Scenes from a roller rink.

The girls had a chance to go to homeschool roller skating last week.  I didn’t get photos bc I was working so hard to keep them from sprawling on the floor.

Katriel had an invitation to a birthday party today at – the roller rink!  This time I snapped a picture.

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I also grabbed one outside because I still swoon over the mountains!

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Back to business…

The holiday season is over and our activities are back in session.

And Thursdays are going to be a BLUR!

Tab has co-op 9AM – 2PM; this is about 35 minutes from home.
Marie has classes at Greenville Technical College 9:30AM – 12:30PM about 15 minutes away.
Marie and Tab have archery from 3PM – 4PM up near Tab’s co-op.
Girls all have AHG from 6:15PM – 7:45PM, though 3 out of four weeks one of them needs to be there 30 minutes early for flag ceremony practice. 

Bluzzzewwwww-plop.  Another Thursday sped through.

And it’s all very good.

TAb 1030 class

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I got to help this week in Katriel’s class.  ♥

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Stewart’s wheels

Drove Stewart to pick up his new car.  What a strange time we live in, where it makes more sense to buy a new vehicle vs a used one. 

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It’s very sharp.

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Oh- the places he’ll go. 

Record breaking snow–SC style!

We could hear the precipitation starting late last night and woke this morning to real, actual, honest-to-goodness SNOW.  You know  –  that white stuff I’d been told over and over again “never happens” in our area.  Sure, we’d get a dusting once or twice a year, I’d been told.  “But it doesn’t stick,” I was warned. 

And then we set a record.

Four inches that brought the city to a halt.

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At least we had lots to do to keep ourselves busy!  We hung this cupboard in the little storage room…

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and I started the wall paper in the powder room…

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and I put the last touches on our new little table…

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and we finished this photo project.

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I doubt we will have another snow day for a few years. 

Another goodbye.

Like her brother before her, Daisy started to slow down last night and this morning was wholly lethargic.  Another sad day.

We tried to keep up scheduled activities as we kept the little lady company and moved room to room as our day progressed. 

Her passing was more peaceful than her brother’s, but it was still hard for the kids.

Goodbye, Daisy girl. 

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Johanna started her art collection.

On the way home from church, Johanna said that her youth group leaders were in the process of remodeling the youth room.  She said they were getting rid of some of the posters and she had wanted to bring one home.  Her leader told her that she needed to clear it with us, first.  We said that would be fine and didn’t really ask anything about it.

She brought this home tonight, frame and all.

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Oh–that the whole New Year would be this fun!

What a thrill to start 2022 with so much fellowship!

Mid-day, Stewart got a text from Dustyn that he and his fiancé Abby would be driving through Greenville.  We were tickled that they could join us for dinner.  Meanwhile, we had been looking forward to the Magins joining us for NYDay for weeks. 

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Weather nice enough to eat outdoors is for SURE delightful in January!

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These two in particular really warmed my mommy-heart.  They’ve always gotten along so sweetly.

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