With Daddy being gone so much for basketball, Kris has become a temporary "Daddy's boy!"
Bed time stories with Daddy
Show us your defense Kris!!!

Pinewood Derby

Kye's first Pinewood Derby was last night. He designed, cut out, sanded, and painted his own car!!! He already has ideas about next year's car.....

Kye's Reward

Kye had a phenomenal 1st semester grade card!!! As his reward, we went ice skating at Crown Center.


Kristopher was not the slightest bit interested at first but could walk around on his skates faster than any of us.





Kye however did a wonderful job and was skating "off the wall" very quickly!



Kris finally warmed up to the idea and "skated" between Daddy's legs holding on for dear life!

Wagner Vs KState

Over the break, Dave and I got to go to the Wagner/KState game. It was a little difficult for Dave, being a KState alum, as we were there to watch Olathe East Alum, Joey Mundweiler, who plays for Wagner.

Wagner did not have a great night, but Joey scored 20 points.


Afterwards we attended a reception at the Mundweiler home here in KC and got a chance to visit with the team a bit.

The boys were with Grandma and Grandpa Schmale for the night, so we were able to enjoy a real date! It was a great night!
Joey is number 5!

Christmas Eve

Waiting for Santa!!!

For the fourth Christmas in a row, we went to Powell Gardens for "Breakfast with Santa." We can not say how enjoyable this annual outing is for us. We again were able to go on a weekday and were the only family there! Santa rode with the boys on the train, took them around the solarium showing them all the 12 days of Christmas motif. Mrs. Claus read to the boys, and the wonderful volunteer was enourmously patient with the boys, showing them how to make reindeer out of their hand prints.

As always, the water in the solarium was a huge draw!!! They had "seven swans a swimming" this year.

Kye made sure Santa saw all the hidden drummers.

We highly recommend the short drive to Powell Gardens if you live in the KC area. It is a wonderful time for our family!

SNOW DAY!!!

We had a snow day in December, by late afternoon the snow had stopped and we were able to go a couple of blocks to the elementary school down the street and do some sledding.

Kye and Mommy made snow angels

Kris had more fun eating snow and playing on the playground equipment

Kye got really good at speeding down hill!