Crazy Family

 Kaleb walked in from work with his hard hat on.

It is this boy's dream come true to be wearing it. He collects stickers to stick on. 

I saw it sitting on the bench in the kitchen where he happens to shed  the many layers of his work garb....that is supposed to be in the laundry room.

I saw that he had written on the inside brim. It made me smile.

I sure am proud of this kid.

And then he took the hard hat off to eat dinner!

Holy Cow he needs his hair cut!

 Here is the daughter that is supposed to be resting a sprained MCL. She claimed that this stunt doesn't make it hurt. I kind of believe her. If she wasn't a figure skater, she probably would never know that she sprained her MCL. It only hurts when she jumps and lands on the ice or when she squats super low to do a sit spin.

 I was working on the computer when she says.....

Mom....Mom....Mom.....

I should have known!

 Victoria happened to have some of the lego drawers upstairs when Kaleb walked in from work. He didn't make it very far. Some habits are hard to shake.

The temptation was too great!

 I guess Lightning thinks the wood tray is for him to lay in while we eat dinner.

You have to be an animal lover to live in this house.

 We moved the exercise bike out of the basement so Victoria could use it to rehabilitate her knee. 

This is how skinny guys stay skinny while eating ice cream! 

 Victoria dressed for 4 degree weather. Out to wrangle goats.

She has no sympathy for any of her peers who say they are tired, or that it is cold, or that they have to empty the trash or something, when every morning, rain, snow, ice or shine, she is out to feed goats, and bring her babies hot water after taking a sledge hammer to knock the ice out of buckets.

She's a tough girl.

 Tess was the best medicine after Victoria having a bad day between her knee and headaches from a  head concussion. She was at the ice rink even though she wasn't skating and Tess, of course, kept her laughing the entire time. She is the funniest girl and filled Victoria with happy thoughts.

 Kaleb texted this picture to Kirk just after he built this rod in our laundry room as a temporary place to hang wet clothes etc... Kirk almost died because it isn't strong enough for Kaleb to do chin ups!

 Typical big brother bugging the little sister. 

I guess he's checking to see if she is still ticklish.

 Kirk and I were talking when I told him to turn around and look at Jasper.

Having a house full of people for 27 years can feel daunting. But I wouldn't like it any other way.

I love that we still have a full house. I love hearing about their day, the good and the bad. I love cooking dinner for all of them and I love that they will wash the dishes. 

Kirk and I are pretty lucky that we have such awesome kids.

We have a wonderful family.