December '23

 December, the month that we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the light of the world!  It really is a magical time and we enjoyed spending quality time with friends and family💚🤍

Sure do love watching the kids do what they love!  Basketball at Westridge went pretty good and Joden is kicking butt at wrestling!  We are proud of them both and hope that sports teaches them some great life skills.  It is not all about winning and losing.  

I had a work trip to Phoenix and enjoyed FaceTiming the boys:). Reeve got to enjoy a treat with her dad too!

Ladies event at our church with some amazing women!

Reeve and Eleanor sang at our church for a special church event.  It was beautiful!

Reeve had a ortho appointment and really wanted a picture of them switching out her bracket :)

One of my students got to be highlighted on NTV news for our practicum experience!  She rocked it:)

Date nights are important to us.  It is a must to spend time in relationship with one another if we want to keep our marriage strong!

This year I am coaching the third grade team!  They are a blast:). 

Holiday concerts for Joden and Reeve!

We had the 3rd graders scrimmage the 2nd graders at half time of the girls game.  It was the cutest thing ever and the fans were cheering so loud for them!

Dates with our kids are also important for the same reason!  Joden and I enjoyed Elf:)

After driving the Durango for 12 years, I got a new vehicle.  I could have kept driving it, but after getting hit several years ago I have had issues with it.  Super exciting, but equally not fun to pay for a vehicle-ha!  We are loving it so far.

We had a great holiday!  It was spent in Grand Island.  We did not have to go anywhere.  We decorated cookies, delivered some 'Love your Guts' boxes, attended Christmas Eve service, followed by soup night with just us four at our house, then Christmas morning with us four, and my family for Christmas dinner.  Over the holiday we also got to enjoy a night out with our dear friends and some time with my family once my sister Lindsey made it to town.  To round out all the fun we celebrated with some of the Schumachers for New Years Eve.  We enjoyed a Husker women's game and game night at the Ankenys.  Feeling incredibly blessed and grateful for the time we had with our friends and family.

November

 November was filled with lots to be thankful for!

Our high school team made it to state volleyball!  We did not come out on top, but it was a good game and a great experience.

I was an adult sponsor for Reeve's youth group overnight deal in Columbus.  It was a long day, but glad I could be there to help out!  She had a great time.

Time to cut the hair off!  Feels so good and many people have told me they like it:)

We headed off to Colorado for Thanksgiving!  We had a great time, but had to leave right away Friday due to Joden having wrestling practice.  Grateful for the time we did have together!

Once back in GI, we were able to meet up with Lindsey and Nick for a bit.  We checked out a new speakeasy in GI.  It was really cool in there!

Lots of basketball for Reeve this month!  In Columbus we decided to have some fun and go out for dinner.  So proud of Reeve.  Her team was 7-3.  It was a pretty good season:)

We took our Unlimited group to a Husker women's game!  It was a great game.  We played Creighton, who is ranked, and only lost by 5.  

Reeve's team got a picture with some of the guys' team!

God's creation is amazing!

I got to take some of my students to an Educators Rising conference at UNK.  It was a great day!

Desert for dinner group!  It was delicious:)

Decorated for Christmas:)

Mike enjoying what he loves most with the kids!

Joden is still in orchestra, which we love.  He has to wear a tuxedo for concerts this year!  He looks so handsome here:)

This crazy month ended with an opportunity for me to attend a conference for work in Phoenix.  It was great and our travel was smooth!