Basketball and work has been keeping me busy.  Between the two boys, there are three nights a week that they are playing.  Jacob's team is 1-12 and Joseph is 4-3.  Needless to say, my boys have learned how to be good losers.  We have 2 more weeks of basketball and then business will grind to a halt.  

On a good note, the school has hired a new football coach and there is a lot of excitement.  Jacob has stepped up and taken a leadership role among the football players and it is so good to see.  The new football coach has started early morning workouts and both boys have been going.  So excited that Joseph has decided to.  I don't really care if he ends up playing freshman football or not, but excited for him for the workouts, discipline and getting around other kids.

This past week JR and I finally bought tickets to Kauai.  We have been invited by the pastor that married us, along with another couple, to join the pastor and his wife at their time share late April.  We will be gone 7 nights.  Turns out neither of us are real into all the tourist things, but more the cultural and just seeing the sights.  The younger two will stay home alone, which will be interesting and good for them.

Things have been really busy at work.  Our construction projects have started kicking off.  My boss has bid on about a dozen other projects.  I am learning so much about that industry.  Given all the growth here, lots of job security.

Joseph and I recently went out to shoot pool and bowl.  Always great when I can get out with the kids and get them off their devices.  We had a good time and afterward, Jacob met us at the university campus and we ate at one of the dining halls.

JR has finally started to move snow.  Winter is here.  Thankfully it is February, so spring weather should be arriving in 4 weeks.  Below is a picture that I took one night outside our window.  It was one of those -30 degree nights and unprompted, Jacob convinced Joseph to go across the street and shovel our neighbor's driveway.  Love the serving heart of my boys.  I keep telling them one day I will be older and they would hope that a younger neighbor would take care of our driveway.

That's it!  Just a quick check in