the drive home from Driggs

The boys passed these two bull moose while driving home from Driggs. 

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving in Driggs this year with the cousins, Shelly and Jarrod,  Nana, Grams and Todd.

Jake, Drew, Ava, Lander, Jayden sitting at the "kids" table

Lander's Hidden Talent

Good thing Thanksgiving is tomorrow. It looks like Lander desperately needs some food.

(It's worse in real life. I'm still having nightmares!) 

JJ Designs

Josh is never one to sit still and he always needs to have a creative outlet. This fall he started to use his creativity to design knives. He draws the knife blade, then takes it to a local (but also one of the best in the country) Damascus steel producers who then forge his blades to his specifications. Then Josh creates the handles. 

Tae Kwan Do Demonstration

The martial arts academy hosted a demonstration/fund raiser. This was the first time that Jake and Lander had to perform in front of a real audience. Lander was thrilled to be wearing his new uniform (even if his name wasn't embroidered on the back yet). Both boys broke their boards on the first try. They did a good job!

Lander turns 11

All that Lander wanted for his birthday was a demo team uniform and bow staff so he could join the tae kwan do demo team and a remote control car.

The demo team uniform meant that he had to commit to 6 months of being on the demo team which includes putting on special performances. Mom made him think about it for about 6 months to be sure that he was really willing to make the commitment.

He did not expect the uniform for his birthday and was so excited!




Papa joins us for Lander's birthday celebration