December 2025

 

Wrestling Noah into snow gear

new jersey

new sweatshirt

He did get other gifts

new shoes 

She loves soda

decorating cookies

teaching the girls mario kart

Nolbi is good at chess

homemade pizzas

Andrew drew this Hamilton pic for Stephen's bday

Dressed up for a wedding

Nate presented a nuclear conference

Christmas party for Nate's work

orchestra and band concerts

six seven day at Pine Creek

Christmas 2025

Christmas at the Creek with Dee

-Lexi and Stephen had their Christmas concerts

-We went to Lake Michigan College (in Benton Harbor) for a Christmas party for one of Nate's contractors

-Nate presented at a young nuclear professionals conference in Chicago and Stephen went along for the day. Stephen said Nate is the king of the nuclear nerds. After Nate's presentation they did some shopping downtown Chicago.

-Stephen went on his first middle school ski club. There were about 80 students on the bus and they hit a deer on the way home from Bittersweet. Thankfully there wasn't damage to the bus and they were able to finish the drive home. 

-Nate and I attended Jenna Pierce's wedding (daughter of Chad and Jodi)

-We had all of the dress up days at Pine Creek and at HC's middle school. The high schoolers didn't really participate in their dress up days.

-Caleb came home, he has 4 weeks off.

-Stephen auditioned for the MS play- The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe-and he got the part of Tumnus! The show will be in March

-We had Nolbi, Ruth and Naomi spend the night. We made homemade pizzas, played some games, decorated cookies and watched a movie. They are so much easier to have over now that they are older! And Stephen and Lexi are so kind and playful with them. 

-On Christmas Eve our family had appetizers and there was a raucous game of Settlers of Catan. Julia's boyfriend, Aiden, turned 18 that day so she was at a surprise party for him. 

-On Christmas Day we had our church service, we opened gifts and had a nice meal. 

-Steph and her boys arrived in town on the 27th and stayed for a week at my parents' house. They had the norovirus the week they were in CO and then ended up with influenza the week they were here in Michigan. Nate and Lexi both got sick. At this moment, no one else has gotten it! 

-The older 4 kids all had plans with friends on NYE. Nate and Lexi were sick so we stayed home, watched a movie and went to bed before midnight- which was okay with us!