Mini-Vacation in the Mountains

The kiddos first trip to the mountains and first time in a hotel room will be marked by many memories.

- Fast moving front dumped 12 inches of snow in the mountains

- The van refused to finish its climb up the mountain - we tried twice and even tried backwards and finally followed after the plow truck.

-A wonderful husband who kept us all calm and who made three trips to get all our stuff into the hotel (We couldn't get up the hill to the hotel parking lot.)

-It wasn't the vacation we expected but it turned out to be great - ate at good restaurants, read books and played games, played in the pool and played in the snow

-Our love and devotion to each other can be proven because three out of the four of us have strep throat. Thanks goodness for antibiotics!!

Bryce's "First" Story...

....without frustration or tears.

He was assigned to write a story after using a Story Grid to determine his characters, plots, etc. He was told he could write about anything and not worrying about spelling.

One day superheeros were in the jungel

then Megatron flew over them.

Then Optimus prime came.

They folt. Then Bumblebee

came. And Optimus prime and

Bumbelbee win the badel.