Thursday, December 16, 2021

Things Pondered, Part 15



 F I F T E E N

So many emotions as I think about Evelyn and the lovely young lady she is becoming. 

She is smart, a deep thinker, a creative soul and so, so funny. 

She is a protective big sister and although Matthew drives her crazy at times, her love for him is fierce. She has had to take a little of a back seat to her brother the past few months as he has been struggling with the transition to middle school, but has (for the most part) been gracious and patient and kind. 

She loves music, drawing, reading and watching Gilmore Girls. 

She has an amazing group of friends and is a good friend in return. 

She is driven with her studies and takes learning and her grades seriously. 

She is trying to have her own "style" and enjoys doing her hair and trying new things. 

We are so fortunate she is ours!💓

Evelyn's birthday was on Saturday, but celebrated her all weekend. 

Friday night, Ellie and Amy came to spend the night. The girls made gingerbread houses and we incredibly silly.






Per her request, we had Chipoltle for dinner.

Evelyn requested gluten freen donut holes and fruit for breakfast, so that's what we did!


Love this fifteen year old!

After breakfast I took the girls to Dutch Bros for Evelyn's free drink and we headed to Hobby Lobby to look around. 
It was a fun time with these three!

Sunday after church Evelyn and more friends met up at Chipoltle (yes, again 😂) for lunch. 


Love these girls who have grown up together!

The girls wanted to go to the dollar store and had fun looking around. 
 Silly birthday girl!

Monday I took Evelyn to take her permit test. Due to the busy weekend we had she didn't really review much for the test, and sadly didn't pass. She was sad but not concerned and when she retook it this afternoon she aced it!! 

Happy girl!! She is looking forward to getting behind the wheel and learning how to drive. 

Happy Birthday Evelyn... we love you more than words can say! I am so blessed to be your mom!💓

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


Saturday, December 11, 2021

Greg's Court of Honor and Eagle Scout Ceremony

 My nephew Greg is now an Eagle Scout!

We are so proud of him and were so happy to be able to attend his Court of Honor ceremony tonight!









Congratulations, Gregory.... this is such a huge accomplishment and you put in so much hard work to get here. We love you so much and know your future is bright!

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Happy Birthday Matthew!

 

We celebrated Matthew turning TWELVE this week!!

Not sure how our baby boy is 12 but here we are.


He is growing in both inches (he is now taller than me 😮 ) and in maturity, and continues to be smart, thoughtful, funny and kind. 

Since his birthday was on Thursday this week, we made it a long weekend affair and had a fun time celebrating our boy. 


It was a school day so we waited until evening to open gifts but we had them out to see in the morning. 

Birthday cinnamon roll tradition continues..


He was super excited to get new wireless headphones! He's been wanting some for quite a while. 
He requested big mac bites for dinner and banana splits for dessert 
And when it's your birthday you get a large spray of whipped cream in your mouth 😂

We had Cannon over yesterday night to sleep over. The boys hadn't seen each other in a bit and it was so good to have them together again. 

We had pizza, the boys played plenty of video games, and we all went for an evening walk to see the neighborhood Christmas lights. 





Today we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch with some of Matthew's buddies to celebrate. He LOVES BWW and there was pleny of good food and good football consumed. 


Matthew was certainly celebrated well this week and I hope he always knows how special he is and how much he is loved by so many!

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always

As long as I'm living

My baby, you'll be 💓

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, Do not be discouraged. For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go" ~ Josua 1:9

Happy Birthday Matthew!

Monday, November 29, 2021

Christmastime is Here!

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


Here is a photo diary of the beginnings of our Christmas season...



















Happy it's Christmastime!!