Great Western Trail

 Kevin got this game for Christmas and Benji wanted to try it out with us:

Boosted!

 We took him to get his shot the day they opened (which was luckily another snow day):

Popcorn Movie Night

We had a full week off at the end of winter break because of snow and we loved the cozy downtime. We watched multiple movies, played games and did some baking. After finding out we were going to get an extra, unexpected snow day, we decided to have a special movie night (per the January bucket list) with pajamas and different types of popcorn (we watched Jungle Book):

New Year's Eve 2021

 We made out way up to Herndon for New Year's Eve and weekend. This is the first time we've had NYE at their new (since 2016!) house and it was a ton of fun:

Benji and Soph got right to racing the trains around the Christmas tree

Candy cane scooping race

The men were not afraid to get physical

Musical chairs

Winner!

Presenting the Win, Lose, or Draw trophy to the Lamy-Petersons

Midnight. Happy New Year!

A Little Down Time Between Christmas and New Year's Eve

We came home for three days before heading back out for NYE. We used the time to unpack and recharge and play a little with out new gifts. Benji was excited to try out his new version of Monopoly. He also picked up his knitting project after several months and was really engaged with trying to finish it:

Boxing Day 2021

Since Tom and Christine and the girls could not join is for Christmas Day, we all got together on Boxing Day for a second Christmas:

Brendan brought over the Occulus he got for Christmas and Benji and Kevin both tried it out

Brendan helping Benji adjust the set

Uncle Kevin was eager to feed Ruby

The boys checking out a video game

Annual cousins picture

Girl cousins unite

Harper was super into playing with Benji -- she kept calling him crazy toilet paper

Christmas 2021