Valentine's Day 2015

Valentine's Day this year was much better than last year, but almost ended up the same! Will had the stomach flu from Thursday until Tuesday, when he was able to return to school. Then Emma had a high fever Wednesday night and Thursday and had to miss her tea party at school. It was very sad because she had been counting the days for the last two weeks, and was just devastated to miss it. She asked me to email a picture of her party dress to her teacher. However, she was better by Friday morning (and never threw up, yay!), and was able to go the class pizza party on Friday. Will's class also had a Valentine's pizza party on Friday. Tuesday night the kids wrote out their Valentines to every kid in the class. I was especially proud of Emma, who wrote all her own Valentines. When Will was her age, I still had to help him, but she enjoys writing more (and has better handwriting!). On Saturday, Emma's ballet studio had a Parent's Night Out Valentine Party for the kids, so Jered and I were able to drop them off and go on a date. We ended up going to Keagan's Irish Pub and Restaurant at the Virginia Beach Town Center. It was good food, and a fun date! We also enjoyed a nice snow storm this week, although we are not enjoying the highs in the 20s, and the wind chill below zero!

 

 

 

First Snow of 2015

The big snow storm that hit the Northeast Coast Monday night brought us just enough snow to have a snowball fight and make a teeny snowman this morning.

Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014 Pictures

We spent Christmas and New Year's Eve in Corpus Christi, Texas. For the first time in many years, Jered was able to take more than a week off, so we had a more relaxing trip. On the way home, we even got to spend a day in Charlotte, NC with some of our Brandenburg cousins. Click on the link to view the album. We had a great vacation!

Christmas Performances 2014!

Emma's ballet class performing an excerpt from the Nutcracker in the studio.



Will performing with the other 2nd graders at Shelton Park ES.





Emma performing with the other 3 and 4 year old preschool students at Bayside Presbyterian Preschool. The group you mostly see is her class.

Thanksgiving 2014



This year we celebrated a quiet Thanksgiving at home with just the 4 of us. The kids made hats to wear and we read the story of the first thanksgiving feast with the pilgrims and Indians, and also talked about how it came to be a national holiday. We are very thankful to the Lord this Thanksgiving that He is always with us, no matter the circumstances, and thankful He led our ancestors here to this country. We enjoyed lots of yummy food, then that evening we spent time decorating for Christmas together!