End of the Year Interview

Nathan: 14

Elizabeth: 11

1. What is your favorite color:
N: Blue
E: Pastel neon green

2. What is your favorite toy?
N: Space Legos
E: My squishmellows

3. What is your favorite fruit?
N: Pineapple
E: Raspberries

4. What is your favorite TV show/movie?

N: The Mandalorian and Batman
E:  Crash Landing on You

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?
N: Leftovers
E: Egg Muffin or Pizza Rolls

6. What are you looking forward to next year?

N: All the rocket launches

E: Getting my ears pierced

7. What is your favorite game?
N: 
E: Snake Game or Tower

8. What is your favorite snack?
N: Jerky and Ritz
E:  Fruit roll ups and jalepeno triscuits

9. What is your favorite animal?
N: Shoebill
E: Bunnies

10. What is your favorite song?
N: Space Oddity
E:  Sweet but Psycho

11. What is your favorite book?
N: Sylo
E: Secrets of the Tally

12. What is your favorite subject at school?
N: Science
E: Orchestra

13. What is your favorite sport?
N: Running
E:  Tennis

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

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

E: Play in the snow in winter and scoot around with Charlotte in summer

16. What is your favorite drink?

N: Water
E: 7-up or Sprite

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: Steak and fries
E: Chicken and Yellow Rice

20. What do you want to be when you grow up?
N: Waste Management
E: Architect

Winter Videos

 

Christmas Eve

 

We made it back home for Christmas Eve. Jeremy had to work all of the Christmas days so we celebrated with him when he got home from work on Christmas Eve. I made ham and potatoes and we opened gifts. Jeremy went to bed early since he had to work this next morning. 

The kids got new tablets this year as their old ones were slowing down and not working as well anymore. 

Opening some presents! 

These 2 have been dressing like twins by accident a lot lately. It's kind of funny. 

A Fashionable Christmas

Elizabeth had been wanting a poncho. Ever since she spun around in the Christmas tree skirt, she wanted to find something to wear that was like that. Gram got her this cute poncho! She wanted to put on a fashion show in her new clothes and hats. 

 

Christmas in Royal City

We visited the Royal City family a few days before Christmas. There was a little snow so the kids did some sledding. 

We opened some gifts. 

Gram got WAY too much cat food for Christmas presents. In fact, I think that's all she got! 

Elizabeth had really been wanting some big fluffy earmuffs. She also got a regular hat and some other fun gifts. 

Nathan got some Space-X gear and a calendar.  He also got a multitool and some ammo and targets. 

Elizabeth took a picture of her gifts! 

She got this great "Listening through walls" machine. She also got a science kit! 

 

Christmas in Yakima

We went to visit Papa Ray and Kim. Brian was unable to make it because Brady was sick. 

The kids threw some snowballs at Uncle Brian across the valley. He called the FAA on them. 

 

Yaktraks

Grandma Pam came down to visit. The kids got some new Yaktraks for Christmas!! 

 

Operation Candy Cane

The Fire Department had a food drive! If you brought food, they gave you a candy cane! We brought food to our favorite firefighter so he gave us candy canes. 

 

The Grandma Project

 Elizabeth decided that she would paint the grandmas all something that "fit their personality" for Christmas. Here are the final results!! 

December Rose

I noticed on Dec 1 we still had one lone rose hanging in there. 

 

The Cutest Christmas Tree

Elizabeth did all our Christmas decorating the day after Thanksgiving!! She did pretty much everything! Along the way, she decorated herself. She wore the tree skirt, and then see the tree on top of her? 

She thought the tree skirt was fun and spun around in it. 

 

Thanksgiving

 

Jeremy worked on Thanksgiving so we drove up to Royal for a Thanksgiving dinner. Papa cooked the turkey on the big green egg. 

Auntie Laura and the kids made a vegetable train! 

Pippa had a new sweater that matched her mother. 

School Pictures 2021-2022

Here are our school pictures for the year! Nathan's is filling up a bit too full for my liking! 

Unknown grade

8th grade

6th grade

 

Orchestra Concert

Elizabeth had her first orchestra concert! She shows us all her viola skills. They plucked a few of their songs and were then able to use their bows for the others!  

She's in the back row sitting down with the black mask. 

Beautiful wildflowers

One of our neighbors planted these beautiful wildflowers along the walking trails in our neighborhood. I've always thought that the walking trails are one of the best things about where we live. Now we have pretty flowers on them!  Also, the flowers have just gotten prettier as the year has gone by! They have a dripline behind the fence so they get lots of water. I took these photos on Oct 26, but even as I post these pictures today (Nov 7) they still look amazing! It's nice to have some bright flowers in November. 

 

Fall Videos

 

 

Jeremy and 42

Elizabeth made a yummy cheesecake for Jeremy's birthday! 

 

Trick r Treating

Elizabeth had a good time trick r treating. Nathan stayed home and passed out candy. She had a lot of people call her Hermione so she was a little miffed about that. However, TWO people did correctly call her a Hufflepuff student! I walked with her for 3 miles and then when Jeremy got home, they did another 3 miles. This is the second year in a row she's done 6 miles for candy. Her feet were sure sore!