The Hall's

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Christmas

We spent Christmas eve the traditional way with Breakfast all together in the morning then over to my Mom and Dad's that night for a fun evening of food, games, the Nativity story, and of course P.J.'s (Thanks Amber for the collage, I didn't get any pictures that night). Christmas morning was great at our house. We got up around 7:00 am and we were all done by 8:00 am. Kelly's Dad and his wife SueAnn spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with us.

That afternoon my parents came over for shrimp boil dinner, games, and then we all headed off to a movie. At the end of the night I asked Kage if he got everything he wanted and he replied "and more." I would say that made for a pretty good Christmas.

UROC Christmas Party

We had the UROC Christmas Party on Monday, December 13. We had a good time visiting with club members, eating food, and exchange white elephant gifts. Our friend Dave made a t-shirt of Kelly flying a rocket with the caption "I love Kelly Hall" Everyone got a good kick out of it.

December

December was very busy I started the month off with our first grade Christmas program. The kids did a great job!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Thanksgiving

We have had a fantastic Thanksgiving break. We spent most of Thanksgiving skiing/boarding at Brighton. It was chilly but it was still way fun. Here is the parking lot at about 2:30. It was practically empty which made for a great day.

The boys after a day of boarding! Cold, happy faces.

When we got home we made dinner. We fried a turkey. It looked really good when it came out and tasted even better.

Here is our table all ready for our yummy Thanksgiving dinner. We had a quiet night with good food after a fun day on the slopes.

We decided to make a Gingerbread House from scratch again this year. It was a three day project. It started on Friday with the design and baking the gingerbread pieces. Then on Saturday we assembled the house. Kelly was in charge of designing and help constructing the house. The boys helped with their opinion of what the house should look like. Kelly ended getting his Dremmel out to cut some of the pieces.

Sunday we decorated the house. I made hard candy for the windows. For the most part the boys decided where all the rest of the candy would go. It turned out to be a very fun house!

Sunday, November 14, 2010

November so far

November so far has been filled with lots of school projects. At the beginning of the month David had a wax museum. He learned about Joseph Medicine Crow. Here he is with his poster.

The boys both participated in reflections this year. Here is Kage with his participation ribbon.

David and his participation ribbon. He actually gets to move on to the district level. (Sort of by default because they take the top three on and there were only three entries).

Here is David's reflections entry.

Kage had a school program on Veterans Day. They did patriotic songs and paid tribute to Veterans.

The last few weeks David has been working on his rocket. He was able to get it built mostly by himself.

October

October was filled with a few fun Fall activities. Over Fall break we met a lot of my family at Cornbelly's. We enjoyed a hay ride.

Amber, Gregg, B, David, and Kelly all took a turn on the mechanical bull. Here is Kelly taking his turn.

Of course we always have fun with Halloween. Here I am with my class all dressed up.

David was a viking for Halloween.

Kage was a mummy.

On Saturday Kelly spent all day putting up his tunnel that he did last year. We were all done and a wind storm came up that afternoon and blew it down. So last minute this is what he ended up with. It was a little disappointing but still turned out fun.

September

The last three months have gone by in a flurry. I can't believe that it is almost Thanksgiving. Here is my attempt at a little catch up on blogging. I haven't seem to have the time since school started. Here is a picture of the boys on the first day of school.

September 1st is David's Birthday. He wanted to go to Trafalga so after school that's where we headed. My Mom and Dad joined David, Kage, and I. (Kelly was out of town for work). We played a round of mini-golf and then played a whole bunch of arcade tokens.