We headed for Iowa the day after school let out. We left a little late, so we made it just to the Iowa border. We woke up Sunday morning & headed the rest of the way. We had Papa’s side of the family’s celebration that day. Carlee got some makeup for Christmas & used Mom…

A late arrival holiday gift. We got these awesome jerseys! Mine (Caden) is Messi & Wyatt’s is Ozil.

We met a bunch of my friends at the sledding hill. We built jumps & had fun trying to hit them. 

We had a snow day the Tuesday before winter break. We took advantage of the day off & went sledding, drank hot chocolate, watched movies & played on our devices. 

We had a snow day! Higgins loved it!!

We got a special treat for Higgins!

We had a nerf gun fight, us against Mom & Dad. We definitely had the upper hand.

Some pictures from one of our hikes in New Jersey.

A picture of Mom’s bun from her performance. Aunt Melissa & Aunt Natalie decided to rent these bears & ride around the Ames mall on them. 

I’m studying the Sand Creek Massacre. Silas Soule’s grave is in Denver, so we went to visit it.