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Ringing in 2020

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While Paige partied at the church dance, we celebrated at home check-list style with activities to complete before the midnight hour arrived.  We had a lovely time! The girls rocked the midnight toast and we closed the chapter on a great 2019.  

Post-Christmas Fun

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The festivities just keep on comin' after Christmas Day. We were grateful we had a few other fun activities to enjoy in the days leading up to the New Year celebration. We loved that Bryce and Becca came to visit for a day. We took over the local bowling alley and then hit Cafe Rio, before heading back to the house for JackBox games and sports. They drove here and back in one day and we are so grateful they were willing to make the drive! The girls loved spending time with cousins! We managed to take advantage of the church gym and burn some energy on the rainy days. We installed the new swing/chair in the bunk room. This chair gets a lot of love! After my parents left town we decided to take a day and do a tour of Yakima to visit and see all of our grandparents and aunts and uncles. We first met Grandma Apken for breakfast. We loved catching up and hearing how she continues to live her awesome, independent, healthy life. She turns 89 in February and her pace is impressive! Next we...

Christmas Eve

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We loved having my parents for Christmas this year. The cherry on top was that Erin, Jonni and Covey joined too! We loved having them stay a few nights and soak in that cute cute baby boy. Christmas Eve morning we enjoyed breakfast at Mt Si Golf Course and then a bucket of balls. It was quite cool, but the sun was out and it was gorgeous! We came back to the house and had lots on the schedule for the day! We started with decorating cookies for Santa. Puzzle time! We had a huge Disney puzzle to complete! Grandma whipped up some yummy rolls for Cmas dinner. And then we moved into the evening festivities. The annual snowball marshmallow fight--safety first with protective eyewear for mom and dad. ;) Hot cocoa snowmen And then our Nativity program. Every year it is awesome. Mary and her baby were pretty dang cute. And of course, Christmas Eve pajamas!!!