Monthly Archives: December 2016

Christmas Eve began with baking and basketball. We also got JT a littlebits Gizmos & Gadgets set, and graduated Haley into Snap Circuits, so there was lots of time building and designing during the afternoon as well. We also went to visit my grandma. The kids both picked out a Christmas book to read toContinue reading “Christmas 2016”

Let’s see. Monday, Jim and I had a date night after basketball practice to see Rogue One. We lovvvved it and we would love to see it again! We saw it with friends, and we all went out to frozen yogurt afterward. Tuesday we made Christmas cookies with my side of the family. We broughtContinue reading “Almost Christmas”

What a weekend! We started Saturday morning with baseball camp for JT. Then we got ready for Singing Christmas Tree with friends. Afterward, we all met for dinner at a restaurant. We had one table of 8 adults and one table of 10 kids! Jim and I left from there (our friends delivered our childrenContinue reading “Weekend Before Christmas”

Haley is continuing to enjoy gymnastics. In fact, she chose to stay in gymnastics for winter season instead of doing Upward Basketball. She has two goals: Make it to Level Two Join Splits Club We are so proud of how hard she is working in class. She gets stronger every time, and just three monthsContinue reading “Gymnastics”

We are full of Christmas fun around here. I don’t put activities in the Advent Calendar because I want Advent to be about JESUS not about treats and fun activities. But we still do the fun activities, of course. Last Friday, the kids and I attended the opening night of Stellaluna at Seattle Children’s Theater.Continue reading “More Christmas Festivities”

We got snow! It was so fun to see it start falling Thursday night, and wake up to a few inches of thick, wet snow… which is perfect for snowmen and snowballs. Since Jim didn’t have to leave quite so early for work, I made blueberry pancakes so our tummies would be extra full beforeContinue reading “Snow Day”

It was so fun to have Aunt Gena, my sister-in-law, come to the kids’ school to teach their classes about Saint Lucia, a Swedish traditional holiday on December 13th that brings light to the darkest day of the year. Haley practiced in advance so she would be prepared to wear the costume and pass outContinue reading “Saint Lucia”

Christmas! Over the weekend, we went to the Living Nativity. We highly recommend it and have been going for years because my aunt and uncle are involved. We had invited some friends who had to cancel at the last minute, so we invited our neighbor friends at the last minute too. Sawyer and Jozie were aContinue reading “It’s beginning to look a lot like…”

We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend enjoying some family time, starting with our neighborhood Turkey Trot. This year, a neighbor kid had a coffee and hot chocolate stand set up, so we were all treated to hot drinks after our run. Both our kids did a great job finishing a full mile in the pouringContinue reading “Thankful”