Having a grey Christmas.....

Grey as in concrete!  

The neighborhood has had a lot of concrete work done this year and we have been wanting to get the side yard paved to be able to park behind the fence.  

So after going through bids for over a month, it happened, very quickly!  

Keith got his side yard for Christmas and the house has a fixed driveway and matching walkway to the door.  

Before....

Then the tractor arrived...

Forms were lade, re-bar put in, and a gravel base put down...

There was a lot of this going on over the two days.

We had threat of rain overnight so they completely tarpped their hard work so it would be good for pouring the next day.

It did sprinkle a bit overnight, so it was worth the time.

Then the truck showed up and it was a busy morning!

Truck #2 came to finish a small corner on the drive and the side yard.

Finished and setting....

Now we get to stay off of it for a month. 

Football Jamboree

Cody had his first football games at the league jamboree.  Each team played 3-4 short, ones sided games (only playing offense or defense during the game).  It gave the coaches a chance to see how things were coming together before the regular season starts in January.  

Warm Ups

His team played offense the first game and did pretty well.  

The last 3 games they played defense.  Cody has been given a lineman type position with his goal being the quarterback. 

He is having a really great time and we all really like the coaches.  

Hopefully practices will pick up after the holidays and it will be fun to see how they play in their games. 

Crocker Art Museum & Downtown

The Crocker Art Museum hosts homeschooling days about once a month where they have special activities and extra docents in the galleries.  This month's theme was Illusions.  

We started in the lobby to watch a silks artist.  

The first station was to see wood carved to look like food.  She had a lot of different kinds of wood pieces they could touch and pass around to see how the different the species are.   She also had a video that showed an 80 year old woman carving with a chain saw. 

The next one was about perspective and talking about where people were in the picture and how many there were.  The reflection made for a very interesting painting.  

 They were able to play with mirrors to see if they could recreate the painting idea. 

The 3rd painting was about using light and dark to create depth.  

The last one talked about using lines to create depth in a painting.  

 They also used view finders to look down the hallways. 

After the museum we walked around a bit downtown.