Our year always starts off with a bang by celebrating Rebecah's birthday. She turned 13 this year so she is officially a teenager. She's already felt like a teenager for a year now. Her birthday was on a Saturday so she didn't have to go to school. Yay! She wanted to open presents right after breakfast, so we did. Joseph took her and a few others to the church gym so they could play soccer in the afternoon. It was a good birthday for her. She requested a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake for dessert.
Rebecah loves to be social and hang out with friends. School musical practices started this month so she is busy with practice a few times a week. We found a new piano teacher for her, so she'll begin lessons again in February.
Joseph did our semi-annual height measurements on the wall this month. Kimball grew an inch and a half in the last 6 months. Now Kimball is wondering if his growth spurts are at an end or if he'll inch his way up to 6 feet. Rebecah is most likely finished growing and Lincoln is slightly taller than Annika at this point. Eden is taller than Lincoln and Annika were at the same age. It's always fun to compare the heights of the different kids at the same age.
We haven't had much snow this year. We are all disappointed to have not had more snow. Joseph did take Lincoln and Annika for their first ski lesson. They had a great time and Joseph hopes to get them back out on the slopes at least one more time this year as long as we get snow and not rain!
Joseph drove 2 hours to the Adirondacks so he could have a day of skiing.
Kimball finished the indoor track season this month. His PR for the 55 meter hurdles was a 9.9, so he was pleased, but he still wants to get faster.
I started volunteering one day a week in Eden's class at school. She loves to have me come each week and it's good for my heart to see the kids get so excited to see me. They wave to me and are always so happy if they are put in my group during small group time. I'm so glad Eden's teacher wanted a volunteer.
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