"I misted you, Dad!"

I had the flu at the cabin this past week. The first night I was quarantined in the Nemo trailer. When Grace came back from the cabin, she ran into my bedroom and said, "I misted you, Dad!" I "misted" her too!

"Do I look old?"

Grace said to me at dinner tonight, "do I look old?" I asked what made her think that. Then, she pointed to the wrinkles on the palm of her hand!

Ski Cooper (graduated from bunny hill)

Yesterday, at the age of four and on her third lesson with Daddy, Grace graduated from the bunny hill to greens and blues with Angi and Paige. During a short rest, on her first time down the mountain, Grace looked back up the mountain in total amazement and joy (smile) at how far she had come...and said something like "look how far, Dad." (Hopefully, we all have that same reaction when we look back at how far God has taken us up and down the mountains of life!). This was a grand moment for our family...everyone skiing together for the first time. May God bless us with skiing with our children and grandchildren!

Show and Tell (elk)

I was blessed to harvest a mature cow elk in Oct 2007. I showed the girls pictures and gave each of them one of the two ivory eye teeth (on a necklace). I told Grace she could bring her elk tooth necklace to show and tell at her daycare home. However, she told her daycare provider (Sherry) that she would bring the entire elk to show and tell! Gracie was bummed when she found out that she was just bringing an elk tooth.