every which way

definitely a blog title that could apply to almost every day at our house.  craig, sam and isaac went skiing.  a beautiful warm day on the slopes of park city.  i know how much isaac appreciates craig taking him skiing.  a few weeks ago, isaac was distressed to find out that spring training started at the beginning of march.  i wondered why because he loves baseball season so much.  when i asked him he said, "I only have six more weeks to ski.".  craig was nice to take him even though he is extraorinarily busy at work right now.  sam skied with his ski buddy, colin.

caroline and i met steve at scott & kim's house and helped paint a bedroom for one of the girls.  a great pick-me-up for kari i hope.  caroline proved to be a great painter even though she was a rookie.  we had fun with steve.  afterwards, steve took caroline and some of the kids to cafe rio for lunch. 

jake slept and cleaned, at the risk of being grounded.  and we all watched the ravens/steelers play-off game.  many strong opinions about that game.  lots of shouting when good plays happened.  steelers won, which made sam and me happy. 

we were happy that evan came home for a few days.  he arrived in time to watch the game with us.  of course, we talked a lot about japan and looked at some of the things we need to buy and get done before he leaves.  craig took evan and caroline out for japanese food tonight.  we'll try to introduce evan to the food a bit.  he's rather sad that his chances of having mexican food during the two years he is in japan are pretty remote.