Where did the time go??

Let's see....The last post I did, Kevin was working in Umatilla I think on the substation. That seems like ages ago!! Let's fast forward: 

-my car is fixed. Finally. 

-Kevin worked on a substation in Umatilla for a bit and just stayed in hotels because the trailer had a broken axle. 

-then he worked on a substation in Boardman for a while and was able to bring the trailer down there for a couple months. 

-took a layoff at Thanksiving and was home for the holidays, despite crazy windstorms. He missed the storm work because he was on a substation crew. :( 

-we had a lovely Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

-missed a storm call on Christmas Eve, whoops. And then another New Years Eve. I was glad to have him home anyway. 

-he's now been working for ILB in Troy, ID doing distribution work for the last two weeks and commuting back and forth, 2.5 hours each way. 

Not much is new on the home front. It was nice having Kevin home over the holidays. As soon as I got used to our new routine of him running the kids around, he got called back. Side note: Next year, we need to save up for the layoff so things aren't so tight!! 

I've been cross country skiing as much as I can.  We got a decent amount of snow this winter so I was able to go at home, my favorite!! We've been up to Mt Spokane a few times and I just got back from a girls trip to Montana to ski. 

Drake is still adjusting to kindergarten. I just signed him up for soccer this spring to see if that would help him socialize. 

 Kjersten is the cutest menace, always keeping me on my toes. 

Here are some photos of what's been going on. 

Oh ya, and I went to Germany for ten days!! 

Drakes first school picture! 

Our only damage from the big windstorm. We were without power for four days while Kevin was in tricities. 

Inland Power and Light crew fixing our power!! We brought them donuts. 

Drake making snow angels in the first snow of the year. 

Getting ready for Christmas! 

Blurry picture, but getting our Christmas tree. 

Our Christmas tree hunt, my favorite holiday tradition! 

Kevin played a lot of guitar on his time off. 

Kj's preschool Christmas concert. 

Drakes kindergarten Christmas concert. 

First family ski trip. 

Skiing at home. 

Winter makes my heart happy!! 

Ready to open presents on Christmas Eve. 

Opening Christmas Day presents at nana and papas.

More presents at Grandma Roxanne and papa Kens. 

Family photo at Christmas #??. It felt like the 12 days of Christmas. 

Drake loving the snow. 

Kj loving the snow. 

Sledding buddies. 

Trekking to nana and papas. 

Birthday party!! The big 6 year old! 

A delightful ski at home. (Loving the snow!!) 

Big rock. 

Kevin made this headboard from cross arms from his first job and barnwood from an old shed my parents built that we had to tear down to put our house in. 

Girls weekend!! 

Oh ya, and Germany!! 

Austria 

Swiss Alps 

That's a wrap. What's coming up? We'll see where Kevin goes after this Troy job wraps up this week. He goes to camp in March and should have his hours to turn hot late spring or early summer. He's almost a fourth step, of seven steps. Saturday school is in full swing every other Saturday, second year, and then he'll have third year Saturday school next spring and hopefully be done with his apprenticeship shortly after that!!!