The Important Things

After a not so great day at work, it's nice  to be reminded about the most important things in life. 

Enjoying a gorgeous sunset with T-man 

D-man earning the black game ball for working extremely hard in a tough game on Saturday 

Sleep, Eat, Ski, Repeat

Ok well, we are going to tackle the first three today, but there will be no repeat until next weekend. It was a gorgeous, bluebird day, but a very cold day. It never got above 20 and the wind was brutal at times, but the entire family had a nice first day on the mountain in 2016. It is so nice to only be an hour from skiing and not have to deal with the traffic. 

T-man enjoyed a snowboard lesson - he is so proud to be the "first one in our family to snowboard." He was able to ride the chair lift and we enjoyed watching him get down the hill two times at the end of the day. Go little shredder!! 

The Peavy Men 

Happy New Year!

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Our last night in Pender as I tucked T-man into bed, we sang "I'll Be Home for Christmas." We talked about the meaning of the song and I explained that someday that song will make him think of Louisville just like it makes me think of 701 Carns Ave in Pender. He said the song will also make him think of Pender. This, of course, warms my heart. It was great to be "home" for Christmas this year. Here are a few more pictures from our week. 

Family 

Whiskey tasting 

Sisters!!

Star Wars: Episode VIII

After much preparation, the kids put on their Star Wars: Episode VIII show.  It was so nice to have them look forward to working on the play and working so well together. For the Peavy boys, this is the only time they do these kind of things which makes it even more special. It was evident they had put in a lot of work into the show and we all enjoyed it. 

We Made It!

It was so nice to spend New Year's Eve with the boys, my parents, and the Geisert family. Mom and I cooked, we watched football, played cards, celebrated the ball dropping with noise makers and streamers and then celebrated the actual central time zone new year. And.....we all made it to midnight! 

It's hard to believe it is actually 2016. We had an amazing 2015 and I hope that 2016 finds us as blessed as we have been this past year. As the boys grow older, I am thankful for every celebration we have with them. I'm also thankful to ring in the new year with most of the Karlen family. Happy New Year! 

A mean game of pitch 

Celebration! 

Enjoying stay in up late! 

Passing Time in Pender

It's been pretty cold since we arrived in Pender, but we are finding ways to pass the time. 

Cheering on the Cougs to victory 

And the Huskers (a late night)! 

Opening Christmas gifts 

Coffee at Popo's

Touring "the factory" (aka Blue Ox) 

Cooking 

And eating

And obviously time with family 

 

 

Christmas Day 2015

And we made it all the way to Pender! The road from West Point to Pender was horrible, but we made it. 

Full

Joyful 

Thankful

Grateful 

Beautiful 

Stockings Full 

Christmas Date #2

D-man and I enjoyed a Christmas lunch date at Qdoba (with a really good coupon) and then some time at Starbucks. We talked about highlights of the year (both boys answered the cruise to this question). We talked about plans for next summer and just had a nice time. 

Basketball Camp

The boys have been in basketball camp in the morning for the last three days. Each day has a theme and T-man owned the holiday theme today (but he was sad he didn't win).  D-man owned team spirit day on Monday with his new Coug shirt and new Coug shorts (sorry no picture of this).