Finishing up December 2022

Here I am in July, finishing up the fun things we did in Dec 2022. Holy cow! I am so far behind, but it is so fun to relive all of the fun things I completely forgot that we did. I'll do my best to narrarate what we did the best that I can :).

Aunt Katy came to stay with us for the week and had a blast watching the girls for us while Greg and I went on a date. She's the best! The girls convinced her to paint their faces.

Our cute family under the Tree of Life.

Katy ended up getting sick, so she recovered in our basement for a few days. We loved taking her with us places.

Sof's Christmas gifts to her friends this year were cute rice pack Gingerbread men.

Claire took her new LOL doll with her everywhere. Here she is with Claire while she plays with her mini Hungry Hungry Hippo game.

Everyone obliged me one night by going to the Grand America and seeing the Christmas windows. We followed a cute mouse through his journey.

Only Quincey and Sof were brave enough to survive the frozen courtyard.

Our cute girlies!
This pic doesn't do the Gingerbread Hotel justice. 
It. was. HUGE!

The prettiest Christmas Tree!

Claire cat in her Christmas jammies completely mesmerized by the window.

Google made us a Claire collage. I'm quickly reminded that this girl is hilarious!

Campbell Companies purchased a showing of the Little Mermaid one night for their employee's and families @ Hale Theatre. It was mine and the girls first time there and the play did not disappoint! It was amazing!

Quincey and her cute smooshy face.

We were so happy to see the toys back at the library! We haven't seen them out since before COVID.

The girls were sure proud of their Christmas lights. They helped switch all of the old bulbs out and replaced them with the new pattern.

Where's Claire?

I finally got the piano tuned after having it for 5+ years. It was fascinating to watch, and the lady showed me how to take it apart. That may or may not be helpful for future projects ... just don't tell Greg.

We did our Thanksgiving tree again, and I was dying over the cat Claire drew on it.

Quincey absolutely LOVES books, and I love having a 7 year old who can read to her.

Sof was quite the little Jr. Jazz player this year. I was only able to make it to 2 games, thanks to all of the sick bodies in the house, so I'm sure glad Greg took pictures.

Froyo one night with my mini me.

Claire was having a moment one day, so I put her in her room to give us both time to cool off. I was dying when she started sending me messages through her window. 

Quincey quickly discovered she likes eating snow.

Seeing Santa at Cabela's.

Claire really wanted this fish.

She refused to pose for a pic on her last day of preschool before the Christmas holiday, so this is the best we're going to get, folks.

Claire and this fish had a staring contest. I can't remember who won. My money is on the fish.

Quincey turned 10 months and is so much fun!

She is starting to crawl and continues to be the world's cutest baby.

I found this video on my phone and kind of love it.

We spent New Years Eve at Get Air and had so much fun! They did a balloon drop this year and gave away unlimited cookies. We plan on doing this every year. It was awesome!

I found this video of Sof. She's hilarious.

Soaking in my cute baby, so sad to say goodbye to 2022 and the year she joined our family.

It's hilarious to see how many people Greg can carry up the stairs.

Looking down on their kingdom.

Greg surprised the girls with poppers to reign in the new year. They had fun watching them pop in the dark.

Mittens helped me count my year-end inventory. He loved it.

What a year 2022 was - we did a lot of fun things!

Greg turned 34
Quincey Rose joined our family
I turned 31

Sofia turned 7

Claire [mostly] enjoyed her 1st year of Preschool

We went out to eat as a family and survived Claire puking up her chocolate milk.

I learned how to navigate Cherry Hill with a newborn and 2 young swimmers

We had THE BEST TIME at the Oregon Coast

I somehow mixed up the start days in August, but Sof managed to still be on-time to school her first day of 2nd grade.

Claire patiently waited for her turn to start Pre-K

Claire turned 5.

We had the funnest trip to Yellowstone, Jenny Lake, and Jackson Hole, even though Claire threw up that night in the hotel.

We had a fun trip to Moab for Thanksgiving.

Sof had the best time playing Jr. Jazz Basketball

Everyone got sick except for Mom.

Claire, Quincey, and Greg all survived COVID.

Heidi saw Gentri.

We made so many fun memories!

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2022 was a year to remember!

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