We are in the middle of a really cold snap here!  These are the days that we have to remember why we live here, for amazing summers!

Jacob and Joseph and in the middle of basketball season.  Jacob's grade plays other schools and the 5th and 6th graders just practice and scrimmage with each other.  Amazing how much better things go when they have extra curricular activities.  Jacob has also been on the ski hill most Saturdays.

My mom is coming up for a visit this week.  Looking forward to having her here!

I am still working a lot plus helping a guy with his Turo rental car.  A sweet side gig.  He and I work really really well together, so nice to have the extra income.

Some random pictures.  These were taken the last time JR was at the fort.  Sure would be nice if it could just become a permanent structure.  Pretty sure no one has come across it.

Benjamin's car was recently parked on a street and a kid, who had his license less than a week, was hot dogging it and slid and side swiped his car.  Damage all the way down the drivers side of the car.  Benjamin learned the whole process from calling the cops (the kid got a ticket) to dealing with insurance.  We were pleasantly surprised that insurance gave us about 40% more than we expected.  On the flip side, Ben really likes the car and at this point doesn't want to get rid of it.  It is just a matter of time though before things start rusting.  A great lesson in humility.  

Every February, I anxiously wait for the sun to start hitting our yard.  Look below, it has.  It seems like things start warming up pretty quickly, once the sun appears.  And yes, our new neighbors have moved in.  I was talking with someone yesterday and they told me the median house in our area now is $699K.  Truly unbelievable what Coronavirus has done to our area.  There is zero inventory, for either sale or rent.  I have resigned myself to the fact that we will probably not move into something bigger in the next couple of years.