State Chess Tournament

Rachel and Chapin participated in the state chess tournament hosted at their school. The did really well. Rachel had two wins and three draws.

Chapin had one win, two losses, and two draws. He played both kindergartners and older first graders. Rachel and Chapin just started getting into the game this fall at our new school. They teach chess as part of their curriculum. Byron played in state and national chess tournaments when he was their same ages. The experience helped both of them to improve their game and confidence. We were proud of them for sticking the long day out and playing so many games.

Happy New Year

We were a bunch of party animals at Grammy's house this year. (She was sacked out on the couch). Rachel was the only little one that stayed up. We played monopoly - the once a year if that game- which Byron literally cleaned house and then we had a movie marathon until 4 in the morning. Byron would have pulled an overnighter but we made him call it quits.

We partied in style with some funny hats, blowers, and poppers!

Bry and Kay were up from St. George and Janell and Phill of course were out. Gramps didn't even take the couch. He went to bed.

Yeah, Good Times!

Sledding on Christmas Day

The Christmas Day blizzard kept the Grandparents snowed in and unable to come for Christmas dinner so we decided to make the most of it and go sledding in our back yard. The walkout made a nice hill. Rachel built a cave. It was a little dark for good pics.