November 2019!

Nov. 1 - Lakes Cross Country Dinner

Nov. 2 - Kivi's Cross Country Meet - the girls and boys made it to State!

Nov. 4 - Mama's 44th Puzzle Race Birthday Party

Nov. 7  - Pella's 8th Birthday at Great Wolf Lodge with Berg and Mama and Dada

Dada bought Pella this amazing pass that let her do everything - high ropes course, mining maze, glow golf, candy feast, the water park and Magi quest.

Pella, you are our family's darling! We love you and how you are helpful and encouraging, smart and funny you are. As our little performer, singer and dancer/tomboy, you are friendly to everyone and have tons of friends. You have your own little fashion and love to talk. You are daring and love to have fun usually doing some sort of outdoor activity. You are a great reader and ahead in math. You and Berg are great friends and you love dollhouse with your sisters. You hate to have your hair brushed or put on shoes. You love Jesus and are great at memorizing verses. We are excited to see how God uses all these gifts for his glory in your life! Happy 9th Birthday, Little Chuggy!

Nov. 9 - Kivi's XC State race

Nov. 11 Outing with Mimi to see the big slides in Ruston

Nov. 12 - Tuff earns mud pie by finishing a phonics box!

Nov. 13 - super low lake tide

Nov. 14 - Kivi's XC banquet She got the Most Motivtional award!

Nov. 16 - Tuff's Rhino Rootbeer 5th Birthday Party!

We had a rootbeer tasting contest, a rhino riding competition, rhino scavenger hunt and cookie decorating.

Only our Tuff could come up with this great theme! Everything you do is big, over the top, and done with grand bravado. You are excited about life, learning and fun. You are our mega performer, are friends with lots of people older than you, adults included and you are not shy to talk to anyone in the most confident way. You keep our family on our toes and are helping us not get stuck in a rut with discipline. You are a great big brother to Coal and Swiggy and they look up to you in everything! You three do everything together and you are a good leader - usually. You are very strong and have many opinions and we pray that you will use your strengths to further God's kingdom and spread His love to many! We love you so much, Tuff! Happy 5th Birthday!

Nov. 21 - Swiggy paints with cars and busts open his head.

Nov 23 - Family Birthday celebration for our November babies!

Nov. 27-28 - Thanksgiving trip to Ocean Shores

Beach walks, trips to the movie theater with Mama and then Dada, girl's made a quilt, D and J paddle boarded, switch games, puzzles, a chocolate taste test, fun Trader Joe's snacks and Thanksgiving meal.

 

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