Thursday, February 29, 2024

February Whirlwind!

Heyyyooo! Boy oh boy, time sure does fly. It's been a month, indeed. 

The wall printing business has been taking tons of Nils' time. It's good because they're getting jobs and there's lots to do. It's bad because Nils has too much to do already. Doug and Dave are the main guys running this thing, but sometimes there are things only Nils knows how to do. It's been a little nuts for all of them.

We've been getting Spanish and Portuguese language tracks added to YouTube videos, been working on a new website, and trying to stay afloat as usual with all the things to do in life.

Addie finished school and will take her certification exam in a few weeks. She's teaching lifeguard certification classes for the next couple of weeks and will be quite busy. 

Anders' mini-truck and van arrived and he's working on getting them fixed up and sold. The van is especially amazing and he's in love with it. It gives great joy to all who see it, and he doesn't really want to sell it. 

We went to Chick-fil-a one night while it was raining, and this is how they were taking orders outside. Too funny! 


A big mystery was solved in our family. For a couple of years, our car has had a mystery smell coming from the vents and none of us could identify it. For some reason Nils and Ava decided to change the cabin air filter, which requires the removal of the glove box, and they found the filter full of dog food. So the theory is that for a couple of years mice have been transporting Pip's dog food from the container in the garage to the cabin air filter in the Telluride. Disturbing to say the least, but now the Telluride smells normal, and we hate mice even more. 

We took our annual trip to SoCal and Disneyland for our winter sanity. 'Twas pretty great. 

Our last night we had to hit the beach. It was Valentine's Day, so there were an awful lot of couples there attempting romance. It was a little cold for romance, in my opinion. We didn't last long. 


Aani created this amazing collage, which Anders described as "brain rot". Disagree. 

We always do single rider on the Cars ride. You get on so fast that way. I was in this car with a bunch of strangers, and the little girl in the back was freaking out the entire time. Like unreasonably hysterical. When I saw this picture at the end, it was the greatest gift to me because when she was screaming bloody murder, I was chuckling, and now I can remember this moment forever. 


Anders and Aani searching for Anders' wife. She wasn't in Star Wars, unfortunately. 


Throwback to when Nils did a picture that gave me three legs. 

Hey Anders, maybe you could try to look like you're part of our family. *Anders takes another step away from us*. 

My favorite ride by far. Nils hates it. 

We went to Knott's Berry Farm for the first time ever. It was great! It made our love of Snoopy grow a great deal. They have the craziest roller coasters there and we had a fun day. 



And, of course we had to hit up Wahoo's. Yum yum! 

I could probably live in Southern California and be happy. Except for the taxes and politics and cost of living. But give me that weather and the vibe any old day! 

I think that's all I have. Here's to a banner March!