2022 was a year we'll never forget as we walked and shepherded our children through an unexpected trial. At the same time we settled into a good homeschooling routine, joined a new co-op deepened friendships, traveled, and watched our children continue to grow and mature. Joy and sadness always coexisting.
January
- Samuel and Elisabeth were baptized together at our church
- We took a week long trip to Disney World, where we defeated the First Order, survived a terrifying elevator ride, transformed into mice and scampered throughout a restaurant in France, beat our high scores in Toy Story Mania, swam in January, and made lifelong memories.
February
- We celebrated Valentine's Day with our traditional fondue, and scavenger hunt and attended the Heart Hop at our co-op.
- I turned 37 and celebrated with a new sound system in my car and dinner out with dear friends and another dinner our with the sweetest kids.
March
- Sam turned 9 and celebrated with a video game party
- We spent a family day at the Discovery Lab
- My brother and his family visited for Spring Break, and the cousins bonded over hours of play time.
April
- We celebrated Easter by attending church, and hosting lunch and an egg hunt
- We spent a weekend in OKC playing at a church gym with friends and then a day at Frontier City
- We tried out container gardening and grew a few things
May
- Nathan turned 11 and invited lots of boys over for an evening picnic
- The girls danced in their annual dance recital
- Matt and I celebrated 16 years of marriage with a trip to North Carolina and Tennessee. We toured the Biltmore, explored Gatlinburg, and relaxed in a cabin in the mountains.
- Matt turned 39
- Nathan participated in his first acting recital
June
- I went on my annual Girls' Weekend to OKC
- We attended VBS. I helped with preschool Missions
- We swam, visited the zoo, picked blueberries and enjoyed lots of play time with friends.
- The boys attended Camp Siloam, while the girls participated in an Encanto Dance Camp
July
- We hosted our annual Fourth of July picnic with the Millers, Shondelmyers and Pashkovets
- We floated the Illinois River with friends.
- We spent a week in Weatherford, attending the Evetts' churches' VBS and visiting family
- After spending a month in the hospital and slowly declining, we said goodbye to my mom. My brother's family stayed with us for a week, we planned her funeral and the Lord carried us through the hardest week our family has experienced.
August
- Elisabeth turned 8 with an outdoor water party with ALL her friends
- The kids earned a YES day for completing a summer reading challenge
- We squeezed in a few extra play dates before school started
- We started our third year of homeschooling with a pre-k, second grader, fourth grader, and sixth grader
- We started a new homeschool co-op that has been the best fit for our family
- The kids started Fall activities- flag football, AWANA, gymnastics, dance, piano lessons for Sam, and Trail Life and American Heritage Girls
September
- We spent a week at our favorite beach
- Katherine started Pre-K at Community Preschool at FBCBA. Our last first day!
- Katherine turned five and celebrated with a party at Bounce U and getting her ears pierced!
October
- We spent a weekend in Kansas City with my brother's family.
- Barry and the boys attended a Kansas City Chief's football game
- We added a new member of the family- Hannah the rabbit
- The girls and I attended Frozen the Musical
- We celebrated Halloween with a rainbow unicorn, Harry Potter, Hermoine Granger, and KC Wolf
November
- We visited Har-Ber Village for a fun field trip
- The girls spent a weekend in Branson riding the Polar Express and playing at the Grand Country
- Nathan had a football injury which required three stitches and an ER visit
- We all got the flu over Thanksgiving and postponed celebrating until December
December
- Katherine was a shepherd in her preschool's Christmas program
- We enjoyed lots of Christmas parties and programs
- We hosted Christmas dinner for our neighbors on Christmas Adam
- We completed all our traditional Christmas celebrations and enjoyed lots of family time
- We celebrated New Year's Eve with the Shondelmyers
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