January

 Our January was fairly calm, which is always nice. We have gotten some snow, but not an abundance.

Happily playing Legos on a Sunday afternoon.

Celebrating Rebecah's birthday!  She's fifteen!!  She is a good help and a good student.  She loves shopping and earning money.  

As part of Kimball's exchange he stays with three different host families.  He will really miss living with the Smits; they gave him such a warm welcome when he first arrived.  He is now living with Jen and Yvonne's family.  Their youngest son, Sjoerd, is a year older than Kimball and they get along well.  It was a big transition to get used to a new family's way of doing things, but Kimball has settled in and is enjoying living with Jen and Yvonne.  Kimball also finalized his flight home this month.  He flies home on July 2, and will fly straight to St. Louis where we will be having a Coffey family reunion.  It's exciting to have a return date!

Annika had a chorus concert...

with a speaking part.

We have had some great sunrises this month.

The kids had a few days off from school this month for snow, Martin Luther King, Jr. day, and for the first time for the Lunar New Year.  They always enjoy their days off, but they don't mind going to school, either.

Ice skating on Lunar New Year

I forgot to take a picture until we were leaving!  (Lincoln was busy watching the Zamboni, so he's not pictured.)

We went to the varsity basketball game.  During half time there was an elementary school shoot out where the different elementary schools in our district shot baskets and the school with the highest number of baskets won.  Lincoln was on the team so we went to cheer him on.  He made some great shots and he had fun.  We all had more fun than excepted, so we stayed for the whole game.