We decided to venture outside today and finally enjoy the snow since it was warmer, 25 degrees - a heat wave! We went sledding down the hill in our front yard just in case it was still too cold to be out very long. They flew down the hill, skid across the once cleaned off sidewalk and over a big bump of snow into the street. They love it! All but Jonathan. He got snow in his glove his first time down and decided he was ready for hot cocoa. Joshua jumped at that idea and went in soon after to join him. Caleb and Ashlyn stayed out for a long time and started a snow fort too. We are excited to hear what Grandma Sue thinks of all this snow. She comes home tonight from the sunny Philippines!
Okay that is SO FUNNY because Josiah did the exact same thing - he got snow on his glove, wiped his face, starting crying and was ready to go in for hot cocoa! Josie about got frost bite on her cheeks and still protested going inside. Kids are too cute!!!
I'm so jealous! Although, I can't complain too much. We are having a great cool season. It's almost chilly at night. The temp is 88 deg today, but has been lingering around mid 80's with rain the last couple of weeks. Rainy season was suppose to end in November, but we are so thankful it has continued some.
Merry Christmas from our crew to yours! We are thankful for 2024 and all that it brought to our family. God has been gracious and merciful to us as we hope to glorify Him with our lives and figure out our next season of life. We had more ups than downs this year and are excited to see what unfolds in 2025. John and Deanna celebrated 26 years of marriage this year and were able to celebrate with an anniversary trip through four National Parks in CA and NV. It was an amazing trip and of course urges us to travel more this coming year while we are healthy enough to hike and have more time on our hands in this short season. Other family highlights of 2024 included seeing the Total Eclipse, watching the Chiefs win another Superbowl, and spending time together all six of us at home or on vacations together a few times this year. John spent the last year continuing to volunteer with Partners Worldwide, his business mentor group, and our church, Bethel Baptist Church. He started a contrac...
Let me begin by saying that we have tried all three of the typical education systems available to us. We have used private school, public school, and homeschooling full time. We do not have a favorite right now nor do we think one is the perfect system to use, but we have sure seen the benefits of all three. Today I wanted to write about our public school system. We are in a really good school district. Our high school is ranked #6 in Missouri. We have been so impressed with both our elementary and middle school we have used. One of my favorite things about Line Creek Elementary is the staff there and the opportunities for extra staff to help our children succeed. Because of Caleb's speech disorder and delay he had from age 2 to 6, we knew that he would need some special education classes in elementary school. We have to report that Park Hill has done an AMAZING job in this area!! One big advantage to the new Common Core curriculum implemented in our di...
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Love the pics, they really capture the moments!