Devin and Grandpa Kim sewing

Here's the story: Grandpa borrowed a sewing maching from one of the ladies at work so he could fix a couple holes in his jeans. Light bulb didn't work - he had to use a flashlight :) Kinda old but it sure did the trick. As he was finishing up Devin came out and saw it so of course he had to get the scoop and try it out.

Here is Devin making his first sewing attempt. Havin fun!

While Devin was sitting here practicing some hand stitching he noticed a little lightbulb. His curious mind asked what it was for...Grandpa said for the sewing machine but it was burnt out. Devin examined it and and discussed the filaments and other parts inside. They decided they should put it back in the machine so it didn't break. As soon as Grandpa got it screwed back in it turned on!! We all got the giggles and wondered when Devin got his magical powers??

Photography Practice

Devin and Damen wanted to try taking pictures with my camera. Damen took this picture of me and Devin. Devin took this picture of me and Damen. They both did a great job. Just thought I would share with you all :)

Damen's Lego

Damen REALLY REALLY wanted to buy the Star Wars Lego AT-AT but it was $120. I had to put the kabosh on that one! I told him it was just too much money to spend on a lego. He did some searching for the next step down, the AT-ST. Walmart had it for $80 (still too expensive in my opinion). With much internet searching he found it for $50 at lego.com (yes, HE found it). I gave in and let him use some of his Christmas money to order it. We had the big count down of delivery days until it would arrive. UPS got it here one day earlier than expected and you would have thought we were having Christmas all over again!

He started working on it right away. Unfortunately it was a school day so we had to convince him that it would still be there in the morning as it was time for bed. A STRUGGLE. He ended up getting up about 5 a.m. Friday morning and falling back asleep on the couch with the lego right on the coffee table in front of him. He got ready quickly so he could get some building in before we had to leave for school. As soon as we got home after school he started to build. He built until 10:30 p.m.!!! and then woke up Sat morning at 7:09 (because I told him he had to look at his clock and it MUST say 7 before he could get out of bed) and started building again. He did 95% of the building himself which is incredible as the box said for 14+, it probably should be 30+ because grandpa and I had struggles ourselves trying to help! and 1066 pieces.

Damen getting the legs built

Concentrating REALLY hard on the leg

The finished product
I think this will be one lego that will have to stay on top of the dresser??

Rock Climbing

Today I went with Dillon's class to The Peak for some rock climbing. The kids spent 2 hours climbing and messing around. Here is a picture of Dillon holding the safety rope for his friend that was climbing. Dillon giving the wall a try.

Dillon and Abi

Smiling Kids

Damen, Courtney, and Dillon having fun in the snow.

Quinn and Devin enjoying the snow fall.

Trip to Powell

We made a quick trip back to Powell this week to see Boo's brother Chad, his wife Jennifer and their kids Austin, Brennon and Cailynn, as they were here from Texas. Their kiddos don't get to play in the snow like ours do so we made a trip up to Pahaska, close to the Yellowstone border, to go sledding.

Damen taking a break from the strenuous hike up the hill. The boys hiking up the hill so they could go sledding down. Yes boys... Chad and his boys Austin and Brennon, Boo, Quinn, Dillon, Devin, and Damen, and Grandpa Bob, the girls stayed home, except me, as Baby Cailynn wasn't feeling well. The snow was about 3 feet deep and LOTS of fun.

Me, Quinn, baby Cailynn (Chad's and Jenn's 9 month old daughter)
and Dillon peeking in from behind.

Devin petting the goat across the road.

No Hill Needed

Courtney and Dillon pulling Damen around the neighborhood... Damen making a snow angel

Kids wanted to go sledding but was not really in the mood for a drive up the mountain so we decided to hook Dakota up as a "sled dog", she did great! Devin had a blast being pulled, except that he had no control of where she went. Dakota loved to be able to just run at full speed with no one telling her to STOP! We will have to try this again as there was much less work involved for the adults :)

Windy Sledding

Today the winds were blowing about 45 mph in Casper. Going stir crazy, sitting in the house, we decided to see how bad is was up on the mountain. We took our short drive up to our favorite sledding spot, the winds were much more minimal up there, maybe only 30 mph :) The sledding runs were VERY snow packed and FAST! The only one that really enjoyed it was Devin, but then he is our little dare devil. The others had fun just playing in the snow and going down the runs a couple of times.

Courtney and Dillon chillin' in the snow Devin getting ready for another run

Damen

Kids' Fondue

We decided to fondue again tonight. This time the kids got more involved as we had some tempura batter for them to dip their veggies and lil' smokies in. Things taste better when fried right? Well, the kids agreed. They even did pickles! Hard to describe the taste but definitely a keeper. Ohh yeah, frozen virgin margarita's also. As you will see Damen is not in any pictures...that is because Damen does not EAT ANYTHING!! We are going through a faze of only chicken patties or doritos with ketchup..... Dillon and Courtney...Dillon getting ready to fry a mushroom, Courtney just looking cute.

Court and Devin waiting for their food to finish.