December 2024

December for sure had it's highs and lows, but believing in Jesus and knowing that he made the ultimate sacrifice for us all, outweighs any earthly stress that we have!  

Basketball ended for Westridge and now Reeve's middle school sports are officially over.  I cannot believe how fast that journey went and that both kids will be in high school next year.  

Reeve had several musical events in December.  Her music concert at school, one with her youth choir group at church, and then the Sounds of Christmas that she chose to do at church.

 

 

Sadly it was literally a year ago that the six of us got together for a night out!  We finally found a night that worked for all of us and had a great time:)

These two are on the same level of naughty!  Love the lifelong friends we have made in GI! 

Reeve's basketball team did a gift exchange for Christmas and had a blast!  Thanks to the Nelsons for hosting!

Cheered on Delayna at her swim meet!  

Volunteered at the Grand for Educators Rising.  We had a great time:)

Made some yummy cinnamon rolls for our friends for Christmas!  

Tradition at our house is decorating cookies right before Christmas! It is always a good time:)

Joden came down with something awful right when his moratorium from wrestling started.  So, he did not make it to Christmas Eve service.  We were headed to Lincoln, but decided to wait and go on Christmas morning.

We made it to Lincoln on Christmas Day.  Joden and Mike opened gifts and then spent most of the day at Shannon's house resting.  It was a bummer, but nothing you can do about it.  Reeve and I made the most of our time with family.  

This literally has been Mike most of the break :(

Again, lots of great time with Reeve girl!

Enjoyed coffee with my friends!

Lots of wrestling!  It has been a grind.  He is learning so much this season, but wow, it is just one tough match after another.  Always proud and always letting him know we love him!

I think at every meet their team has placed 2nd!

All the wounds!

Got to hang out with family here and there throughout break!  It is always great when cousins get to hang out:)

Reeve is always taking sunset pictures on my phone!  What a great reminder of Gods beautiful creation.  

November 2024

 So much to be thankful for this month!  It seems like all the months are fast anymore--maybe due to the age of our children.  I always try to remind myself to not get caught up in the stress of it all, but to pause and thank God for all of our blessings!

Deer camp with dad!  No deer were killed, but some great memories were made.

Joden and his buddies surprised Jarid for his 16th birthday!  They had a great time and Jarid had no clue. 

Took our kids to tailgate for the first time!  We had a great time and even saw a bar fight. That was not in the original plan, but it was a great experience to show our kids what not to do! 

GISH girls made it to the final four and lost that game.  They so could have made it to the championship game!  Either way, we got to go watch two games.  It was a great way to experience state volleyball and hopefully make them hungry to try to get there one day.  

Some education students and I went to UNK to attend an Educators Rising conference.  We had a great time and the students were well behaved.

Joden got to join us for Reeve's game in Columbus.  We always try to go out to eat once a season.  We had a great time!  

Took the nice camera to capture a few action shots!

Reeve's fan club.  Blair made a special sign for her!

More school snapshots.  My juniors finished up our partnership with Knickrehm.  We had so much fun connecting with the 5th graders:)

We had some guys speakers for the juniors who spoke all about special education.

Sophomores presented lessons and did such a great job!  I have been so proud of them:)

Date night!  Always make time to squeeze in a date night:)

Reeve and Eleanor did a duet at church and did an awesome job!  I love their friendship and their singing skills:)

Our house is officially underway! Praying we will be in it in a year from now-ahhhhhhh.  Crazy to think!

Braces are officially off!  So glad we are all done with braces.

Orchestra concert for Joden.  It might be his last.  He is not wanting to continue, so we will see.  They sound so great!

Joden clinched the varsity spot at wrestle offs.  We will see how it goes.  I hope he can hang with the varsity athletes! We are so proud of him.

Thanksgiving break!  We enjoyed time with family, relaxing on the couch, good food, puppy snuggles, shopping, and hitting up the Coop on a whim.