NYE

We had a couple of hours of sunshine and warm temps today, so we played a round of putt putt!

Jason always wins and Bryce is pretty good, but I stole second place from him at the last minute.  We celebrated with a jalapeno margarita! 

This evening we went to the Shipley's to celebrate our ninth NYE with them.

We wish you all a happy and healthy 2022!

winterfest

We made one last trip to Winterfest tonight.  Bryce was invited to go with some friends, so Jason and I took Emmy.

She wasn't spoiled at all.

She had wanted to go ice skating, so we obliged.  She was a pro!

Bryce and his friends went off on their own, but I managed to get a picture of him on the way out.

 

a wedding

My mom and Paul got married tonight.

They had a small ceremony at Paul's house with family and a few close friends.

Congratulations! 

christmas week

We had a great week leading up to Christmas.  

On Monday, Emmy had her Christmas piano recital and played Rudolph.

On Tuesday night we went to Winterfest at Kings Dominion with Nana. 

It was cold and a little rainy, but we rode some rides and enjoyed a show and some yummy food.  

Wednesday night we went to see Sing 2 with family and friends. 

Thursday, we made cookies for Santa.

We celebrated Christmas with Nana on Christmas Eve and I didn't get a single picture. 

After Nana's we went to both the modern and candlelight services at church.  

Then it was time to put on Christmas pjs and leave Santa his treats.  

The kids slept until almost 7 on Christmas morning.  

Bryce was excited about his pop a shot.

We went to Jason's parent's house for breakfast and presents.  

We went to Nana's for lunch and stockings.

Then we came home and crashed after a wonderful Christmas!

another fun and festive week

Emmy continued dressing in festive clothes to wrap up the last week of school before break.

She even had a reindeer scrunchie.

For one of our advent acts of kindness this week the kids placed dollar bills on items all over the dollar store.  

Bryce said this was his favorite RACK so far.

She looked terrific on Tuesday

Bryce even got in on the action.  His school had mad about plaid spirit day.

Work it Wednesday.

Another day this week the kids loaded washers and dryers with quarters at the laundromat to cover someone's next load of laundry.

Looking fancy for her class Christmas party. 

I was working at school on the day of her party and Jason picked up and delivered their nugget tray, so we were able to sneak in a quick picture with our girl.  

Friday was pajama and movie day!  This was the only day Emmy rewore a shirt in 15 days because she needed something to match her new pj bottoms she got!

We just love our mailman. He's such a nice guy.  As another act of kindness, the kids gave him some M&Ms to thank him for driving "M"iles and "M"iles to deliver our mail.  We also gave him a 7-Eleven gift card so he can buy a warm drink and snack on a long cold day delivering mail.

Emmy's gym had their Mele Kalikimaka themed Christmas party on Friday night.  She had on a grass skirt at some point! 

Saturday was rainy so we had time to do some fun indoor Christmasy things.

We made a gingerbread house and made some Christmas cookies.

The rain cleared so we drove around and looked at Christmas lights.

Sunday afternoon we picked up trash in our neighborhood as our act of kindness for the day!

We wrapped up the weekend celebrating Christmas with our neighbors at our annual Beljacklocks Christmas party.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas week!