Christmas Time

It's nearly Christmas Eve and while most of the world is getting ready to celebrate, everything at our house is winding down.  We celebrated with Bryan's family last month - Thanksgiving weekend, my family yesterday and with our girls yesterday as well.  There is nothing like quality time with family during the holidays.  It's a time to remember traditions of past and to create memories and new traditions.  The girls received "game night" from Santa this year... so far, as a family we have enjoyed the Logo board game and Would You Rather?  The girls have also played the new games for the wii - Just Dance 4 and Zumba Fitness.  Tomorrow we will have breakfast with my parents.

Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Lots of camping...

Today included a volleyball tournament, a parade, a picnic, the pool, ice cream, a letterbox, a train with 140 cars and 5 engines and now a campfire.  Been a really great family weekend. Packing up tomorrow for another super busy week!

Camping

It's been a great day today. Took the day off from work for family time. Got the girls some new clothes for back to school, went to a fair and rounded out the night at a campfire. 

Camping in the rain

What a way for the weekend to end... So much for fireworks or campfire tonight. Thunderstorm, grrr!

January already

Guess the holiday season passed without a post...  so I start again...

At a crop Sandy and I attended, we had a great little snack mix.  Neither of us could remember what was in it, so I winged it...  and I got lots of compliments at the tournament... Kix, rice chex, pretzels, bugels, cashews, mini marshmellows, m&m's and drizzled with almond bark.  It was yummy.

 

Bailey's playing in a travel basketball league.  Her team won both games  Ashley v St Louis 22-15 and Ashley v Merrill 31-26.

 

Kyla's volleyball club played in Muskegon.  Of 9 matches they won 6.  Overall they did very well.  It was the first time this team had ever played together.  They are currently in 10th place in a league of 24 teams.

 

Lazy Sunday was really nice.  Now it's back to the work week.

-j