Valentine’s goofs

February 2016
This year Grandma sent the boys the best valentines present: funny face cutouts. They were hilarious. Here’s the result of the photoshoot:

Visit with the Djemai family

One week-end in February, my lifelong friends Jennifer, Raphael and their three children came from Lyon to visit us. We went up to Casserousse (Chamrousse) for some sledding and fun in the snow.

 It was cold but it was so much fun being there with friends that we didn’t mind the temperature.

One of many many many attempts at getting a picture with all kids looking at the camera.

Sleepover party!

January 2016

La galette des Rois: King’s cake celebration. This franco-french tradition is still a staple at our house.

William got the fève

Josh didn’t :P

 In your face, bro

I mean, literally rubbing it in your face

Also, January is a good time to go skiing here. We are taking as much advantage of living close to the slopes as we can. Grand-papa coaches Joshua and Mom tries to motivate William.

Playing with the snow is more fun than skiing

William practicing on a small run

Grand-papa coaching Josh before he starts the ski club

Josh has made a lot of progress and follows Grand-papa everywhere. This year he will go skiing with people from Revel every Saturday from January til mid March. The town organizes this every year but it’s only for kids who are already independant because the people who accompany them are not ski instructors (just parents). So Josh will get to ski with some of his friends from school every saturday.

Here’s a video of one of our first outings of the season :

Coco came to Revel for her birthday. She was here with Nicki.

They’re worse than kids...

The traditional birthday cake

Sometimes William must share the spot on Mathias’ shoulders

William’s class went on a snowshoeing adventure

Another birthday celebration

December 27th 2015 was my 32nd birthday. I treated myself by taking my family to the bowling (it was our family’s christmas present for the rest of the family). We had a ton of fun together.

Then we went home for dinner and I was spoiled with a Trianon and a beautiful gift from my parents.

Christmas day

On Christmas Eve we had a spiritual program with my family and the missionaries at my parents’ house. We sang songs and read scriptures and had a delicious dinner. We then went home and spent Christmas morning at our house.

Highlight of the day : Santa brought a Wii-U

and pocket knife to replace the one that was lost

We spent the rest of the day at my parents’ house playing petanque and enjoying an incredibly warm weather.

 William found another set of shoulders to climb on:

William scratching Grand-papa’s head: it’s a win-win situation