Happy Valentine's Day!

All you need is love.

Love is all you need.

Jump

What does one do on a Saturday night before bed?

Jump, of course! The kids had a blast!

Stella takes a leap with Carson.

Owen!

Carson flies.

Ike and Owen


Who knew jumping off the fireplace ledge could be so much fun?
Simple pleasures.

Our January day.

What does one do when it's almost 60 degrees on a January day? What if you knew Papa, Mimi, Great Grandma Porter and Great Aunt Kristy are all in town?

Well...

We start the day by gathering sticks in the backyard with Papa. (You will know why that was an important job in just a minute.)

We get to play with our new basketball hoop that Papa and Mimi gave us for Christmas.
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Great Grandma Porter even got a game in.

What a shot, Carson!

Game on!

Owen

Papa plays, too.

We got to have a weenie roast in the fire pit in our backyard.

Stella, Mimi, Isaac, Papa, Owen and Carson cooking dinner.

Mimi, Isaac, Papa, Owen, Stella and Great Aunt Kristy.

Yum. Yum.

Weenies roasting over an open fire.

Carson eats the hot dog he cooked.

Isaac has one, too.

Stella loves 'ot dogs, as well.

Owen's third hot dog. Mmm, they were good!

And for dessert?

Marshmallows of course!

Owen and Carson roasting marshmallows.

We called Owen the master marshmallow roaster. He was full of advice on how to cook marshmallows over an open fire. He never burned a single one. His marshmallows might be warm by next Christmas. He held his stick so high above the fire that they didn't even get warm. He ate the marshmallows everybody else roasted. Smart boy.