Scholar and Athlete

Madeline played on the freshman basketball team for White River and had a lot of fun. She learned a lot and their team was pretty decent.

Madeline does a great job of keeping her grades up. Here she is doing homework while wrapped up in her new Snuggie. She loves her Snuggie!

Zoe's new haircut

Zoe decided to start off the new year with a new look. She decided to go short!

And it turned out super cute! She loves it.

Sledding

We went sledding with the youth group from church and found this great hill.

It was such a great hill we ended up going back with the kids on New Year's Day.

Christmas Day

Christmas morning we opened presents at home.

If we can't have a white Christmas, at least we can have snow on our tree.

Later we had the family over for dinner. John, Matt, and Andrea worked on a puzzle.

Christmas Eve

We had Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Grimm's house. Dinner and presents were fun! Puff yawns. She's ready to go to sleep so that Santa can come.

Grandpa and Zoe look over a new book.

Puff gets a Christmas Eve treat, whipped cream! Of course she loved it.

Lindsey dances around in her new coat and slippers.

Then Lindsey helps Zoe get ready to dance in her new coat and pajamas.

The Nutcracker

On Christmas Eve day, Zoe and I went to see the Nutcracker in Seattle.

We got a Mouse King cookie to share. It was really good!

The ballet was great and we had a wonderful time.

Expanding Carson

This is Carson's first phase of orthodontics. He got a nice expander on the roof of his mouth to help make room for his huge teeth.
There has been some slurred speech and drooling, but he's getting used to it!