January 2021

January was another good month. Covid isn't going away anytime soon, but a lot of people are starting to get the vaccine so maybe we are on our way out of it. 

Dan has been busy working in Colorado, and him and Dana have been working on closing on their house, but other than that, everything has been moving along like normal.

Quilt guild has been having zoom meetings. It's not the favorite of everyone, as we would rather get together in person, but you take what you can get!

We were able to celebrate Tristan's birthday with him! Because we were just on the tail end of quarantine, we had to forgo any parties, but Dan and Dana were really great about making sure he felt special. 

There was lots of presents and cake, and they had a special surprise birthday parade for him! 

We were also able to participate in his baptism too. Such a special day!

Alana has been having fun entertaining herself. She has been baking a bunch of things, and even whipped up some play dough for her and the boys. 

This is her version of Aragog for Harry Potter club at school. 

She has still been doing Taekwondo at home. She tested at home this time too. Master Jeon is very encouraging and she did a great job!

For Christmas, Naomi's big present was a shopping trip with mom. She was super excited for it. We had to put it off for a coupe weeks, but when it finally happened it was like the best day ever for her. 

We went to Fashion Place Mall. She had it all planned out. She knew what stores she wanted to see, what she wanted to buy, and that she wanted to eat at Cheesecake Factory for lunch. She did really good budgeting her money and got a ton of stuff. Boy, we were exhausted after that!

I didn't get any pictures, but we were able to celebrate Grandpa Dave's first birthday without him. We did things that we thought he would enjoy. Will had sausage rolls. We listened to his favorite music: AC/DC, Ozzy Ozbourne, and Aerosmith. We had dinner at Village Inn. We were able to visit with Jamie and Joni and Nate at the restaurant and reminisce a little bit too. It was a good day. 

We finally got the rocks done at the side of the house and now we are looking into getting a new fence installed that will keep the deer out of the backyard. Hopefully that will come soon.

One of the benefits of having the Robert's family with us is all the awesome german food that Dana is making for us to try. It has all been delicious! We have really liked the Kartoffel und Eier (Hardboiled eggs in a cream mustard sauce served over boiled potatoes) and this was a homemade meatball dish that was super yummy too. 

After a really dry November, December, and first part of January, we actually got some good snow. We still need more, but the kids have loved finally being able to use the sleds they got for Christmas.