Julie taught Alana how to jump over things. She proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes practicing the skill down by the river (the pom-poms on the boots provided extra momentum I’m sure):

That evening, Julie made a “Jump Up and Kiss Me” (sans pineapple juice — we really rough it when we’re on the farm). [...]

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We headed to the farm in West Virginia this weekend, and Benton got to bring along one of his best friends, Josh. We like it when Josh comes over, because he and Benton entertain each other seemingly endlessly (and he’s roughly twice as polite and three times as self-sufficient as any of our kids, so [...]

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Continuing the theme of some pictures from our surprisingly snow-filled trip to West Virginia last weekend with pictures of Julie…
Hanging out with Molly down by the creek

Pondering the winter scene

With a large icicle

Walking back to the farmhouse with her dad

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I really am taking the easy way out with these posts from our trip to West Virginia last weekend! I already posted the video of Benton on the 4-wheeler, but I snapped a few other pictures that seemed worth sharing.
Going up…

…and going down

Pausing for a picture en route to the river with Julie and Molly

Hanging [...]

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And…a few pictures of Carson from our West Virginia adventures last weekend.
Sledding

Hanging Out with Army Men and Legos in Grandpa’s Chair…While Benton Draws a Laser Bead

Icicle
I got to carry this 20-lb chunk of frozen water all the way back to the farmhouse (including up a lengthy, snowy, wooded incline) so that he could show [...]

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Alana headed outside a couple of times to “clean the snow off of Mommy’s car,” but, for the most part, she stayed inside — Grandma Pam is entirely too much of a draw, especially in sub-20 degree weather.
On Saturday afternoon, she played some checkers with Julie:

She’s totally up for a little smack-talk after a sweet [...]

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More from our weekend in West Virginia…
Benton and I went for several 4-wheeler rides and just couldn’t resist having a little fun in the snow (as always, if you can’t play the video directly, just click on the link and you should get to the YouTube page where it will play):

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We headed to West Virginia for the weekend and were surprised when it snowed for most of the day on Saturday. Pleasantly surprised! The boys barely waited until the ground was covered before heading out to slide down the hill, despite the 12-degree weather.
Julie got the idea to give Molly a ride down the hill. [...]

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Alana has quite a collection of hair ornamentation. When we went to the farm a couple of weeks ago, she wore a large pink bow.
You can see it on her head as she spreads corn for the deer:

You can see it on her head as she chases Carson on his bicycle:

If she’s not wearing it, [...]

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Benton is really enjoying baseball this season, and he’s developed into one of the most consistent and accurate pitchers on his team. Unfortunately, he’s not one of the most powerful pitchers at the same time. Last season, he singlehandedly “invented” the off-speed pitch — realizing that a slow ball can be as hard to hit [...]

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