Merry Christmas!

We made it back to Kansas for Christmas this year. Last year we stayed in Nebraska due to weather. The weather this year was so nice-I didn’t wear a coat the entire time we were there. 

Nick, Liv and I came back early and stayed with some friends. We saw my dad, some friends, made a visit to Santa, went swimming, went to a trampoline park! It was a nice start to winter break! We had our annual Christmas Eve party with Chris’ aunts and cousins and then Christmas Day Andy and his family came to town! 

Christmas wasn’t over yet! When we got home we realized that Santa came to our house too!! 

Nick and Olivia played the game of LIFE in Colorado over the summer at our friends, Brad and Nancy’s house. They had been asking for the game since!
One more week off for break! I imagine we will be playing a lot of games and having many Star Wars battles!!

6 Years Old!

Olivia turned 6 years old!! 

She had some friends over for a picnic birthday to celebrate! 

9 Years Old

Nick turned 9 years old! 

For his birthday he wanted pancakes from McDonald’s for breakfast and a captain rex cake. 

Pawsitive Panther

Nick and Olivia have already received Pawsitive Panther in their class! 

School is going great. Olivia is such a good friend! She is one of the highest readers in her class and absolutely LOVES school. Nick is loving school too. He still loves math the best. He gets to sit beside his best friend in school and is also a very good friend!! They are both so wonderful and I am so happy they are thriving after our move here!

Olivia has made friends very quickly. One day she saw a little girl in her class who  was sitting alone. She said to her: “do you have a friend yet?” The girl said “no, I haven’t found a friend yet?” Olivia 

then said:  “do you want to be ours?” Doesn’t that just melt your heart!!

Nick continues to be one of those people who everyone considers a friend and someone who sees absolutely no disability in another. He gets along with everyone but only has a few close friends. Very wise and very confident.

I am so thankful for the characteristics God has given them and I pray that they always keep that confidence in who they are!

Nick’s Golf Tournament

Nick played golf this summer. They had golf lessons at a golf course here and then at the end the teams played in a 9 hole tournament. Nick’s team ended up winning within their age group!

When Nick was little we watched The Lion King ALL the time! We would run around the living room to all the songs! So of course when it came out, we had to go see it!

Olivia and Daddy Day

Olivia didn’t have school on Thursday. They do half of the kindergarten students on Wednesday and the other half on Thursday, so Chris and Olivia went to the zoo to help the day go by quickly. Olivia can’t wait to get back to class!