Sunday, January 2, 2022

December 2021

 

Christmas Day skiing

Chilling in the lodge with her kindle and snacks


No snow, except on the hill

Boys entertaining Ruth and Naomi

Cookie decorating


Julia's honor choir

Covid 

Covid quarantine decorating

Covid

Entertaining Hez with balloons

Looking cute with his broken foot boot


Playing Isaac's electric shock game

New kindle

New kindle

New phone

Kid "smartwatch"

Surprise

Kid "smartwatch"


Jongsma Christmas


At Caleb's band concert

Nathan and Caleb 

Isaac's band concert











-Current phrases in our home- Stephen says that's "sus" as in suspicious. And Caleb and Isaac often yell, "Let's go!" for anything exciting. 
-Julia finished her Saturday tennis lessons
-Stephen and Lexi did Saturday morning basketball skills clinic thru school
-Caleb's covid quarantine ended Dec 5 and Stacy's Dec 8. Stephen and Lexi had to quarantine til the 8th as they weren't fully vaccinated yet
-Stephen and Lexi got their 2nd covid vaccine this month!
-Isaac finished a fun basketball season. He made the A team and they only lost 2 games. 
-Caleb finished indoor box lacrosse. 
-Stephen and Lexi had the Sunday School Christmas program
-Julia had a choir concert, Isaac and Caleb had band concerts
-The kids and Stacy had a two week Christmas break. Some of us saw the new Spiderman movie and Sing 2 in the theater. Nate put a ski rack on top of Caleb's car and Caleb and some friends did a day trip to Caberfae. 
-On the 23rd we got together with the Jongsmas for Christmas. 
-On the 24th we had Enedina's family here, they left and we went to our neighbor's Christmas Eve service and then opened presents. 
-On the 25th we drove to Caberfae and skiied for the afternoon. The slopes were icy and Julia tried, but was happy to spend some time in the lodge. 
-On the 26th we drove to Ohio and spent two nights with Steph and family. We were excited to hear they are expecting a baby! Hez has warmed up to us and we all had fun playing with him.
-We spent New Years Eve at the Gabrielse house with the Stielstras. We played games and everyone made it til midnight. And Stephen and Lexi slept til 9 am New Year's Day- a miracle!