Valentine’s Banquet 2018 at SPCF

Many years our church had a Valentine’s Banquet for couples at church with childcare for the kids. We always enjoy the time, especially with our Clark friends. These are a couple pictures from the 2018 banquet. Ama had the privilege of helping for the first time this year.

Haydon Family Tahoe Trip

Friday, February 16th was a minimum day at school. The kids and I got In n Out on our way home, then began preparing for our trip. Saturday morning we headed to Tahoe. We met the family in Tahoe and followed them on to Glenbrook where our rental house was located. We had such a […]

Valentine Banquet

The yearly tradition of the SPCFs Valentine’s Banquet was back this year and I was so excited. Trevor and I got a nice dinner served to us by the 6th and 7th graders, and we had an opportunity to visit with friends we rarely have enough time to really visit with at church. The 3 […]

School Valentine’s Parties

We’ve had a whirlwind of a week or so. Valentine’s Day the kids had parties at school. The 2nd/3rd party happened right after lunch. Mrs. Kearney led a very fun party. It began with cookie decorating and snacks. Next there was Valentine’s Bingo followed by a Valentine’s word search. Then they decorated boxes and passed […]

SPCA President Reports

I am proud to say that my girls worked very hard for weeks learning about one of our former presidents. They made posters and prepared to give a presentation at school. Tuesday, February 13, twelve students gave their president report presentations. Grammie joined me as I went to school to watch the presentations. George Washington: […]

New Van

So, maybe it was an early Valentine’s present, or just because Trevor couldn’t stand seeing me continuing to drive my van as one thing after another fell apart, but Trevor decided to get me a new van. The kids are super excited that we now own a pretty, white, 2013 Toyota Sienna.

SPCF Girls Valentine’s Party

Sunday afternoon, February 11, while Trevor and Azri went to Hayward to look at a van to replace my silver van, the girls and I went to the Girls Valentine’s Party at church. It was a sweet time with a small group of girls, lots of helpers, and fun. The kids started with an activity […]

Celebrating with Friends

We had one more celebration on Saturday, February 10. Adi invited a few friends and their families over for her party. She first wanted a cupcake theme, then Valentine’s theme. We did both. Grammie, Papa, and Uncle Nathan also joined for the party. We set up our newly emptied and painted living room with all […]

Celebrating Adi with Smiths and Grahams

On February 9th, the Friday after Adeliza’s birthday, we celebrated with Oma and Granddad and Nana and Papa. By Adi’s choice, we had dinner at Olive Garden. I had them sing to her and then Adi informed me that she doesn’t like it when they do that. I’m so proud of my daughter for respectfully, […]

Olympics

The 2018 winter Olympics have begun! At school, Pastor Trevor encouraged the students to watch. We have thoroughly enjoyed some ice skating, but couldn’t make it through the few hours long opening ceremonies segment. The kids stayed up late several nights watching.

Chicks!!

Have I mentioned that we have chickies?!?! We were surprised when one of our hens was already sitting on a clutch of eggs. We had planned to wait for spring weather before trying to have chicks, but this hen had other plans. She’s been an attentive mama and we have 9 chicks that are half […]

Azri’s Special Afternoon

When the kids have appointments, I like to schedule them so that we can have a special end of our day together as a little date. azri recently had to get 3 fillings at the dentist. He was quite a trooper and picked out a squirt gun as his prize when we left. It was […]

Hannah and Bobby Hamster

The 2nd and 3rd grade class spent half of the school year earning a prize for collective good behavior. In discussing the prize, they either wanted a field trip or some sort of class party like pizza, ice cream, popcorn, and a movie. When Pastor Trevor heard about it, He suggested a trip to the […]

Adeliza is 9!!!

Adeliza had many of her favorites today: pinwheels and salami and cream cheese rolls for lunch, ice cream sandwiches at school, and flowers and macaroons at home after school. Next she opened a birthday card from Aunt Debbie and Uncle Sonney. Money and a card is super fun, especially when saving for something special. ? […]

Fun Weekend with Auntie Tiff

We had an eventful couple of days. Yesterday, Saturday, February 3rd, Amabella had a basketball game at church at 10. Her team won their first win of the season, and she had fun. She also loves having one of her best friends, Danica, on her team and got to play against her other best friend, […]

Celebrating Adi Early

We had fun celebrating Adi early tonight. I bought her lots of fun baking stuff, and she opened them while the Superbowl game played in the dining room (as we don’t have a usable living room right now). After she opened the gifts, I walked into my room and Azri is stuffing a Lego set […]