Catching Up

Guess I better catch up on a few things I've missed.
We ended 2010 with a New Year's Bash at Kristina's. And that means a birthday party for Grace. Isn't she a cute 6-year old? She is a one-of-a-kind gal. She's into monkeys and had them on her cake.

Later in January some of the kids took their families up into the snow again. Phil was teaching a radio class or we would have gone with them. Unfortunately the weather had been warmer and melted off quite a bit of snow so it wasn't as deep as before. The gang had a great time until about the last run. Kristina managed to break her ankle on that run. She ended up with about 8 screws and a plate to put it all back together again. Here's a shot of Jon autographing her cast. She has a boot now to walk with.

Then on February 5th Phil and Delvin Bunton finally received their award as "Teachers of the Year" for ARRL. It was announced last fall but is given out at the annual award banquet in February. It was a nice evening with great food. The award comes with $100 in gift certificates as well. Quite a few in the room had been through one their classes at some time or another! They've been teaching for about 15 years - missing one or two.

Just about the time people were starting to talk about Spring we got surprised with a couple of snowstorms. The first one on February 16 and the second one on February 24. Can't trust that weatherman but I always say until it gets past March nothing surprises me.

These 2 cuties both have birthdays in February; Aubrey on the 16th and Jayden on the 19th. They have shared a cake the last couple of years. Here we have Stormtroopers protecting the Polly Pockets.