Blessed end of year!

Whew!!

What a whirlwind of activities these last couple weeks of December.

Although Joshua and Jennifer were not able to join us this Christmas, on Christmas Eve, Jacob, his fiancee, AmyAnn, and Chloe, AmyAnn's daughter, came to visit. They drove straight through from California. Because of the blizzard that they hit coming in, it took 30 hours instead of the normal 20. 6-8 hours was spent around Amarillo, TX due to the closing interstates! But God protected them, and they arrived safely around 1:00AM on Christmas Day. Thus began our whirlwind weekend of busyness.

We began our week finishing up the Christmas baking...

then made up some Christmas plates for neighbors
as well as for some caroling.

All of the family was over for Christmas Day, and we enjoyed
good food, many games, as well as one another.

Jake & AmyAnn
Anna, being introduced to "Bob".There is always time to slip in some goofing around!

Jordan is ready for the sledding!

and the highlight of the day....a nerf machine gun.
This machine takes SIX "D" batteries! It will shoot
3 nerf bullets per second! If you come to visit I
would encourage you to "watch your back"...and
front....and head.....and side....

The day after Christmas we all went ice-skating.
Chloe had only been skating a few times, but she was a
real trooper, and did a great job staying on her feet!

Jacob did a fair job of staying on his feet. ;-)
Sunday afternoon Jeff took everyone sledding. There
wasn't much snow left on the ground, but it was cold
enough for some humorous spills as well as a lot of fun.

We are looking forward to getting back to a more
normal schedule of homeschool, and orchestra.