Levi's Chess Tournament

Levi participated in his school districts chess tournament on Jan. 27 '07. There were 43 entrants with trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places within each grade. It lasted all day and consisted of 5 rounds. He played 5th graders and 4th graders and only 1 2nd grader. How is that fair?!? But it didn't matter, at the end of it all, Levi came home with the trophy for 2nd place in his grade (second). He beat just enough to do better than all 12 other 2nd graders!! His friend Kyle won 3rd! Willamette Primary School (levi's school) took home 12 of the 21 trophies!!! There were 8 schools participating!!! Smart kids!! Way to go Levi!!!

Skibowl tubing

We went Skibowl tubing over the weekend. Well, I didn't, being pregnant and all, but Joe and the boys did! Levi and Calder loved it and Ansel had a love/h

ate relationship with it. He loved it when he was going down, hated it when he was standing on top of the hill l

ooking down - scared him to death. It was really

funny.
The boys would wait in line to go down, it would be a 15 second ride down and a 5 minute climb back up (tow rope wasn't working) I got tired just watching them.



But it was so beautiful there, what a spectacular place Mt. Hood is, I have never seen anything like it. I really enjoyed just taking pictures, watching the kids, and looking over the view. This, however is a once a year sort of thing, not really worth it to go more than that, as far as the money goes.

January Snow Day!!

It snowed quite a few times here in January. We accrued 5 snow days! The boys ABSOLUTELY loved it!

No school and getting to play all day in the snow (which they rarely see) what could be better?! They had snowball fights, built forts, made snowmen and used colored water to paint the backyard. Nathaniel came over and the fun got even better. They got out their Hoth world star wars guys and had battles in the snow.

By the end of the day all were freezing, but it was nothing that a little hot chocolate and popcorn can't cure!!