December 2022

The kids were in a Night at Bethlehem. William was pretty thrilled to go and loved the Roman soldiers and the camel. Spencer was a shepherd. Sadly, everyone had already signed up for the Roman soldier roles.

Brooke was in the angel choir.

It semi-snowed so time for fun!

Hailey made the gingerbread houses. Hallelujah!! All these years of work have paid off! 

Finn joined us for gingerbread houses. He is such a great friend! Always fun to have him around.

Gummy bears head is being melted off. Spence and Will created the annual battle.

Hailey's, of course, is a work of art. Brooke wouldn't let me take a picture of hers until it was done. It was never finished, so there you go! She's all about the details.

The kids helped rake leaves at an older house one day after school. So nice of them to spend their time in service.

We went to see Johnson Files. Laughed alot and loved staying out late downtown. Always makes me feel not like a grown up!

Had Crumbl delivered to our house as a surprise after Johnson Files. You can't tell, but they are super excited!

Hailey has clipped William's nails for years. He does it on his own now, woohoo!

Lunch at Brighty's. I love their friendship.

Lucy joined us for some errands. Shenanigans ensue.

Will spent his money on a army model set. 

Spencer's Lovejoys bio!

Will and I went to hot cocoa for fun one day. Nice to do something out of the ordinary.

Someone familiar to us was Santa!

Blake made beef wellington for fun. We've seen Gordan Ramsay make it so many times. It was pretty great!

Jesus dinner

Real snow equals real fun!

And scraping the driveway forever

Tons of kids came to Bob's sledding hill. It was so joyful!

I love seeing alllll the snow clothes drying out.

Wrestling to the ground. Intense!

Delightful dinner with Blake!

Such a peaceful view

Gingerbread house making for the boys

Bye bye to Spencer's mole! It's been around forever and he finally got tired of it.

He's a strong guy!

1920's mafia guys

Pictionary with Harlows

I won a Grinch ride through the light Christmas parade. It was the funniest thing ever! We fit as many people as we could. The fire pit in the moving truck was slightly scary! 

Seriously, it was so funny! He acted just like the Grinch.

Life is straight up exhausting sometimes!

Manly workout

My cheesy Hallmark show partner. Says there so dumb then sticks around to see what happens. Ha!

Warming up

We wanted to make our own Christmas gifts to give away this year. So, we took all the wood sitting around and made ornaments.

We made so many! It was a good activity. Grateful for the helpful family!

We went Christmas caroling and ended up at Top Golf caroling for the workers. Hailey wasn't super thrilled but we love her!

Open a gift the night before Christmas tradition!

More air buds! He wears them out.

Spencer spent a lot of his hard earned money on this lego set for William. What a kind brother. I'll love this picture forever!

Comfy sweater love from Brooke!

Favorite muffins from Hailey!

Annual Christmas Eve party! We tried fondue this time. 

Blake reading the Christmas story.

Hailey wanted all things college/moving out friendly! Wish granted! Part of me is thrilled that she loves all of this stuff so much.

Always asking for replica guns.

Head lamps forever

Will got his own army jacket! Big day!

Lots of stuff for her room and lots of soft stuff!

They love to build all the legos together

Funny energy zapping toy

Made smoked pizza for Christmas dinner. Sometimes, you have to do something different!

William received a pretty intense Titanic lego set that Hailey helped him build. So nice of her!

Spencer excited to use his half price books gift card. 

Mario tattoo from Clayton. How does he come up with these things?!

Some chill winter reading time

I think Hailey was building shelves for her room?

Building desk! Always so much to put together after Christmas. Brooke was determined to do it on her own and she did!

Got Hailey one of Jessica's illustration coloring books. She loved it and has made some amazing things!

Downtown Boise train time!

Stopped for downtown pizza. We had to get out of the house! They weren't super happy about it but we managed. Some days are like this!

New Years Eve fun

Played Minute to Win it. Proud of Blake for getting in on it too!

Brooke ready for her first dance. Even let me curl her hair! New Years Dance at Vertical View. Spencer went too but no pic. They ended up saying it was lame and got a ride home with Taitlyn early. 

Spent New Years with the Adamsons and some others that I can't remember. Food, puzzles and fun