‘Twas the week before Christmas, and there is fun to be had. First, the kids decorated gingerbread houses at home on Friday night while I got everything ready for their second ski Saturday the following morning. My family went skiing without me again on Saturday. They had a wonderful time, and then we scooted offContinue reading “The week before Christmas”
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Festive Friends
This year, our neighborhood friends group decided to switch our progressive dinner from a Friendsgiving in November to a Festive Friends in December. We started at the Drew house for drinks and appetizers and the kids got lots of energy out as they wrestled, ran, and practiced carrying objects around the house on spoons… aContinue reading “Festive Friends”
Christmas Dinners
I had back-to-back Christmas dinners this week. Monday was our church’s women’s Christmas event. I invited my mom, my mother-in-law, my sister-in-laws, my niece, three ladies from my neighborhood, and a friend who is new to our church. We ended up with quite a fun group! The food was good, the speakers were wonderful, andContinue reading “Christmas Dinners”
Dinner by Haley
Ever since JT started making dinner last year, Haley has been asking when it would be her turn. Then she got some American Girl cookbooks and she really wanted to do some cooking! We finally worked out a day that made sense, and she made the yummiest chicken noodle soup and cheesy garlic bread forContinue reading “Dinner by Haley”
Christmas Shows
Haley and I went to see The Nutcracker performed by Evergreen City Ballet in Bellevue last weekend and it was very well done. We went last year too, and I honestly think this year’s show was even better. The sugar plum fairy was amazing! First, we had lunch and played the dot game on theContinue reading “Christmas Shows”
Winter Flooring Project #3
Our new carpet was installed! We started planning for new carpet upstairs about a year ago. Well, really, when we bought our house and saw that the carpet was original. While surprisingly nice for 26+ years of use, it was ready for a replacement. This fall, I picked out carpet and scheduled installation for eightContinue reading “Winter Flooring Project #3”
Fall Family Photos
So my summer family photos didn’t look quite right for our Christmas card this year, and I didn’t want to ask my family to get dressed up for another photo shoot. But. Jim and I had a date night planned, and Ali was coming to babysit, and it was a beautiful day, and our neighborsContinue reading “Fall Family Photos”
Blogiversary
I’ve been blogging here for 10 years. (What?!) I have over 900 posts and over 56,000 page views, which means each post has been seen an average of 62 times. That’s crazy! I started this blog in 2007 when I found out I was pregnant with JT as a way to keep our story, andContinue reading “Blogiversary”
Finishing Flag Football
We finished a great season of flag football last weekend. Jim was so thrilled to be able to be the assistant coach, and JT grew a lot as a player. We learned that he is fast. At least, compared to most of the other kids. He learned how to take an angle and run downContinue reading “Finishing Flag Football”
New mud room!
When we moved into our house, we made a list of things we wanted to change, as I’m sure most people do. The floors were on the list. We changed out the family room carpet as soon as possible, because it smelled like wet dog. But everything else has been on hold because our outsideContinue reading “New mud room!”
The Keene Family 