Math and Mud

Hello all! I wanted to give you all a quick update on what's been happening since my last post.

Last Thursday, Gabriel, Alexandria and I went to the Family Math Night at Butte View Elementary. The schools here are pretty good about having events that are geared toward the entire family and provide more of a community spirit. I guess that has a lot to do with it being a small town! The object of the night was to complete at least 6 math games that earned you card punches. Each punch was good for one part of a meal...hot dogs with chips and cookies, etc. There were games geared for very young children as well as some that were quite a bit tougher. Both Gabriel and Alexandria had a good time!

On Sunday, I decided to see if everyone wanted to get together with Maw Maw and Paw Paw to go shooting in the desert. The kids and John were up for it. John is hardcore into his gun kick right now and doesn't have much time to shoot. Abby hadn't had a chance to shoot her new Red Ryder BB gun from Christmas. Gabriel is all about gun sports (he is a boy afterall) and has just started with a rifle club through 4H. Alexandria goes with the flow :). And I figure if John wants to get me a handgun, I had better try some out first! So, off we go to Boise. Dad gets all of his stuff together and we load up into two trucks and head out. About 25 minutes later and 15 miles of road behind us, we are sitting in the middle of lots and lots of fresh mud from a couple of rainy days past. So, about 25 minutes after that and the same 15 miles of road, we ended up back at Maw Maw and Paw Paw's house. The kids got to shoot the BB guns in the back yard so it wasn't a total bust. I guess having a plan B next time would be advisable!