November 2022

November started out with Aliza trying out for and making the Varsity Competitive Cheer team!  She is going to rock this experience!

Carmen came home with the packet and my heart wasn't ready for it. How did we get here so fast?! That same day her senior pictures showed up in my inbox and I gushed over them for days. They are all so beautiful!! I've only included just a few of the hundreds we got. 

My nephew Lane had his bone marrow transplant a few weeks and continues to fight that battle. His sister Peyton was his bone marrow donor and we are so proud of her for being willing and able to help her brother. She had to leave from her first semester of college to go down to North Carolina to donate her bone marrow. Lane and my sister Sarah are staying down there for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully soon they can move over the the Ronald McDonald House.

Carmen was selected as Student of the Quarter at the tech center. This year she is doing advanced EMT and was voted at the Captain of her class. We are super proud of all the hard work she puts into this goal of hers. 

We ended up having a huge snow storm and had home church. It took me back to the COVID days of church at home. 

Here's Koda trying to get down to the yard in all the snow. 

Just because he's so handsome! 

Aliza celebrated her Sweet Sixteen birthday. She got these gorgeous cookies from her Young Women's leaders, Julee Wheadon. She's so ready to drive, but still needs some more hours behind the wheel before she can officially take the test. We were so happy to celebrate her being a part of our family. She has such a calming spirit and oftentimes seems wise beyond her years. 

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house with several families from our ward and the missionaries. Not a single picture was taken because I was so busy hosting. But after Thanksgiving we decided to get into the Christmas spirit by going to Frankenmuth, MI which has the worlds largest Christmas store. It was a quaint little German village all decorated for Christmas. We had fun picking out yummy cheese at the cheese house and also ice skating, which is always a good time.