Watch for the Boy Scout float in the Rose Parade…Dylan helped build it last weekend! It won the National Award for “best depiction of American Life, past, present and future”.

Happy 2010!

Gave surfing a try for the first time on Saturday. We drove down to Carlsbad to spend the day with Bishop Dave and his family. The waves were OK when we first went out, but quickly started breaking wrong and I was denied the transformative experience. Looking forward to giving it another shot soon.

We went skiing at Mammoth on Monday and had a great time. It’s been cold, so the snow was in good shape. We were able to ride/ ski together all day for the first time: no lessons and everyone kept up pretty well. After going back and forth, Gavin seems to have settled on snowboarding.

Saturday Grace and I went to our 6th annual Nutcracker ballet. I was pleasantly surprised by our little hometown production. Oregon Ballet Theater does an AMAZING production every year, so the local show for last couple years was a letdown. This year’s IPB Nutcracker was significantly improved: the sound, costumes, sets, consistence of the dancing. A gigantic rainstorm started during the show, so we got drenched heading back to the car.

Dylan and Gavin finished up hockey last night with a win to put them in 3rd place for the tournament. Their team played great…especially on defense. Dylan scored a goal and they both showed LOTS of hustle. They are going to take winter season of so we can go skiing, go to the desert, go out on Friday and Saturday nights, go on scout overnights, catch up on scouting, etc.

Grace had a soccer playoff game…their winless streak is still intact. We bribed her with iTunes downloads and it worked. She played really hard. She starts figure skating lessons tomorrow.

We got our Christmas tree yesterday and decorated it tonight!