Tigers Got Talent 2024

Juliet couldn't compete at Tigers Got Talent because she won last year. She was still asked to play a piece during the judges deliberation. It's fun to watch and listen to her play. Plus, she didn't have the pressure of trying to win.

Friends on the robotics team convinced her to ask Nathan to preference during the show. It was adorable. He said YES!

Good memories!

 

Sandy's Awake!

Sandy has been hibernating (brumating) since the end of October. She's been asleep in her enclosure and we haven't had to feed her or do anything. We turned off her lights and we ignored her. It's a little disconcerting, I was afraid she was dead. She didn't stink and if you pet her she'd open an eye. So we just kept doing what we were doing until she started moving around more. Then we turned on the lights and began feeding and bathing her. She seems perfectly fine. Crazy. Mikayla has missed her. It's fun to have her awake again!

 

Winter Not So Formal

Juliet was asked to the Winter Snowball by Beauchene. For the day date, they went to laser mania. 

She was in a huge group, like 22 people! They had dinner in Laurie Scholzen's casita.

All the girls!

Merril in Puerto Rico

Merril was invited on a trip to Puerto Rico to visit Brian "Tomahawk" Sewel. He's been living there and they used to ride dirt bikes together because Brian moved. The guys decided to book a trip and wanted to rent motorcycles to ride with Brian. Puerto Rico looks amazing!

Unfortunately, their motorcycle rentals cancelled and they were forced to ride scooters around the island. Brian, Silver Beatty and Wade, and Ryan Roseberg.

They visited Old San Juan and there was a huge parade.

They went to this roasted pig place.

Merril said it was so beautiful he wants to bring me and the kids back here. They kayaked in a bay of bioluminescent plankton and he said it was super cool. It would glow when they would paddle through it.

First Snow of the Year!

We woke up to snow! Not enough to close school. Mark was able to play in the snow before school started. The wind kicked up and it was so blustery. Mark didn't stay out to play for very long. It's fun to see!

Maxine Had To Go Back To School. Boo!

 Maxine was told by Grandma Campbell that she needed to drive a boy from her ward back up to Logan. Maxine and I were a little weirded out but the boy's parents paid Maxine $100 so that was pretty nice!

The snow has finally arrived at USU and Maxine was invited to go sledding with friends.

And hot chocolate!

Yikes Maxine. Stay safe up there. It looks gnarly.

And she also is taking a snowboarding class. It's 6 weeks and the resort is called Beaver Mountain. The resort says to "ski the beav." Lol. I was worried about her being cold but she said she was sweating. It's hard work. 

Juliet Meets Mark Rober

The HHS Robotics team had the opportunity to visit Mark Rober and CrunchLabs because Rober's nephews are on the team. Juliet said it was super fun. Mark Rober is a youtuber that makes engineering videos for kids. It's fun stuff. 

Merril had to wear some safety glasses and these were the only ones they had.

This piano is named chopsticks. It's been in a Mark Rober video. Juliet had the opportunity to play it. Mark Rober said, "Wow!" and seemed impressed. She is pretty cool. 

Old Friends

While Maxine was here for Christmas break, Nate and Maxine, and Trentin and Paige went on a double date. It was just old friends getting together after everyone got home from missions and college. She said they were goofy and it was a fun time. They went bowling and went to look at the view from the old airport.

 

Maxine's Snowman

I was making a craft with salt dough and Maxine made this snowman with the leftovers. He's so cute!

I thought he'd be more robust but as the day went on, he started to sag.

And eventually "melted." Hahaha!

Jack's First Go Kart Ride

As a Christmas present to Jack, Merril and I gave him an adventure. He's wanted to drive a go kart for his whole life. When we would go to Fiesta Fun, he was always too small to drive the go karts and they were expensive. By the time he was tall enough, we didn't visit Fiesta Fun all that often. Also, most of the family went to Salt Lake area for a baptism and Jack had to stay home to work. The whole family went to the Rush Funplex with unlimited go karting. So he's missed out and I thought it would be a great gift! On January 1st, we were going to go ride with Jess and Luke's family and we sneaked this in. 

Jack had 2 races, which was good because I felt like he just got warmed up at the end of the first race.

He was faster the second race! He said it was a great Christmas present idea! He had a lot of fun!