Norah is doing winter rec basketball! Kley is pumped and we are excited she is trying something new. It's the 1st/2nd grade team, so technically she could have done it last year, but I had the flu during sign up and by the time I felt a little better and remembered, it was full already. Oops! Glad we were able to get her in this year. She was a bit nervous about it, but we said that several friends she knew would be there and Kley is coaching, and all she can do is try her best! These pictures are from night one- she was nervous but did well! It's for six weeks, and I really love that our rec program here does sports like that, so you can try things out but not be committed to it for the whole year. Ellory made the sweetest sign on her drawing board to encourage them and kept waving it at Kley and Norah while they were practicing. Go Norah! :)
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Monday, January 23, 2023
Recent reads.
The Wish by Nicholas Sparks- Nicholas Sparks books are always just a fun, enjoyable read to sneak in every once in awhile. This one is about Maggie, who was sent away to live with her aunt when she was 16, and she met a boy there and fell in love and a passion sparks for photography. Present day, she is an accomplished photographer, dealing with a hard medical diagnosis, and starts sharing her story with her assistant, so the book goes back and forth in time between present day and back when she was 16.
Monday, January 16, 2023
Tubing, niece/nephew date, and holding Margo.
We had a fun weekend in Des Moines! It was SO fun to hold our new niece/cousin Margo! We met her for the first time in November, a couple weeks after she was born, but we were recovering from sickness, so we didn't get to hold her. This time we were healthy and we took full advantage of many snuggles! :) She is so sweet!
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Monday, January 9, 2023
After Christmas and Happy New Year 2023!
Happy New Year! We had fun celebrating with friends. We ate supper together, Kley made a trivia game about 2022 events, and we had an early ball drop (where we played the ball dropping from last year) for the kids with brownies, ice cream cups, headbands and horns, and a toast with sparkling apple juice. Pretty great, right? Thankful for a new year and all that God has in store for us in 2023.
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Thursday, January 5, 2023
Christmas 2022.
Merry Christmas! We pray you had a sweet time with family, treasuring His birth and our great Savior. We had a special time with Kley's family! Friday we did gingerbread houses together, Saturday we had Christmas Eve service and then Christmas celebration with Kley's grandma (and family), and Christmas we had church, our own family Christmas at home, and then afternoon/evening with the De Jong/Guthmiller clan. Monday we had the extended family Ver Steeg celebration. What a fun and special few days!
What a cutie, Will!
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Monday, January 2, 2023
Gingerbread houses and our light tour fail.
We had a great start to Christmas weekend by decorating gingerbread houses with the De Jongs! The girls really look forward to it and enjoy it. Fun to see everyone's designs!