Bowling!

Last Saturday we went bowling with some of the family. Justin and Heather were in town but Heather went to get her hair cut so Justin was on his own. Sherilyn and Jay were busy so they couldn't come. We had fun. It was Holton's first time and he was more interested in holding the bowling balls than rolling them. They even had shoes in his size! Everyone played really well. Jaidyn did better than Cyril and I and almost beat her sister! Justin scored the highest for the adults and Emma for the kids. Thanks for the fun times everyone!

I Spy a ... Spy!

One day a few weeks ago Mateya and Jaidyn were playing "Spys". They got all dressed up in black all on their own. I had to take some pictures because it was so funny!

Christmas!

I know this is almost a month late but here are some Christmas pictures. We had a wonderful Christmas. Busy but fun! Santa was very good to us all and we really enjoyed the time spent with family. We hope 2008 will be just as good to us!

The Many Faces of Holton!

Christmas Concerts!

The girls had their Christmas concerts this week. They split the school into two groups to accomodate the whole school and the families. Mateya was in the first group who performed on Wednesday night. Mateya's class sang "Ande la Marimorena"( I'm not sure of the translation-Mateya said ande means 'come' and marimorena means 'dark haired person'). She did great! The whole concert was wonderful and well put together. They even included songs about Jesus which is not common in public schools anymore.Jaidyn had her concert on Thursday night. All the afternoon kindergarten kids sang last. They sang two songs. One was a spanish song and the other was Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for which Jaidyn sang a solo. She sang the beginning 'You know Dasher and Dancer... etc' and then the rest of the class joined in. She sounded beautiful and did such a great job. We are really proud of her for being brave enough to sing in front of about 500 people. I know I could never do it!!

Jaidyn singing her solo.(above)

Baking Day!

On Friday, my best friend, Jacinda came over so we could do our annual Christmas baking. Six hours later (with the help of Mateya, Jaidyn and Holton) we had cranberry raisin bars, almond squares, carmel squares and about 4 dozen of each of oreo cookies, sugar cookies and ginger snap cookies. We were exhausted but excited to have so many yummy treats to share and of course to eat. Jacinda and I had a great time visiting and laughing together. We don't see each other enough so this time together is always special! Thanks for all the fun Jacinda!!

Trimming the Tree!

Last Sunday after church we decorated our Christmas Tree. We always look forward to this special time together as a family and the excitement and anticipation it brings. This year is very special as it is the first Christmas with all 5 of us together because the girls were in Disney World last year. I LOVE Christmas and look forward to the wonderful memories we will build together this year!