Snow and Travel

Snow Anyone?

For those of you who do not live in Utah, you may not know that we have had an incredible winter with TONS of snow. Definitely not a good year to be "snow blower-less". I guess it's at least a good workout. We woke up 2 weeks ago to 15 inches (which turned into 18 after another hour or so) in our driveway, which prompted the cancellation of Church for the first time I can remember in a very long time. As much at it makes driving difficult and causes us some inconvenience, the boys have loved playing in it. The other good news is there should be plenty of water for the coming spring/summer.

Cole up to his chin in snow.

Drew has become a pretty good helper shoveling snow.

Junior Jazz Season #2

Cole just finished up his second year of playing Junior Jazz basketball. His team was filled mostly with kids from his flag football team, and they ended up with similar results. They actually kept score each game, which is always good when you are the team that usually wins. Cole's team went undefeated without getting a real challenge all season. After getting on him following the first few games for traveling and double dribbling, he did much better the 2nd half and really lit up the scoreboard a couple of times. Not many kids his age were dribbling with either hand like he can. I am a little concerned though. The last baseball, flag football, and basketball seasons have been very successful from a win/loss perspective. The upcoming baseball season will probably not be as fortunate. Most of the star players have moved on leaving only a few experienced players for this season. For those of you that know Cole, as much as we try to teach and change him, he is a POOR LOSER!!! He hates it. Sometimes as a parent you just can't teach your kids everything. They have to learn for themselves and how to deal with it. This will be one of those things.

Cole "D"ing up and the reward!

IDAHO TRIP

It had been awhile since we had gone up to visit Papa T and Grandma T, so we decided to spend President's Day weekend up in Idaho. It was nice to find that we were not the only ones visiting Mom and Dad's, but that Aunt Carol and my cousin Scott & Shellie Morrow (with their youngest Tanner and his cousin Blake) were also there attending the Idaho State Girls Basketball tournament. We had a fun time with everyone and Cole and Drew enjoyed having the older boys to play with. According to the boys, the highlights of the trip were visiting the DeRuyter Dairy Farm and a night of bowling. We were fortunate enough to witness the birth of 5 calves. Two of which I did a little assisting (1 shown in clip below), taking me down memory lane of many years ago. To be honest, we had been watching these poor heifers labor and they really seemed to be struggling so I thought I would speed up the process and help them out a little. We also made the drive to the calf ranch where we saw more holstein calves than I had ever seen in one place. It's much nicer visiting someone else's farm than it is having your own and the commitments that come with it.

In the barn.

Observing the maternity ward. Can't a cow get any privacy?

L-R (Tanner Morrow, Cole, Blake Morrow, Drew, Shannon, & Shellie Morrow)

WARNING!!!!!!

The following video clip contains somewhat graphic farm animal material, viewed live by a 7 and 4 year old. You will need to prepare to explain what is going on to your children while viewing.

(Shannon made me add the disclaimer)

Bowling on the Wii has paid off. Both Cole and Drew did the best they have ever done in "Real Bowling".