The Hazard Chronicles

This week is going to be one of those "glimpse-into-normal-life" sort of posts. I think I'll use photos and captions to tell little stories. That seems easiest. This is just us being us these last couple of weeks.

We'll start with some culinary creations. This first one is Addy and her friend, Faith, making crepes in French class.

Rach and Marissa making raspberry jelly.

Wait...my bad. Rachel just corrected me and told me it was "jam," which is way different. Sorry.

And a lady's ski day with friends, hanging out in the trees with some "Charcuter-ski."

Also- we should have pictures here of the treats that people made for the Super Bowl- Elf cookies with jerseys and chocolate Oreo truffles. 

Speaking of the Super Bowl- Go Seahawks! The five of us went to a party with about twenty other people and it was so much fun. Thanks, as always, to Amanda and Byron for hosting :)

Also, I had to take this photo of the ceiling at church on Sunday. If I took one of the congregation you'd also see a bunch of green and blue. It's almost like there are some Seattle fans around here!

Here's a few ski photos for the week. The first couple are from the high school ski club. You can tell by the t-shirts what kind of winter we're having around here. This is supposed to be peak season, and it seriously feels like May. One local resort has even started to close mid-week. This photo is Ev (front) with her group.

And here's Addy and Jace

And Addy and me. The reason for the face I'm making is that Maren and Lindsey were supposed to be in there with us, but we got all the way up there and Maren had neglected to put her skis in the car, and Lindsey had forgotten her pass. So...it was just us. For a while. Maren went on an 8 mile walk on a nearby trail, and L got a "pass of shame" from the ticket office (It's a pass she wears on her coat that says, in big bold letters, "I FORGOT MY PASS.")

Random photo of Jack, as he takes a random photo of me. He found out he can borrow a camera from his school, and he's been experimenting with photography.

We all went to see the Broadway tour of Lion King. It was...Lion King. Just like the cartoon. I'll be honest that this is one of my beefs with Disney: Every version is pretty much exactly the same. The cartoon. The live action. The ice skating one. The stage adaptation. All the same lines and punchlines. The same depth- or lack thereof. The same motifs. The same heroes and villains with weak motivations and character arcs. Many of the stories they do have the potential to be sooo much more, but they insist on playing to an audience of children and keeping things on the surface. But hey- the costumes and puppets were really cool. So there is that.

This is Ev, right after she signed her letter of intent for Boise State. It has been a lot of back and forth for her trying to decide what school to go to, but I have to say I am excited that she chose Boise. It's a cool school in a cool town with a lot of opportunities for her. She has a friend that just got in as well and they are planning to room together. Good times ahead.

Have a good week!