Remembering the REASON for the SEASON


A quiet morning at home
School for the big kids, Oren goes this afternoon
Then time with friends for me and a senior photo shoot after school
These days are cold. No snow, no rain, just bundle up cold

Our weekend

a weekend of good stuff

I took the Badgley's pictures Sat morning and that was a great photo shoot.We did them mostly indoors because it was oh so chilly. The lighting was okay though and the pictures were relaxed and fun. 

We hung out in the shop a lot and Vance cooked on the wood stove out there. I got on the spin bike several times, something I should be doing even more of.

The Chiefs Gold team did fantastic Saturday night at MLHS - a sweet win!! 

Sunday, Hazel and I attended a wonderful show at the church! It was so well done. Excellent acting and beautiful singing with a great message. We enjoyed it so much. 

hula hooping fun! 

Basketball!!

Good coaching
Good learning
Hard work

Basketball and fun!

Our buddy, Hersch #11 - this kid has grown, quickly! And is a good ball player! 

Games, games and more games, Kennewick, Ephrata, Moses Lake and then Ephrata again over the weekend. Our boys played hard. I can hardly believe Merit is playing High School ball!

 This game of basketball!! Such a fun weekend!

I sub kinder tomorrow! YAY! 

Oren was excited for pre-school today.

Hazel had friends over after school Monday - they baked! 

Willem just completed a really cool story for English. 

Merit played out of town last night, he got back to the HS at 10:30 p.m. and then up early this morning. He is tired. He really likes his coach! He feels he is learning with each practice and game. 

Photo shoot later today with a family we know through Merit's sports.

I found 25 very gently used books yesterday! I think I paid $7 for all of them. I kept two, Hazel kept one and the others are gifts for a room full of kinders at Longview.

I am tired -- I think it is a good kind of tired.

Our house looks pretty festive. This is fun!
Willem thinks our elf, Hans Peter, will be arriving tomorrow~

I forgot to check for eggs today - I hope they will not freeze tonight.

I taught kinder today and it was a FUN class! The things they say! I love it. Hazel joined me for lunch! She ate her cup of noodles, I ate my Healthy Choice and we chatted.

Both big boys had basketball practice tonight. The roads were icy on our way home.

Our dryer is broke again. ugh. We just had it repaired in August --
Tomorrow the repairman will come out! YAY! Easy fix I hope.

And this weekend will be FILLED with basketball! 7 games between Merit and Will.

A few pics from Thanksgiving Day...

Certainly one of my favorite days of the year

Memories made! Oren was not running away from pictures and we found the perfect tree for the shop! And a slightly bigger, even more perfect tree for the house! 

These 4! What fun!