January

The new year greeted us with an extremely cold and wet weekend, but thankfully not quite cold enough to freeze the roads.  I was still surprised to see ice on our trees when the wind chill dropped below freezing.  The weather forecast said an overnight low of 30F and when we woke up it was 19!  Coldest night we've had in this house, but thank goodness the only thing that froze was the overflow valve on our sprinkler.  And of course, being Texas, it was back up to 80 degrees the next week.

 

We spent lots of time in January working on science fair projects.  Alex tested which materials weakened the wi-fi signal the most (move your router away from metal - that was the worst!) and found that human bodies have little effect.

Ben did a very cool experiment on an optical illusion and tested each of us with his two different methods.

They both got judged at school and I was so thrilled and proud of them when they each brought home first place in their respective categories!  Science is cool in this house!!

We had a fun afternoon playing with Grandma at the mall and seeing a movie.

Grandma is a trooper - she even went on the spinning teacup with Alex!  I get motion sick easily and I was so happy when Alex was tall enough to ride the carousel alone.

I had a wonderful day trip to Gruene to see two of my very favorite people in the world.  We met in the dorm at A&M almost 20 years ago! 

 

I found a bacon soda at the Gruene general store and had to get it for Ben.  He couldn't wait to try it but found out it was as good as it sounds (disgusting).  He loves bacon and he loves cokes, but not at the same time.

Poor guy got his bottom braces on and needed a day at home to load up on advil and drink all his meals.  He's a tough kid, so when he says the pain is bad, I know it's bad!  Luckily, Casey was ready to take care of him.

Even though it's still (technically) winter, we're back at the ballpark again.  Time to gear up for another season of spring baseball!