Happy Birthday to this wonderful, crazy family of ours!
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Ryan the Chef
Ryan made our Buche de Noel/Gateau des Rois. He even put the lego piece in it so someone could find it later. He learned about separating eggs and soft peaks and stiff peaks. He is quite the chef.
Dancing the Night Away!
The stars aligned and the New Year's Eve dance that was postponed because of snow was on January 7th. Ty, Jimmy and Lane all came over, went to the dance together, spent the night and saw Spiderman the next morning. When I took this picture of them at breakfast, I told them I wanted a picture for the moms and these are the looks that I got, haha. Teenagers!
Our Good Night Routine
Every night when I tuck Evelyn in, I get a ladder hug and a head hug. And now, we also blow kisses to each other and catch them at the same time. I love this girl!
Lunch at the Arcade
With some buses sliding on the ice, schools were canceled for Sumner-Bonney Lake. Auburn School District was closed Tuesday and Max was off. Then Wednesday, the rest of us were off. The Wednesday cancelation was more pre-emptive because of how bad the roads had been and the fact that it was supposed to snow again. We had fun playing at the arcade with the Hanes. The Eli and Dillon came over so the kids could have fun. The roads were mostly slushy by the afternoon, so we weren't worried about the roads anymore
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Good Bye to the Snow!
The snow is starting to melt but it isn't gone yet. I wondered where Tony was during Sunday School class but found out later that he had decided to shovel the sidewalks when he saw an older man walk precariously. The snow melt wasn't working fast enough. Such a sweetheart.
After church we through smoke bombs onto the melting lake, just because. It's pretty cool to see the ice melting.
Saturday, January 1, 2022
The Lake is Frozen and the Pipes are Frozen
The hike we had planned for today didn't happen. We had a pipe break and Tony spent a good part of the day getting it figured out and getting the right part. Max helped him and the rest of the kids played. I love watching these two kids together. The kids spent time outside sledding and even made some snow angels in the snow on top of the frozen lake. I did some deep cleaning and reservation making which felt good. Then Tony and I did another run to the store at night for our 14 year old who forgot to tell us sooner that we were assigned to bring gluten-free bread for the sacrament bread tomorrow. Normal life. :)
New Year's Eve 2020
We rang in the New Year by shooting Roman candles out onto the frozen lake, playing games, watching the Sutton's fireworks, doing sparklers and toasting the New Year! Love this family of ours!
Epperson Family List of things to Do in 2022!
1.Complete the Old Testament lessons from the Come Follow Me Manual as a family
2. Complete the Bog to book project
3. Become proficient at using chopsticks
4. Family Show and Tell Night
5. Hike Little Mashel Falls
6. Learn how to make croque monsieurs
7. Fly Kites
8. Visit a chocolate factory
9. Play kickball
10. Have a lemonade stand
11. Ride surrey bikes at Ruston Point
12. Go to Mowitch Lake on Mt Rainier
13. Do a family talent show
14. Visit Meeker Mansion
15. Learn a new family story about each grandparent
16. Make a sidewalk chalk art piece together
17. Make freezer jam
18. Have a popsicle giveaway on the lake
19. Tie-Dye shirts
20. Have a gratitude scavenger hunt
21. Decorate cupcakes together
22. Visit North Cascades National Park
23. Go to the fair
24. Hike Deception Pass
25. Journal writing on Sundays
26. Go to a parade
27. Go roller skating
28. Go bowling
29. Go tidepooling
30. Learn a new origami shape
31. Go floating on river
32. Visit a lighthouse
33. Have a drawing lesson
34. Do a bookstore scavenger hunt together
35. Make upcycling creations
36. Do a 500 piece puzzle together
37. Have a card game night
38. Camp at South Beach
39. Have a craft/model-making night
40. Visit a new lavender farm (and Purple Haze Lavender Farm)
41. Bake or cook with lavender
42. Go to the tulip festival
43. Make a driftwood fort
44. Refurbish the staircase
45. Visit the Farmer's Market
46. Read Where the Sidewalk Ends as a family
47. Visit the Seattle Sculpture Garden
48. Ride bikes along Sumner bike trail
49. Visit Kubota Garden
50. Have a board game night
51. Make homemade ornaments
52. Complete a 30 day push up challenge
53. Visit Whidbey Island
54. Celebrate Bastille Day
55. Visit Leavenworth at Christmas time
56. Visit Fort Vancouver
57. Target practice in the mountains as a whole family
58. Make snowflakes while watching Frosty
59. Have a Grinch Night
60. Have a Home Alone Night
61. Have an Elf Night
62. Have a Polar Express Night
63. Go on a Christmas light scavenger hunt
64. Celebrate Santa Lucia day
65. .Celebrate Three Kings Day
66. Have a Christmas Adam sleepover by the tree
67. Have a Christmas book advent
68. Do a Water balloon toss and play water balloon volleyball
69. Celebrate Midsummer Day like Sweden and Finland
70. Fly an RC airplane
71 Learn a French song
72. Visit the Pacific Bonsai Museum
73. Have a summer sibling sleepover
74. Memorize the Articles of Faith
75. Play Bump
76. Do the summer library reading challenge
78. Have an Easter Egg Hunt on our island
79. Replace bird bath
80. Pick a family and do a secret santa
81. Visit Old McDebbie’s Farm
82. Visit the NW African American Museum
83. Go berry picking and make a pie
84. Read Harry Potter as a family
85. Give flowers on May Day
86. Ev and Mom have afternoon tea
87. Jase and dad ride the go-carts
88. Ryan and dad do the flight simulators
89. Max and dad go to Gameworks
91. Max reads 20 books
92. Visit Sandpoint park and cherry blossoms at UW
93. Swim at Devil’s Punch bowl at Lake Crescent
94. Deb and Tony do an escape room
95. Deb and Tony have a roadside America trip
96. Tony reads 12 books
97. Deb reads 25 books
98. Deb run a 5K
99. Deb do an embroidery project
100. Deb make a sign at Board and Brush
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