Merry Christmas 2010! Our day looked like this...
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Major Progress!
Over this Christmas break we've had some "backyard elves" come and do some awesome work at our house. Our backyard has literally been transformed! What was almost a garbage dump-like area now looks like a carefully landscaped yard. We have been blessed and look forward to being able to use this space very soon.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas Eve
The rain has stopped (for now) and the sun is drying things up nicely here in So. Cal. We had some serious rain for several days and there was quite a bit of damage to many homes, roads and buildings not far from us. We are thankful for a dry house! Since the weather was so nice, the kids and I took a bike ride around the neighborhood and this is what we found on this Christmas Eve day...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Happy Birthday, Kamryn!
On December 21st we celebrate our second-born, Kamryn Elise. She is a spunky, athletic, tender-hearted, artistic, wonderful daughter! We are so thankful for her 11 years. (We were talking about how Kam was born in December of 1999, right during the whole Y2K scare. Funny memories!) This year she had two friends over. We went to see The Chronicles of Narnia (in 3-D), did a craft, went out for pizza downtown, and had cake at home. A bunch of her Michigan friends called to wish her a happy birthday, too. Special!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Secret Santa
We have had another fun thing this Christmas season-someone has been dropping off a gift on our doorstep each day. Each day there is another treat for us for the twelve days before Christmas. The first couple days they were on our porch after dark in the evening. A couple of times we came home to find something left during the day. This morning was the best: warm monkey bread delivered to our door! It's been a lot of fun to find the little treats each day. We're very curious to find out who our gift givers are!
Last Day of School Before Vacation
It was another great day of parties and fun as we finished up school before the Christmas break. Since I'm not teaching this year it was fun to be able to drop in on the kids' parties at school. Being in Troy's first grade classroom brought back many good memories of my many years of teaching first grade. (It's such a fun age!) Here are the highlights.
Katie's Concert
Katie's school had their Christmas concert last week too. It was nice to see what they have been working so hard on. Katie's choir meets twice a week at 7:00 am before school! Although the school does not have a band, she was able to accompany one song with her oboe (which was beautiful!). She is also in "show choir" which sang one song. She was kind of "forced" into this choir and was not excited about it, but it's turned out to be kind of fun. They did well!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
ACA Soccer
High school soccer season is in full swing here. Katie's team is starting to come together really nicely. They are still recovering from some injuries, but pulled out a great win yesterday. Katie is playing defense this year, which is a switch, but one she is enjoying.
Christmas Concert #2
A couple nights ago we had our second Christmas program for RCS. It was in the beautiful University of Redlands chapel. It is a huge hall which was all decorated for the season. We are again blessed with wonderful music teachers for our kids. Mr. Mercer and Mrs. Leonard do an awesome job! I'm just so amazed that they can get so many kids organized and singing so beautifully. Kamryn played in the 5th grade band and sang in the choir. Troy sang with his first grade class. Scott sang in the men's chorus and was part of the "stage crew". This year they had costumes to wear!
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