Benjamin & cousin Logan

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Task Organize art room

Scary drive home

We are half way home, slow going and really messy.

Merry Christmas!

Marshmallow shooters

A great gift courtesy of uncle geoff and Aunt Ky.

Christmas Eve games

Had a great time playing games with the kids, ky, mom, Grandma and Grandpa Van. Turns out Grandma is the one to watch. Sneaky.

Blue Sky Too

Perfect Day

The first perfect powder day of the season - wow!

Faster than a speeding . . .

Refueling at Lunch

PB&J and hot chocolate w/marshmallows.

Action Shot

Benjamin's Day

Just me and Benj today. And we're having a blast!

Gingerbread men

Neighbor gifts

Heading out to deliver some holiday cheer.

Countdown

Lunch with the gals

random Inspiration

more random inspiration. bad blog manners as I can't site where this is all from. try harder next time.

RAW food - I AM UNCERTAIN

We ate dinner last night at the Gratitude Cafe It was a great new experience, really interesting. The entire menu was raw and vegan. No dairy or gluten. Check out the menu if interest. The food looked "real" it and the textures were close the the real thing. Sour cream made out of nuts? I ordered:

I AM ELATED
Our original live soft vegetables tortilla w/ today’s sprouted seed filling,
topped with spicy salsa verde & cashew sour cream. Served w/ Mexican
spiced coleslaw & your choice of steamed quinoa or Bhutanese red rice

I AM REFRESHED
Fresh lemon juice, agave & sparkling water on ice with a basil leaf

I AM DEVOTED
Rich coconut cream pie in a coconut-date crust

Down the hall...

Challenging Day

Andrew insisted that we stay off the easy runs today. This is a view from Alta's Supreme area. Great day!

Heading out to the High Traverse

Coaching

Half time

Benjamin practices at half time

First game, final score

The tree is up!

Which one is the turkey?

Thanksgiving

Uncle Tom

Decorating has begun

We started the holiday decorating. These are some SU décor elements
that a fabulous designer friend created. They look great from the
outside at night. I'll try and capture a photo of them later.

The recipe SPP

Leslie - this is a new recipe not the marshmallow version Grampy likes. This one is even better, more like a pie.

INGREDIENTS
3 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes (I peeled and boiled 5 large SP)
1/2 c. white sugar
1/4 cup butter
2 T Whipping Cream
1 t. cinnamon
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup butter, melted
1 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour

DIRECTIONS
Mix together sweet potatoes, white sugar, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Spread into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
Mix together 1/3 cup melted butter or margarine, pecans, brown sugar, and flour. Spoon on top of sweet potato mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

Sweet potato pie test run

Benjamin loves his headband souvenir from the jazz game. He looks
snazzy.

Jazz game

Trax jungle gym

Train craziness.

We are on our way to the Jazz game chaperoning 30, yes 30 kids.

2nd day of skiing

Andrew and Chris spent the day skiing again. Andrew found a jump on Sugarloaf and made Chris take that same run 8 times so he could master it.

Opening Day at Alta!

Mid-November and we're skiing already!