October 2019!

Oct. 10 - Kids pictures and Swiggy's first haircut

Oct. 12 - Boys go to truck and tractor day with Mama and Kivi's homecoming

Kivi also had a race at Richland and got 6th!

Oct. 14 - Swiggy's 2nd birthday a month early at the Children's Museum! and Eben's Senior Year photo shoot

Happy Birthday, Swiggy! You bring so much joy to our lives! You are so fun and cute and cuddly. You love to play with all your siblings and they love to have you around all the time. You love to follow your brothers, Tuff and Coal and do whatever they do. You love all cars and trucks and your boots. We can't wait to see how God uses your life for His good! We love you, so much, our baby boy!

Oct. 15 - Took the littles to a Hand's on Petting Zoo with Dodie

Oct. 16 - Kivi Cross Country - 2nd place!!, HS messy night, Mama and Dada watch a concert and spend the night at the Elk's Lodge in Tacoma.

Oct. 18 Kivi placed 5th at the Frosh/Soph run at Wright park and Ebby gets a cell phone for an early birthday present.

Oct. 19 - Free pumpkins and Eben and Brylea go to Steilacoom's homecoming

Oct. 20 - Eben teaches Jasper to shave and Eben's Spaghetti and Spy 16th Birthday!

Eben! You did it! You're 16! And we couldn't be more proud of you! You are starting your second year at Pierce College as a sophomore, which you bike to on Dada's electric bike every day, rain or shine. You are an amazing friend to so many, a great example to your younger siblings. You are learning to drive. You excel at all things computer. You quickly and happily obey whatever Dada and I ask of you. You love your God! We love you, Eben and we love the person you are becoming in Christ! Happy 16th Birthday, son!

Oct. 25- Panera and an Eben concert

Oct. 26 - Jasper spends every morning chopping wood for 1/2 an hour! Kivi's race at Fort Steilacoom ends in her crawling over the finish line and passing our for an hour. She ends up at the hospital because of not eating and high blood sugar. Expensive lesson learned - eat before a race!

Oct. 27 - the Wells and us host one of the stops for the Great Pumpkin Hunt. Kivi's team had to eat an onion.

Oct. 28 - Corn Maze day with the extended family!

Oct. 29 - For my 44th birthday I get scammed into spending $400 dollars on not great meat.

Oct. 31 - Harvest Carnival is on! We run the cakewalk and dress up as Mario and friends. 

Dada - Donkey Kong, Mama - Wario, Eben - Waluigi, Kivi - Rosalina, Jasper - King Boo, Opal - Princess Peach, Berg - Mario, Pella - Daisy, Tuff - Shy Guy, Coal - Koopa Troopa, Flint - Toad

 

February 2019!

Feb. 2 Skiing!

Feb. 3 Super Bowl party at the Adams

Feb. 4 Last day with Isabella

Feb. 5 Tiny igloos and snow dessert

Feb. 6 AAA Buffet for Mimi and Opal's birthdays, Silly Swig and Awana Youth game

Feb. 7 Dada bike ride with the boys

Feb. 8 Dada bike ride with the Mama, kids make snowbabies

Feb. 9 Sledding, Swiggy sized igloo, Schock snow day, big igloo making, games and girls sleep in their igloo all night.

Feb. 10 More Snow Days - snowed in!

Feb. 13 Meet our new niece, Solly! Missed her birth because of snow!

Feb. 15 Opal gets a massage table!

Feb. 16 Opal's 11th Birthday party!  This year Mama spent a ton of time making an Atlantis themed escape room for Opal's big day. She wanted her theme to be underwater and have a slide down to the basement, which Jasper built for her out of tons of cardboard. While one team tried to save Atlantis the other team was working on their graham cracker Atlantis creations. She chose spanakopita and Italian sodas and brownies. 

Opie girl! You're eleven! You love to give massages and have been getting lessons from Miss Tony every time she comes to give Mama or Dada a massage. You have very strong hands! And a very strong personality. You like to be in control and are a good leader with the little people. You have been doing 6th-grade work all year. You are very brilliant. You would choose to sleep or snuggle with your nay-nay however if given the chance over school any day. You love Minecraft and candy. You are doing great at Awana and have lots of friends through church. We love you, Opal. You grow us. We pray that you will grow into a woman who loves Jesus and wants to please Him with your life. He's the only one who really matters, who you can trust and who loves you perfectly.
Happy 11th Birthday, Opie-O!

Feb. 15-18 Eben goes to H.S. Winter Camp and apparently spends most of his time building...an igloo!

Feb. 21 Mama and Kivi go to a painting class with the Holmes.

Feb. 23 Kivi goes to Lakes Tolo and brings Jolie.

Feb. 24 More skiing and brothers play.

Feb. 25 Swiggy in the basement. (The 3 little boys play down there for an hour every day while I teach the middles. They do amazing!)

Feb. 26 Portraits! Dada bought Mama a portrait lens!

Feb. 27 Swiggy's first steps!