A Few More Things

Work is going good for David. Not much to report there. He's been doing well with the tool. Hopefully that can be more successful this coming year.

In September the kids got to meet their great grandparents, their great uncles, see the ocean and fly in a plane for the first time!

Avery went to her first ballet (me too). The Nutcracker. December 13, 2014

We went with Grandpa and Arla. Avery got to dance to I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. She met some of the dancers after the show and LOVED that. Especially the jesters. She fell asleep in the car clutching her silver glittered Nutcracker. It's proudly displayed in her bedroom right now. She wore a pretty red dress that sparkled and twirled. She loved twirling. She sat through the ballet very well. I was very proud of her.

This year in our stay at home mom's group I was in charge of adopting a family for Christmas. We adopted a family consisting a single mom and 4 daughters ages 10, 9, 7 and 1. They just moved here from Hawaii. We showed up at their tiny home today (12-16-14) and there was nothing in the house except 2 couches and a tiny tiny tv. Nothing. As we carried in all of the gifts the girls were giggling and in awe of how much we carried in. It was such a blessing. They had an aunt there and she kept saying "you have a Merry Christmas now girls!" They thanked us in Hawaiian and told us Merry Christmas in Hawaiian. We provided each girl with pants, shirts, socks, hats, gloves and pajamas as well as some toys, books, movies, etc.

It was a blessing to provide a Christmas for those girls.