Grace's birthday, December activties, Christmas

December was busy with different activities! Basketball season started, and it was fun to watch Grace and Kate play in tournaments and Will play JV and Varsity.  Annie and Leo were also playing, but didn't start games and clinics until January.  We had a lot of fun going to Margueritte's Christmas party! Kids don't usually go, so it was really nice of her to include our crew! And great for the kids to attend a fancy party😄.  We don't get out much, so it was great!  Then we had the Christmas pageant at our church that I helped organize.  I always feel like it's God's grace that it all comes together, which I think adds to how special it all is! 

Then Grace's birthday.  It was really fun to have her friends over to celebrate! They decorated ornaments, then decided to go Christmas caroling, and had a lot of fun with that! 

And of course, Christmas! We went to Maureen and Bill's on Christmas Eve, then woke up around 7 to open presents on Christmas morning.  It was a fun, slow morning, then we had Bill, Maureen, Kelly and Matt for dinner! 

Grace's birthday!

Gifts from Grandma! 

Watt House

Christmas morning! 

New Year's Eve! 

Youth group night! 

 

Timberline Lodge, Thanksgiving

Timberline Lodge! 

We went to Timberline Lodge for Artis' holiday party. It was really cool because we got to take a Cat to the Silcox Hut, where we had dinner and hung out. 

It was so fun to have Karen's family and my parents come for Thanksgiving this year! My parents came on Tuesday night and they were busy on Wednesday making pies! And Karen's family arrived Wednesday afternoon.  They kids had so much fun hanging out with their cousins! It was really fun to host Thanksgiving! We had Kelly and Maureen and Bill join us which was great! It was a beautiful day, and really relaxing to hang out and then have a nice dinner!