December was busy busy busy! As it usually is.
We got our Christmas tree from a local farm.
Having cocoa after getting the tree - the kids had a pet ladybug that came out of the tree. They left it at the farm.
We had a second Thanksgiving dinner so we could have some leftovers.
A mini feast
Decorated the Christmas tree
Anna put the star on top
And then the concerts!! Emma had a choir concert.
We went to the downtown tree lighting to see some friends sing and play in the band
Footage from Matthew's band performance at University of Washington. This was at the championship football game. We lost but the band performed admirably. This happened back in December but we just got some pics.
Anna had a piano recital
Grant was the grand finale performance at the same recital. Way to go guys!!
John had his first middle school band performance.
Good job John!!
Matthew had a winter band concert!
I started feeling really sick the weeks of all the concerts and after a few days went to the doctor and found out I had pneumonia. The antibiotics and other medicines helped a lot and soon I was on the mend.
Emma is competing in the Book Bowl at her school
She also got an award for being a good "self manager"
We assembled gingerbread houses - I made all the gingerbread house pieces from scratch and the royal icing and we assemble and decorate.
Some of the houses had themes that were quite macabre this year.
And then our elves had a car accident with one of the houses. Sad.
We baked a bunch of cookies! Ok, mostly me.
We hosted a Christmas Eve dinner
Emma got strep but we started her on the meds right away and we still were able to have our dinner.
I didn't get any pictures of our party guests.
We had our annual Christmas Eve nativity program.
And Christmas morning finally came! We had our usual Christmas breakfast
And our sort of matching outfits.
We met up with some Keeler cousins for Christmas dinner
Again - I didn't get a lot of great pics
Anna got her ears pierces over winter break
We made it through December!!
And we made it to New Year's Eve
Anna went to a friend party but the rest of us played board games and watched musicals while eating snacks and having fondue. It was fun.
Happy New Year!! I had a bunch of poppers and things but lost them in the Christmas closet. The kids made me laugh so much while we celebrated the new year. Welcome 2025!!
