Christmas 2024

 Christmas season was lovely and spent with both sides of the family. Saturday with the Morris family, Sunday with the Tierney-Harms family, and Sunday with just our family in the morning and more Morris family in the aftertoon. It was a joyful few days...

I honestly didn't take a lot of photos so I could be as present as possible, but we truly did have a lovely holiday. 

Merry Christmas to you and yours!!

Things Pondered Part 17

 Evelyn is 17 today. Every year I stand in awe that she can be another year older, and every year I stand in awe at the young lady she is becoming. 

This year she has learned to drive, learned to navigate changes and additions to friendships,  and learned how to get a job and do it well. She still is getting straight A's and works hard to be the best student and friend she can be. She is warming up to the idea of looking at colleges, but it seems overwhelming for her and she isn't quite ready to think about it yet. She loves her family, loves her silly cat, and loves Jesus. She makes us laugh and keeps us on our toes. We couldn't ask for a bigger blessing than our Evelyn Joy. 

She had a few friends over this past weekend to celebrate and enjoyed her time with them. 

You are a delight, dear Evelyn... may you see the good story the Lord is writing into your life this year!!

Happy Birthday!!

"....and Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart" ~Luke 2:19

Matthew is 14!

Matthew is FOURTEEN today!!

Our lives would not be the same without our boy... and we love him more than words can say! He is so kind, big hearted, an encourager and a good friend. He loves football and playing his trombone, and is a straight A student. We are so proud of who is he becoming and know the Lord has great plans for him!

Here is a snipit of his day... 

He had some great friends over for pizza, games, a walk to see Christmas lights, and an epic game of laser tag in the basement. Thankful for such good friend for our boy and also thankful nothing was broken in the basement...haha!!

Happy Happy Birthday Matthew... may this be a year full of growth and blessings! We love you!

Christmas Cat

Bodie doesn't like it when his normal way of life is interrupted. At all. So Christmastime, when we get a tree and decorate... he really is out of sorts for a bit. 

But soon he settles in and tends to leave the tree alone (we still place non-breakable ornaments at the bottom of the tree because he still will sometimes play with them. Stinker.). He mostly just lays in the chair an stairs at it. 

 We sure do love the silly boy!!

Christmas Tree Hunt 2024

 

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!

We headed out today to Schmiddlin Farms to get our tree.

Here's a little photo recap of our day:

It's Christmastime!!

BOISE!!

The kids and I were missing my sister and her family something awful so since there was no school the whole week of Thanksgiving we decided to go spend a few days up in Boise and we are all SO glad we did!

One of best friends Abby. Her family just moved to Boise and we were so excited to see her and her boys. BUT they actually were heading to Portland the same time we were headed to Boise. We met at a truck stop along the way for a quick hello... so fun!

Let's face it, we really come to get Stella snuggles...haha!

My niece is the BEST!!

Sebastian loves are needed as well!

Can't be in Boise without eating at Wyld Child!

We took this opportunity for Evelyn to tour Boise State while we were there. Abby gave us a great tour (she's a senior!) and Evelyn enjoyed seeing the campus up close. 

We ended our last night in Boise with ice cream from STIL. If you know, you know!

SO GOOD!!

Such a quick but fun trip.. thanks for having us Johnson's! We love you!