Happy New Year!
In January, Quinn rang in his 11th Birthday at Capital Grill which is always a good option for a fancy dinner. Creme brulee was also involved!
Quinn is blessed with a good 'hockey birthday' because it is early in the year. This means he is generally one of the oldest kids on a team that is at his age level, and he often has had the opportunity to play 'up' to a higher level at times through his youth career.
This season, we are enjoying what is probably the last year where Olivia and Quinn will be playing on the same hockey team. They are both doing Carriage Club house as well as the KC United Travel team that does tournaments.
Tis the season for Chiefs Playoff games! KC sports fans have been spoiled lately with incredible success in the NFL post season, thanks to some generational talent in the form of our star QB Patrick Mahomes. He has led the team to 6 STRAIGHT AFC Championship games, and we have played in 4 of the last 5 Super Bowls, winning 3 of those 4. Those are some crazy stats. Arrowhead has sure been rocking for some home field playoff games!
The Cunningham home has become a gathering place for post season Chiefs Watch Parties. We started this tradition two years ago when they went on their run to win their second Super Bowl title with this core team. And since we are now on a winning streak, we can't stop now!
In Winter of 2024, we only had one good freeze, but it was enough to get our ice patch up and going for a good skate during one of the watch parties. SPOILER ALERT. The Chiefs ended up winning this SB, making it two in a row. How about a 3-peat in 2025? Time will tell!
Another fun part of the watch parties is getting to try out new recipes and make things that you wouldn't normally try. I have been working with the InstaPot a lot and Quinn has been baking up a storm. The other day he did homeade pop tarts which were slightly burnt, just the way I like them! Below is a batch of his pretzels fresh out of the oven. He even made some spicy mustard to go along with them. Yum!
We had an unseasonably warm Winter this year, but we were able to sneak out to Montana for some fun on the slopes and definitely felt the bitter cold out there! Quinn convinced Jason to go up to the very top and ski down in near whiteout conditions. I was nervous about this plan and tracked their location on the mountain the whole way (not that it helped!). I think it was a little touch and go up in the tram too!
Wishing everyone a wonderful 2024 abundant with love, health and many blessings!
~claire & family
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