Monthly Archives: December 2013

On the first day of Christmas, we went to the Warm Beach Lights of Christmas with our friends the Schmalz family. I have wanted to go for some time and it is a distance from our house. But it is just ten minutes from the new Schmalz home, so it was a perfect time toContinue reading “The Five Days of Christmas”

This morning we woke up to just over an inch of snow. Okay, so that’s not much, but in this area sometimes that’s all we get. We have to capitalize on the moment. We pushed back our shopping trip plans to the afternoon and got ready for fun in the snow! My kids were soContinue reading “Snow Day”

This season’s show at Seattle Children’s Theater is James and the Giant Peach. JT and I went to see the show last night and had a great time on our date. We were late to the show due to the NCAA women’s volleyball championships at Key Arena and the crazy traffic in the area –Continue reading “Date Nights”

This week, our senior pastor at Antioch Bible Church passed away after a long battle with cancer. We have been so blessed to have his leadership at our church. We are thankful that he is now rejoicing with the angels at the feet of his savior, and look forward to seeing him again someday inContinue reading “Hutch”

Finally, finally, a gymnastics class fit my requirements: 1) fits our schedule, 2) close in proximity, 3) reasonable cost. By close in proximity, I mean within twenty minutes’ drive. I don’t think I’m being unreasonable here… but it has been really tough to find a class for Haley. She has asked to join a gymnasticsContinue reading “Gymnastics”

Our annual women’s Christmas dinner was this weekend at our church. For the past few years, I have hosted a table. It is a lot of fun. There is great food, beautiful table decorations, a fabulous speaker, good music, and yummy dessert. This year, for the first time, Jim was my table server! The menContinue reading “Celebrating”

Because we came home after Thanksgiving so Jim could go to work the next day, the kids and I spent Black Friday at home. It was perfect. We started with cinnamon rolls for breakfast. The we started decorating the tree and the house. On December 1st, we started our Advent calendar. This year I amContinue reading “Advent”

It was a very relaxing Thanksgiving day this year, with a little healthy twist. We started by doing the Issaquah Turkey Trot 5K fun run with our friends. It was cold and crowded but we had a great time. Then we took our green beans, maple yams, cheesecake, and cranberry relish to my parents’ houseContinue reading “Thanksgiving”