Snow

 

A Few Random Things

 

A mug I painted for Mom.

A mug I painted for Lydia.

Jacob's new shark mug.

One day while Jacob was out with the kids, I took my BB revolver out for some target practice. I wasn't the best, but I had fun. 

It's a real beauty. This was Jacob's anniversary gift to me. 

The creapy balloon man. 

Delicious Ethiopian honey bread.

Jacob looking good.

Afternoon tea.

I made chai recently. It's so good.

Micah's Birthday (Also Known as New Year's Eve)

 

Dance party.

Micah's new tools were a hit with everyone. Haha!

What a cute little one year-old.

What a long year 2024 was. I think it was hard for a lot of people. We made it through, and I look forward to this new year.

Christmas

 

The pictures got mixed up. This was dancing Christmas night. 

Christmas dinner feast.

Taliya with one of her new books.

Taliya unwrapping another of her new books. Apparently, that's the one thing people know about her: she likes books. Frog and Toad is great, by the way. It's our new favorite. 

Pasca for breakfast. 

Frankfort (A Trip in November)

One week, a couple of months ago, Jacob was feeling very overwhelmed with school and life. I said I would give him a day to himself, and I would take the kids on a little day trip. Being the amazing husband that he, he really didn't want to let me let him have a day off, but I insisted. I had been wanting to visit our state capital of Frankfort, which is a quaint little town about an hour east of us. This seemed like a great opportunity for Jacob to have some peace and for me to see what it was like to do something alone with the kids. It actually turned out to be quite a fun little outing, and it got me excited for many future fieldtrips with my kids as they get older.  

The capital building was getting worked on, but it was still quite magnificent.

Looking out in front of it.

We walked down to the river and saw a train on the other side. We're huge fans of trains. 

We had delicious sandwiches for lunch at a playground. 

We had to cross the river (Kentucky River, I think) to get the main town. 

The sky was clearing up, and it was turning out to be quite a lovely day. 

This is the old capital building. 

A giant Christmas tree.

We (mainly I) did a lot of walking that day.

We stopped at a coffee shop for a break (and a bathroom). 

The govenor's mansion.