New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve was spent at the Heatwole's house for games.  This worked out well for Brett who was able to come after work and drive home early enough to get sufficient sleep for the next day of work.  Playing No Rook Rook is a fun group game and Joy ended up winning a prize for lowest score, not that she was trying to do that.

No Rook Rook table competitions.  Who is going to win and move up a table?

Griffin at a table of girls, will he survive and move up?

New Year's celebration at 10pm?

The group of game players on NYE.

Fireworks to bring in the new year.

School Break Happenings

An answer to prayer:  the city came and trimmed our tree and cleaned up afterward.  Incidentally, our temporary backyard neighbor was scared off by all the tree work over the week and moved on.

Joy's latest painting--Christmas themed.

The beginning of the painting when it still could become many other things.

Bryce and Griffin play Armada, sadly this time without Garrett, who already was back in Tennessee.

Wrecker sits at attention to see what he could get for breakfast instead of the standard bowl of cat food.

Q'ira curls up on the arm of the couch to have the high ground.

Bryce begins to use his paint spray gun.

 

The boys work on constructing their Star Wars Legion game pieces.

Huge Armada Battle:  Imperials vs Rebels while Garrett was still home.

Griffin and Bryce missing their brother, but still playing games.

Bryce doing his quiet time with breakfast.

Griffin working on his Legion game pieces--he's got a few more to build...

Bryce spray painting with a protective backdrop.

Joy still had to go into work during the "break" but at least she wasn't trying to prep science lessons too.

Griffin and Bryce went ice skating with Sierra View:  Jake, Hans, Jude, Griffin, Titus, Bryce, Caleb.

The boys work on Christmas cookies.

Brett got to play X-Wing with Griffin and Garrett while Bryce worked on projects.

Wondering whether our breakfast will be taken by Q'ira.

Joy finished this painting of Mary w child before Christmas.

Q'ira makes a dangerous pass through the Armada game.

Wrecker snuck into the forbidden zone...

...settled for a nap on Joy's legs...

...or on her shoulders in the sun.

Q'ira's favorite place: under the Christmas tree.

Christmas Celebration

Christmas Eve began at church and then transitioned to a celebration at Wendy and James' place with Grammy and Poppy with a follow up addition of Caitlyn, Avery, Jeanne, and Bruce.

Christmas Day was a stay at home affair with some FaceTime chats with Joy's family.

Grammy and Poppy with their grandkids.

The whole crew with Grammy and Poppy kissing.

Pizza dinner from our outdoor pizza oven.

The whole family surrounds our new Star Wars puzzles.

Joy opens her "heavy" present.

Garrett has the attention of his brothers for this one.

Griffin ponders his answers to the Bryce trivia questions.

Bryce put together a great recap of our year, trivia game.

Bryce and Griffin got Joy a periodic table with actual samples of the elements inside.

Bryce is in awe of the size of his Return of the Jedi Armada playmat.

Griffin with the "no look" toss of the wrapping paper toward the trash.

Bacon for breakfast...mmmmm.

Wrecker claims his spot at the table on top of the game, Cat-opoly.

Some pictures of the happy festive couple.

Four on a couch for Christmas present.

Cousins in a circle playing games.

Joy's Christmas Cake.

Bryce uses the no spit tool to blowout the candle he was assigned.

The spider re-emerges to Haley.

The Haslim family watches the action together.

The cousins:  Garrett, Griffin, Bryce, Rachel, Haley.

Brett and his Dad.

Avery, Caitlyn, Jeanne,  and Bruce.

Garrett, Dillon, Pastor Matt, Jaxson, and Eric (graduated seniors).

Poppy and Grammy open presents together.

Family picture at church.

Upper Class HS and Young Adults at our church, including Garrett did their yearly picture with Pastor Travis.