days and Melissa decided to take her to the vet.  They have a small clinic in Blanding, but they weren't able to properly assess her because their x-ray was down....

It's done! Saturday January 2nd, I moved all the tools back from the new main street rental to the shop.  This photo and my smile signify that renovation is finished.  An hour later we went up to a really good sledding hill on the mountain road with Nikki and Ben Safrit.  "On the mountain road" is the perfect description, considering we just stopped at the top of a hill on the road and sledded down.  Ben brought his 4 wheeler and pulled us back up.  Several sleds were destroyed in the process, but everyone had a good time.  Sun, snow and smiles.  Sunday dinner at Grandma's.  Sometimes, when the kids are in the other room and quiet, they aren't destroying everything.  They played for a solid hour without any fighting.  Bill designed and hand built most of the trusses in his garage addition.  After assembling them and putting them up, the city inspector told him they have to be built with nails, not screws.  So we spent hours ove...