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January 2021

 

January

School got back into swing. District 91 decided to have all the kids back for the four-day a week schedule instead of the staggered schedule with only half the kids there are a time. This was better for Chloe in that she had more friends there, but also meant that she had to get up every day and get ready, which was hard to adjust to.

We had a little family party for Phoebe’s 20th birthday. Her main present was spending a few days in California with her roommate, Carlie. We had cake and ice cream and enjoyed hanging out.



January is always a little mellow with the post-Christmas, back-to-school blahs. Kory really put his new puzzle table to good use. Chloe started trying out cooking some different desserts. She made delicious peanut butter and chocolate treats and crepes another night. We measured everyone on the measuring board.











On January 15, Kory and I headed up to Island Park for an over-nighter. We had dinner at Pond’s Lodge and stayed at the Marriott. On Saturday we had breakfast, sat in the hot-tub, then checked out. We went to Harriman and did some snowshoeing. It was Kory’s first time and we had borrowed some old snowshoes from friends. The binding broke about halfway through, but luckily the trail was pretty packed down and he could just hike in his boots. Harriman was beautiful as always, and we want to go back and ski. That night we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse and had Madi as our server.





Austin and Leah found a spec home that they want to buy in Shelley. It’s just about ten minutes from our house and seems perfect for their family. If everything goes according to plan, it will be ready to move into in September. McKenzie got a job with Journeys in Idaho Falls and was super-excited about it.

On January 22 we got together with some of our Rexburg friends. Our friends, Greg and Tamara Palmer invited us, Joelle, and the Rowe’s over for dinner. Then they shared some pictures from their mission as mission presidents in the Mexico Veracruz mission. It was amazing to hear all they had to handle as COVID hit.

We are still trying to get Caleb ready to take his driver’s test. We took him out on a night drive one night and he found that driving at night feels pretty different!

 

I redid my home office and this is my view! A picture of the Tetons from Teton Valley.
This is what I look like when I'm teaching with my face shield. 


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  1. AmyFebruary 15, 2021 at 1:50 PM

    Good report! I am back to the blogging finally! I was trying to do it from an app on my phone and it doesn't look like the pictures even came through. Shawn surprised me with a laptop for Valentines day and I'm already almost all caught up!

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    1. SuzetteFebruary 17, 2021 at 11:48 AM

      What a great Valentine's gift!!! I'm excited to see your pics and read your updates!

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