We rang in the new year with great intentions! Our neighbor, Melody, traditionally burns her marshmallow wreath and also sends written intentions for the year up in the sweet smelling smoke. We did it too! We fired up our fire pit (which Meryl calls the Marshmallow Roaster, talk about a pairing), incinerated our wreaths, and dramatically read our intentions before dropping them into the sweet heat. We also made Rice Krispie treats to eat, and Melody brought homemade marshmallows and extendable rotating marshmallow roasting forks for a final toast:)

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett have nothing on these two!

I mean, we love hanging out with each other at home all the time! (Our goal here was to see if we could get a car to drive through the kitchen and into the entryway.)

It snowed again. But luckily, we picked up kids shovels while buying salt at the neighborhood hardware store this week…so, we embarked on a sidewalk project.

Holmes LOVES to shovel, and eat snow:)

…Notice also, Meryl’s dress, which is my dress from the fashion era of Jane and Gary’s wedding:)

Well, there went our grapes for luck! Holmes’ belly holds all the potential for 2022!

No garbage pick-up this week…why not?

(Yesterday.) Thanks for the picture, Jenna!

Go Holmes, go! He loved it…though the parent magic carpet is a pretty great ride too:)

Cabin fever set in today. We had to get off the block. Luckily the roads cleared to drive off the hill…but where to go when going nowhere is the priority? The Locks!

No salmon at the salmon ladder, but there was heat! We warmed our toesies and watched frigid water rush by through the windows:)