2016 marked the coldest start of the year for the Hough family since 2006. Our Floridian blood, still not accustomed to the frigid tundra of Central Michigan, has made this winter particularly brutal (despite everybody and their brother saying, "this is a mild winter, guys.")
With the Holiday Season officially behind us, everyday usualness returned in due order. Kris and I went back to work, the kids went back to school, and time slowed down. A lot. While not seeming as long and dull as, say, August, January is still a far cry from the three-day-long month of December. As you can see from the pictures that follow, we didn't do too much outside of the usual grind (which definitely stands in stark contrast with the previous two months.)
Check it out. . .
With the Holiday Season officially behind us, everyday usualness returned in due order. Kris and I went back to work, the kids went back to school, and time slowed down. A lot. While not seeming as long and dull as, say, August, January is still a far cry from the three-day-long month of December. As you can see from the pictures that follow, we didn't do too much outside of the usual grind (which definitely stands in stark contrast with the previous two months.)
Check it out. . .
Reenacting Abby's favorite Star Wars movie, The Return of the Jedi, with some of her Christmas loot. . . |
(FYI - those Tijuana albums are GOLD. Especially that Tijuana Christmas LP. . . I imagine that gem will get some pretty heavy rotation next Holiday season. . .) |
The boxed sets |
Another retro videogaming session, featuring the NES and PS2. |
Dad and Cindy got me a Bose Color Soundlink bluetooth speaker for Christmas this year, and while it was the color that I wanted (standard black), I felt that the speaker could use some definite 'snazzin'' up. I therefore bought this leather, Old World-styled case off Amazon, and the sum'bitch fits like a glove. . . |
The cut-away areas accommodate all the usual plug-in areas for chords, as well as buttons, and there's a protective mesh covering for the speaker faces, meaning I can keep this thing on at all times and further protect my speaker. To make things even more awesome, even with this protective case on, the speaker still fits in my foam-fitted, hardshell zip-up case I have for the speaker and chords. Consider this Nerding Out at a Master Level. |
Our basement, on any given weekday. |
Abby spent more time on the planks than her sister did, as the Cannonball was too busy socializing and ohmygoshing with her friends from school around the arcade and ticket-spewing games. . . |
Winning some tickets with one of her friends from class. . . |
Abby wasn't very happy with her sister's lack of enthusiasm for skating. . . |
Kris showed up after she got out of work, just in time to get some usual scolding in. . . |
Dolled up and ready for school (usually Kris takes the girls to school in the morning, so I wasn't sure if the make up thing was even allowed. They eventually talked me into it.) |
Some creepy Spanish poster at work, featuring that "know what I mean, Vern?" actor. Ernest, I think. Right? |
Playing in the snow in the back/side yard |
No idea why she's so happy - it's cold as shit out. |
I had been out there shoveling the driveway and decided to have a pipe so I could watch the kids frolic in the snow like a couple of idiots. |
Abby moves in for the kill, snowball in hand. Even at close range, her aim is comically terrible. |
The onset of another lightsaber battle in the basement, exchanging some Force throws/pushes. . . |
(It should go without saying that this is one of Abby's favorite past times. . .) |
. . . and no, you can't borrow my shirt. |
I hate kids. |
- Brian