Wilson and Christmas.

These are the nicknames we have given to Willow (our kitty) and Crispy (Diego's kitty).  They don't seem to mind, and frankly only respond when they want to.

Willow loves exploring the shower, while there is still water on the surface.

The sink continues to be one of her favorite hand out spots.  She especially loves it when the water is at a trickle.  She loves to swat at the stream of water.

Kendall sat outside in some of the spring sunshine with the doggos.  Willow was feeling a bit left out.

Crispy is a rescue cat and is about six years old.  Diego got her last summer.  She is thriving in her new home.

Kendall seems to have no problem around her.  I think it is just the long haired cats that she needs to be careful with.

Brankle Update - Proceed with Caution.

Kendall has been working hard to keep up with her studies.  She has generally been feeling well, and has been very good about following doctors orders and not putting any weight on it.  The boot they gave her to keep the foot at a 90 degree ankle has been crazy uncomfortable.  Sidney and I have been doing our best to provide her entertainment.

The scar has been healing up nicely and looks better every day.

She was very anxious for her 6 week follow up appointment.  She was delighted to learn that she could start physical therapy and had the green light to start doing some weight bearing.

After her first physical therapy appointment, they told her she could start driving with caution.  Oh my goodness, this was the best news ever.  We loaded her car up (and mine) and moved her back into her apartment.  It was a bittersweet day for me (and her).  It was so nice to have her home, but it was also so nice to get her independence back.

Look at how skinny her calf is (on the left) after only six weeks of no weight bearing.  They said the ankle swelling will likely continue for the next year.

She has found that her dunks are a good height comparison for her boot.  She has been trying to transition to two shoes, but it does get pretty sore fast.

FBI - Here I Come!

An opportunity came up to take a defensive pistol course, so I thought 'Why not?'  It was SO MUCH fun.  I learned so many things.  There was a small group of us, and we had two instructors.  It was basically four hours of nonstop drills.  We were all doing so well, that the instructors asked us if we wanted to start movement drills.  Heck yeah!  We did both forward and backward movements, as well as turning then drawing.  I had one of the instructors take a little video, but it will not load, so here are some pics.

HOSA State.

Sidney qualified to compete at State for HOSA.  It was a 3 day event.  She had a great time.  That club has been very inspiring for her.  Here she is in her HOSA Professional get up.

Here she is in her scrubs for the day of skills testing.

Here is the Borah group.  They all did very well.  Quite a few of them qualified for Nationals.  Sidney placed 4th in State for Occupational Therapy.  The top three go to Nationals.  If one of the top three decide not to go, she will move up into their place.  In either case, this was such a fantastic experience.

ULI Idaho.

It is not often that I get to tour mass timber buildings in Boise.  We are getting more and more of them, and they are beautiful.  We toured the new Construction Management building at BSU.   

The new north end zone expansion also features some mass timber.  

It was fun to get a behind the scenes look at the facility.  Now to win the lottery and get one of those field boxes.

Junk Drawer - February 2026.

It was finally a beautiful 'warm' sunny day, so I headed to the golf course for my first bucket of balls for the season.  I am happy to report that it went very well, and I am going to be very sore.

My parents bought new living room furniture and took their old furniture up to Hallie and Jonny.  I helped my dad load it into the truck.  It was heavy, and we had a heck of a time figuring out how to get it out of the house.  We finally had to take the front door off.

I managed to catch this gorgeous sunrise!

Making the Best of Things.

Well, Kendall has been doing a lot of lying down and elevating her ankle the past month.  The first two weeks, she was pretty drugged up and not able to think clearly.  Since then, she has been working hard to catch up in her college classes.  We have made a couple trips to campus to take some tests.  It is impressive how well she has done at being able to get all the coursework done.  In her downtime, she has been enjoying the animals and binge watching New Girl, which I have found to be laugh out loud hilarious.

She has had a few friend come by for visits.  Shelby brought her sweet little boy over for a visit.

During the weekends, we transition her over to Diego's for a change of scenery.  Plus, he has roommates and a lot of friends over.  Diego also has a cute little cat named Crispi.

Since Crispi enjoyed the scooter basket so much, we thought we would let Willow give it a spin.  Yep, she was also a fan favorite.

She has done her nails a couple of times.  She is trying builder gel, which has been much better for her nails.

There are also quite a few lego sets that she fell behind on, so she has had some time to put those together.

If they give her the green light to be weight bearing at her next appointment, she will move back to her apartment.  She still will not be able to drive, since she will have the giant boot on her right ankle, but she will be able to get around much better.  BSU has a good shuttle system that she will need to check out.