howard family blog

A rainy cold day... so we spent some time at the Monterey Bay
Aquarium. It's an amazing place. We had been there separately for
field trips for the kids, but never as a family.

The size of the exhibits puts you IN the ocean. Bubba Gumps for lunch
and crepes for snack...

a fun day.

The kids, Lori and I had a pretty great time skiing together. It was said that the snow was the 'Best in 17 years'... Indeed it was pretty amazing. On day 3 the sun came out and it was absolutely magical.

 

 

 

Day 2 was filled with snow.

On her own, she said to me one day on the lift, "dad, do you think I'm ready for 'Show off'?" (a black run we'd been watching for a while).

I said, "sure Chloe, do YOU think you are ready?"

Apparently she was. We ended up skiing it a few times in a row.

Afterwards she tells me, "dad, I'm really proud of myself."

You should be, chloe. You should be!

:)

when it's snowing outside and there's no TV... a good monopoly game is a great way to slow things down. my 7 year old, Tucker is really into it. It's been fun.

6:01am... after a somewhat long night, we started our day!
In our family, we slowly open presents throughout the day. A few on
Christmas Eve, and then in phases throughout the day.

Lot's of legos and putting things together. It's raining today, so a
great reason to stay inside and just hang out. Candles, music and
cooking...

It's a good day today with family.

I found a picture taken with me and my kids this year on my birthday.... much to be thankful for this year!

Sometimes you have an experience where the layers of emotion and inspiration come shining through. Today was one of those afternoons for me.

We went with Tucker to the St. Mary's carnival last night. I continued my experiments with Flip HD camera and iMovie with 45 min edit sessions...