holidays
Christmas Cabaret at our church
Nigel sang this year in the choir.
Stewart helped serve Friday.
Tabitha and Marie helped serve Friday and Saturday.
Christmas Cabaret #1
Our family gets to enjoy two Christmas Cabarets this year. The first was at Pittsford Community Church.
Nigel was asked to play a wise man.
The table servers put THIS between Johanna and Katriel.
Really.
I’m sure you can imagine their delight!
Marie couldn’t believe what they’d just put between the little girls. Look at Hanny’s face!
THAT is a COOKIE!
Finally Kelly had to protect them…
The whole performance was fabulous, but the best part was when the kings bowed to the King.
Shepherd’s Treasure recap
This is Asa. He is our Shepherd. (The Shepherd’s Treasure.)
Each day Asa finds his way from one spot in our house to another on a treasure hunt to know more about Jesus.
We met him, and I named him, on December 3rd.
Hmmmm – where will he be the next day?
Thanksgiving 2016
Thanksgiving…. you know – that thing where you cook for two days to eat for 15 minutes.
But I love the people we are eating with… so there’s that.
After dinner we did gift exchange.
And sang Happy Birthday to Aunt Betty.
My cousin, Cathy, and her husband, Dave, stayed with us the night, along with their pup, Comet.
July 4th, 2016
Per the norm – I didn’t plan ahead. But an impromptu July 4th celebration was perfectly in order.
She sincerely enjoyed the fruit and chocolate dipping sauce Nanny brought!
Easter 2016
Easter snuck up on us. Again.
But the weather was phenomenal and we all enjoyed ourselves despite our lack of planning.
We started the day with a basket hunt.
Katriel found hers behind the sheers.
Hanny found hers in the crockpot.
Stewart found his when I wasn’t near him. It was in the toy bag.
Marie made several trips to the pantry before she found hers in the travel lunch bag.
Tab looked in the closet a few times before she found hers inside Nigel’s coat.
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Nigel found his last behind the family room drapes.
We had a quick breakfast of cinnamon buns and cereal.
Stewart had to be at church early for choir prep so we got family pictures after the service.
We enjoyed an outdoor egg hunt. Hanny changed her clothes because she wanted an “Easter Dress.” And by that she means a dress her sisters once wore for Easter.
Nan, and Nene, and Sam joined us for dinner. I forgot to take a picture then. But it was yummy and fun.
Bunny cake
Hanny helped me make a bunny cake.
She wasn’t sure why we would have a bunny for Easter. I love that.
This made me fondly remember this story.
Thanksgiving dinner in February!
As I write this on March 12th, we have had only one legitimate storm this winter. It came on Tuesday, February 16th and dumped a mountain of snow in 16 hours. While it didn’t occur to me to take a single picture of the storm (because it’s snow and it wasn’t a record) I DID take a photo of our dinner. When we pulled our turkey out of the freezer to thaw on Saturday we had no idea how wonderful the timing would be for our FEAST!
I diced veggies between language lessons and simmer between math classes.
The house smelled heavenly as this
turned into this.
Marie made a pie.
And Tabitha helped peel potatoes.
The storm was a contender. I went out at 7:30 A.M. to snow blow for about 40 minutes. Later, around 2 P.M. the older three rotated in helping me as we spent another 90 minutes clearing it again. It was the heavy, wet stuff, and it took a lot of effort to move.
At 4 P.M. our neighbor knocked on the door asking for help dislodging his tractor that had gotten stuck as he tried to plow. Stewart had JUST asked me to teach him how to use the snowblower an hour or two ago, so he was ready to help. Nigel grabbed a shovel and worked with Dave and his wife, Judy, to free their John Deere.
John left work early and was pleasantly surprised to find his commute home was not painful. He couldn’t get his car through the part of the private drive that connected our drive to the main road, so he and the boys worked at moving that snow.
And then …..
It was so crazy yummy.
And pie for dessert.
See how Katriel eats pie? Oh my she is so cute!!!
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