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.

Just a Tiny Bit of Skiing.

It has been such a mild winter this year.  Sidney has only been up skiing twice and the conditions were not amazing either time.  She had fun nonetheless.

She thinks it is quite fun to run around the house on Kendall's knee scooter.  It is really only fun if you do not have to get around this way:).

She went to the airport to greet her friend Kennedy as she returned from a mission trip to Nepal.

Well, the Prius decided it was going to start nickel and diming us, so we went ahead an upgraded.  I assured both of the girls that this is the last car that will be funded by the bank of MOM:).

Sidney is in her final semester of welding.  She has very much enjoyed learning this skill.  

She and her friend Kinsey spent the day together.  They went to coffee, made flower bouquets and went on a hike.  It was great to reconnect!

Ranch Time.

Oh man.  I have taken zero pictures of the horses the past few weeks.  Here are a couple of Levi and I on one of our crazy February days.  T-shirt weather in February, really?  Here is the thing, Sidney and Pigeon have been working very hard over the past few months on their riding and specifically jumping.  They are doing some amazing things.  I really need to get some videos or pictures to share of how far they have come.  The trainer that Sidney has been working with has been amazing at taking her to the next level.  I vow to get some pictures and write up a blog about all of that.  Until then...