Family Adventures: Hart Happenings

Hello Family! It's been a pretty normal week here at the Hart house.

Alex has been practicing...(can you guess what it is?)...SPIKEBALL! He's getting pretty dang good. We were able to host some of his Spikeball buddies for the weekend which was super fun! Those are some good kids. He celebrated a big birthday down in Vegas during the huge Spikeball tournament that his company put together and hosted. It was a massive undertaking and epic success.

Elise was able to start her seeds! Woop! Woop! It feels like an act of faith with the walls of snow still piling up outside. She also attended lots of community garden meetings. Not as "Woop Woop". Those meeting can drag on FOREVER. Alex and Elise also got to attend the Ryan Hamilton comedy show in Rexburg with Ruth and Garrett which was a blast! They pretty much laughed for two solid hours.

Ian has been working non stop! But he loves it. It's such a perfect job for him and he gets to hang out with awesome co-workers all day which is a party for him! He has also been singing (non-stop). Ever since we have found him his vocal coach he has been more confident in his vocal abilities and we have all witnessed an amazing change in his voice. We are so proud of all the hard work he has put in to it! He also celebrated his 17th birthday. Wait, what? How? Blows his mama's mind. He celebrated with dinner out with some friends and then brought the crew home to play games. We laughed much and are so grateful he has wonderful friends.

Jack has also been playing lots of Spikeball and has also been playing lots of soccer. Except this week they went sledding for Youth Activities and he crashed pretty hard and has been pretty banged up and sore all week. But he is one tough kid and will not let a little, old sled stop him from playing his favorite sports. He is taking a Constitution class at our homeschool co-op and also trying his hand at stage fighting with swords. He has many interests. Another recent obsession is the stock market and he has been working his way through a pile of library books on the subject.

Peter loves SPIKEBALL! He also moved up to a higher rank in his flips class. He sold three Pokemon cards this week. (It's his new favorite thing to do.) He made around $30! We got a little salesman over here. Peter has been researching the types of chickens he wants to get. We're hoping to to get some this upcoming week. He is crossing his fingers that his parents will let him get peacocks as well. (not likely) He planned and hosted a Pokemon trading party this week and executed it perfectly. All 9 of the kids invited had a wonderful time and the house was still standing after all was said and done so we'll call it a success.

Since we last wrote we have had some very fun adventures, including trips to Vegas, St. George, and New York. It helped the longest short month (February) go by much faster. Here are some highlight pics from our travels: