Amelia

Amelia almost always climbs into bed with us in the middle of the night. I cannot think of a night in the recent weeks that I haven't woken up to see her in between us.
She sleeps very close to Dan, using the same pillow as him. Of course she sleeps so peacefully.
She also sleeps hot too!  She sleeps between us with not on stitch of blanket on.

Jack

Jack is having trouble at school with some boy. He said the boy is not nice to him and bullies him. We have encouraged Jack to talk with his teacher about it and if that doesn't work I could talk with his teacher.
Today after school Jack was saying how the kid was bothering him again but he said, "I can out run him. Roy is big so he can't run for long."
So I guess the problem is solved for right now. Jack can out run 'em.

Packwood Presidents Day 2015

We went to Packwood this weekend to meet the family at Jeff's house. He is so generous too share his place with us. This week there was no snow and lots of sunshine so we all enjoyed the outdoors. Saturday we all went hiking; we took off towards Packwood Lake. All of the kids did super. Amelia walked a good long way but turned around with Burton sooner then the other kids. Jack, Jacob and Maysen hiked on, I think, we may have hiked around 3.5 miles which is a lot for a kid.
Another highlight of the trip, besides the hot tub was the skeleton of a dead dog Jacob and Uppa found. We ended up taking some teeth, the skull and spine home with us.

I asked each of the kids what their favorite part was.
Jacob: Spending time with Umma and Uppa.
Jack: the hot tub
Amelia: Uppa's new truck, seeing Umma and Uppa

Amelia

Amelia is 3 1/2 now. She just now has her first fever.
Last night in the middle of the night she woke up just boiling; Dada didn't even know what was happening he was so worried. I gave her some medicine and went back to bed. Dada stayed by her tucking her in and patting her. After a bit of that though Amelia opened her eyes and said, "You can go now Dad."
I am sure she will be better soon.

Jack

Jack got his remote to the remote control helicopter in the mail the other day. I heard him in the front room driving it up and down. He kept telling himself and Amelia, "I'm a natural!" He is very excited to have his own helicopter just like Dad and Jacob.