Congrats to Mrs Oliver and Fun in the Snow

A quick week for the A^4 with lots of fun outside.  We hope that everyone is doing well and making time to RELAX!!! 

On January 15th, Amy found out that our friend, Mrs Beverly Oliver, is the 2022 recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr Unsung Hero Award, from Syracuse University. The University has honored MLK Jr for 37 years with celebrations and Mrs Oliver has been working with kiddos in LaFayette and Syracuse for over 35 years!  The ceremony will be on 1/30/22 at 7 pm and held virtually this year BUT everyone can participate for free by registering here.  We are so happy for Mrs Oliver - she has given so much to the families and she absolutely LOVES the kiddos. 

Amy and the kiddos had Monday off for the MLK Jr Holiday, so we slept in and then played outside after wishing congratulations to Mrs Oliver.

Sledding in the side yard.

Fort building time!!

Hi Addie!!

Full bloom on Wednesday

Ayson purchased a new game console that lets him play retro games that Amy and Adam grew up playing.

On Saturday, we investigated the animal tracks in the snow.  We had possum, squirrel, cat, dog, deer, White-footed mouse, bird, and fox tracks!!!  Also, Adam saw a SKUNK on our backyard security camera (purchased mostly so that Adam can see the outside world while he is working in his office:) So cool!

Of course after we looked at the tracks the kids wanted to play outside again :)

We started off sledding in the side yard and then graduated to the park across the street.

The kids are fearless and had so much fun!

Saturday evening, Amy and Addie joined Mrs Oliver at another friends house to help Mrs Oliver prepare for her interview on Tuesday and for the ceremony on Sunday.  While the adults were chatting, Addie and Piper had fun giggling and playing:)

On Sunday, we took the kiddos cross country skiing for the first time at Highland Forest (has a ski rental shop) and the kiddos did a fabulous job on x country skis!!!  Yay!  Now we have more than winter hiking as an option for the entire family.  Adam has no interest in downhill skiing and Amy is always afraid she is going to wipe out and hurt herself...hahaha.

Adam showed Ayson how to make pizza from scratch on Sunday afternoon: prepping and rolling the dough to adding toppings (cheese is still the favorite type of pizza for the kids :)

Meanwhile, Addie and Amy played with Addie's horse farm set.