Here are some photos of what we have been up to. Kj and Mike went to Lake City to the annual Ice Fishing Tournament. Kj and has been so excited for this trip that once again sleep has been hard to get!! For Kj Journeying out, Jess bought him a gas powered ice auger. The boy has almost everything he needs for ice fishing now!

Over President's Day weekend, we traveled to Denver to see Denise go to the Temple for the first time. She was so nervous, but felt it was so right. It was so good to be able to share that moment with her. Thank you!



Buster has learned how to play with a football. We have to admit that some evenings, our entertainment comes from watching Buster try to "get his ball."

Lastly, Kj set up a few more things in the baby's room. The swing makes jungle noises and after we turned it on, it took hours to get it to stop! We kept thinking it was done, and then out of no where we would hear random sounds. We need to download some instruction books as most of what we have, we have been blessed by obtaining by hand-me downs.


On a side note, Jess is trying to do her scrapbooking, and we don't have any photos of Thanksgiving. If any of you have some photos of us over that weekend, will you please email them to us. Jess is trying to get this part done before this little girl comes. Thanks and love from Norwood.

There is a lady in Telluride that saves wild animals. This is a 22 year old Mountian Lion named Ruby. Ruby came into the bank for all of us to see. I was really uncomfortable sitting next to a stinky wild animal. Ruby is tame and has been in captivity since birth, but I am not convinced that she would not attack. The comment my co-workers said over and over is that I don't look comfortable without my gun. They are right!

ice fishing with jess

A fun day at the lake!!!
This is the fancy ice hut that has saved my bacon a few times when the wind is really bad.
Boy Howdy this is fun. It is also not that cold (as you can tell)
Jess with her lunker (not really hahaha )

Congratulations to Kj. After one year of school, four years of his apprenticeship, he is finally DONE! He took his final test today and received an 89%. This test was 200 questions and covered the last four years of study. He has studied very hard. Last night he could not even eat he was so anxious about this test. He has a few more hours to put in and he will officially become a Journey Line Technician. (It takes over 8,000 hours on top of the book work)I am very proud of what Kj does for our family in providing. He has spent more time in achieving this status than a full time 4-year degree student does. If you get a chance, give this hard working boy a call and say congrats!