Christmas 2021

 A few family pictures before opening presents.

Ready for stockings!

Bear got a present, too.

Annabelle's big gift was a Cricut.  She was pretty excited.  Caden's "big" present was an empty box...with a picture of a Gabb watch in it.  Unfortunately, his gift won't arrive until after Christmas.

Bear loved his present!

Start of Christmas Vacation

 Bear is enjoying the lazy days of vacation!  He's doing great with potty training, so he has earned a little freedom.  We still have to watch him closely because he can get into trouble chewing things he's not supposed to chew.

Caden and Laura had grand plans to organize Lego's over the break.  Here's a before pic of Caden's secret room.  He wants to put some of his City sets together to sell them.

Laura took a while to decide on rugs in the master bath.  She finally chose some 4 months ago, and they arrived just in time for Christmas.

Annabelle decided she wanted to cut her hair.  It had gotten so long that it was getting quite tangled, especially at night.  We forgot to take a before pic, but this picture was taken after an inch was already cut.  We ended up cutting about 4-5 inches off.

And an after picture.

We bought a gingerbread house kit to put together.  Everything is sorted and ready for construction.

Starting construction.

Bear really wanted to help!

Papa was helping, too.

The kids worked on the front together.

Then they each had one side.  Here's Annabelle with her side.

And Caden with his side.

Christmas Chapel and Christmas Parties

A few pics of the kids Christmas Chapel performances.  Caden sang "Lord of the Stars"

Annabelle and the 4th graders sang "El Pequino Nino".

Annabelle went on another field trip.  They went to a science museum.  Audrey, Liv, Presley, Katherine, and Annabelle with a dinosaur.

Audrey, Katherine, Liv, Lilly Stueve, and Annabelle.

Presley, Annabelle, Hadley Sullivan, Audrey, Liv, Katherine, and Stella.

Since Caden is in Logic, he had a different schedule for finals.  His last three days of school, he went in for two finals in the morning, and then was released at 11:30.  The last day, they did a "Twelve Days of Christmas" craft and song.  Ethan Ormont, Caden, and Andrew Dawson were 9 Lords a Leaping.

Laura was able to go to Annabelle's class party.

They each made an ornament with their picture in it.

Nutcracker 2021

 Annabelle performed in her 3rd Nutcracker this past weekend.  She was a soldier, and she did a great job!  Here are her professional portraits.

Laura sewed a costume for the dolls again this year.  It's so tedious, but it was finished minutes before we had to leave for dress rehearsal.

Annabelle with Mary Ellen.

A pic on stage.  Annabelle is the 4th soldier from the left.

Annabelle is on the far left in this action pic.

Annabelle is again 4th from the left, lined up behind the Nutcracker.

Annabelle is the soldier in the left back of the grouping of four.

 A close up of the dance.

A few friends came to see the Covenant girls that were in the show.  Here is a picture of Annabelle with Abby Hawk and Lily Thompson.  

A pic with Papa and Nana.

A quick pic with Mommy.

Belle Hartgrove and Annabelle being silly backstage.

The soldiers with Ms Libby their rehearsal instructor.  Soldiers left to right: Lola Dalton, Belle Hartgrove, Annabelle, Lillian Brashear, Alex Holsinger, Molly Bennett, Khloe Jensen, and Jacqueline Aguirre.

Daddy and Caden came to see the Saturday night show.

Laura was backstage on Sunday.  A view from the wings.

A pic with two of the other Covenant 4th graders who were in this cast, Khloe Jensen and Zoey Seale.

Mimi and Tia came to Sunday's show.