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We also bought a cow but that is currently pastured at Kryssi’s parents and will stay there. In the (potentially near) future, talked about getting bees next and maybe a pig or two (Kryssi’s sister and brother-in-law raise pigs) but we’ll see where things go.




Our cat was also pregnant and we came home from a baby blessing a few weeks ago to her having kittens right outside the back door. It was an exciting time for the kids and we were a little worried that everything would go okay, but she has been a great mom. So currently we have 4 little kittens, though I’ve already told the kids (and Kryssi) that we aren’t keeping them all.


We celebrated Samuel’s birthday a week early, since we had some family in town and figured he wouldn’t know the difference. Kryssi made him his own little smash cake, which he sort of ate some but mostly just made a mess.


























Both McKinley and Lucas just got done with basketball for the year. They both enjoyed it and both did really good, especially as the season progressed.



We didn’t do much for Valentines Day this year, but McKinley wanted to have fondue after dinner (traditional Papa Murphy’s heart pizza). We don’t have any sort of fondue set, so Kryssi just melted a few types of chocolate in jars in the crockpot.

My parents sent a few things home with Kaitlin when she was there for Christmas, and she sent them along to us. The kids were super excited to see what they got.













