End of the Year Interview

 Nathan: 13

Elizabeth: 10

1. What is your favorite color:
N: Blue
E: Teal 

2. What is your favorite toy?
N: Lego Saturn 5 
E: Lego friends and squishamellows

3. What is your favorite fruit?
N: Strawberries, apples, pineapples
E: Raspberries, blackberries, and pineapple

4. What is your favorite TV show?

N: The Mandalorian,  Star Wars: The Clone Wars,  
E:  Star Wars: The Clone Wars

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?
N: Sandwiches
E: Mac and Cheese or melted cheese sandwiches

6. What are you looking forward to next year?

N: Artemis is supposed to start and covid going away. 
E: Covid vaccines and everything going back to normal. 

7. What is your favorite game?
N: Chess
E: Cool Math Games and ABCYA

8. What is your favorite snack?
N: Apples
E:  Cheese Itz and pretzels

9. What is your favorite animal?
N: Don't know. 
E: Elephants and French Lops and bunnies

10. What is your favorite song?
N: Winter Soldier Theme
E:  Sweet but Psycho

11. What is your favorite book?
N: Sylo
E: Land of Stories

12. What is your favorite subject at school?
N: P.E. or science
E: Writing

13. What is your favorite sport?
N: Running
E:  I don't know. 

14. What is your favorite thing to have for breakfast?
N: Bagel with almond butter
E: Waffles

15. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
N: Run

E: Swing and play with Charlotte

16. What is your favorite drink?

N: Water
E: 7-up

17. What is your favorite holiday?
N: 4th of July because of the fireworks
E: Christmas

18. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?
N: The animal of the multiple days
E: Doctor Teddy

19. What is your favorite thing to have for dinner?
N: Chicken Chowder and french bread
E: Noodles and Cheese and Chicken and Yellow Rice

20. What do you want to be when you grow up?
N: Sewer worker
E: Nurse

Blue Heart

 

Elizabeth was bored so she made the blue heart!! All the family members who went to WSU got a text of this picture. Everyone said "NOOO!!!"  It was pretty funny. 

Fall/Winter videos

 

Snow Fun

 

Elizabeth made a huge snowman! 

She and Charlotte rolled a humungous snowball in the backyard. It got so big they couldn't move it anymore. 

 

White Christmas!

We had a White Christmas! It started snowing Christmas morning and snowed a little all day long! Elizabeth headed right out and she and Charlotte did a lot of playing as more and more snow fell. 

The lights looked very pretty in the snow. 

 

Christmas Eve

Jeremy had to work Christmas Eve and Christmas. We celebrated with a nice dinner on the 22nd. We opened presents when he got home from work on Christmas Eve. 

Legos and space were the key themes for Nathan! 

For Elizabeth it was squishmellows and legos! 

Elizabeth once again decorated the entire house for Christmas.  I took pictures of her amazing decorating! 

 

Christmas Star

 

We saw the Christmas Star! I guess it was the first time since like 1264 or something that it had been seen. Apparently, Jupiter and Saturn are the closest together they will ever be. They look like one big bright star! 

It was interesting how close together the planets were. The very next night, you could see how much further apart they were. I guess that one night was really special! 

Christmas Drivearound-Yakima

                                 Our last stop of the day was in Yakima to see the last set of grandparents. 

The kids opened some fun gifts. 

We had some tasty snacks! 

We then drove home and had completed a large driving loop for the day! We saw everybody! It's a Christmas we won't forget that's for sure! 

Christmas Drivearound-Selah

 

Our next stop was Selah. 

Elizabeth liked holding Brady. 

I also got to spend a lot of time holding Brady! He just slept the whole time. It was so cute! 

Christmas Drivearound-Ellensburg

 Our next stop of the day was to visit Grandma Pam in Ellensburg. 

She has a very nice covered porch that is decorated so nicely! We had some yummy bread and opened some great presents! 

They found the frozen pond and slipped around a bit on that. No one ended up wet and muddy! 

Christmas Drivearound-Royal City

Jeremy has to work Christmas Eve and Christmas this year. Also, because of covid, Christmas can't be quite normal. We decided to do a Christmas drivearound to see all the relatives for about an hour each. 

Our first stop was Royal City. The kids opened presents from Auntie Laura! They were so excited!! We've never opened Christmas presents outside before so it was certainly a new experience. Luckily, it was around 45 degrees with no wind so it wasn't really too bad for an hour. 

Papa grilled some steaks and Gram made some fries and desserts. We ate in the old shed with the door open. Again, a new Christmas experience! 

Pippa sat in the Kubota and watched us all eat. 

Elizabeth got a teal caboodle filled with fun things for her nails and hair!! She was so excited to open them all! 

Nathan got a dartboard!! 

Papa Norm and Gram opening some of their gifts. 

A family photo. 

 

Thanksgiving

 

We had a weird Thanksgiving this year.  Jeremy had to work Thanksgiving and there was covid. Therefore, the 4 of us just had a small Thanksgiving on Tuesday! The kids had to help cook the meal. I grabbed a few pictures of them making the pie. 

Nathan cutting apples. 

Elizabeth peeling. 

Elizabeth liked doing the crusts. 

Christmas Tree Painting

Elizabeth painted another amazing masterpiece! She liked making this lighted Christmas tree. Her favorite part was flicking on the white paint to make the snowflakes. 

 

Bonfire at Grandma Pam's

 

The kids and Jeremy went up for a bonfire at Grandma Pam's. They got their first deer!! Elizabeth found this deer skeleton on Pam's property. Uncle Brian thought it would be funny to pose so they took pictures. 

 

Elizabeth, Grandma Pam and Brian trying to pull branches out of the cove to put in the bonfire. 

Nathan helping with the fire. 

Pulling branches. 

Jeremy tending to the fire.