December 2019 - Part 1 - Hospice of Lubbock Light Up a Life Tree, Pie Bar, Basketball, Thanskmas and more!!!!

12-3-19  Jacen writing during Mrs. LaQuey's class!

12-4-19 The annual Hospice of Lubbock Light Up a Life Tree lighting ceremony.  This is always a bittersweet event to attend.  Kyle didn't speak this year, but since he is on the board we felt it important to be there.  Then we stopped by Pie Bar on the way home for dessert!

12-5-19 Jacen won first place in 5th grade for the Bennett Science Fair and qualified for Regionals!  5th team wearing our Christmas shirts!  Then that evening I attended the FMS girls basketball games to see some former students play!!!

12-6-19 The 3rd through 5th graders went to FMS for a Christmas performance, so I got to see more former students!!!  Emoree stopped by to give me a sweet note!!!

12-7-19 Polar Express movie party at Alamo!!!  Then we went to Holly Hop Ice Cream Shoppe for some ice cream!!  Then that evening we went to Frenship High School to watch the fabulous performance of Mama Mia!!!!  I got two pics with former students who were in the play!

12-8-19 Pie Bar stop!!!!

12-10-19 Nathan's ornament came in!!!  Then we went to the Art Show at school to see Jacen's artwork and buy it!!

12-12-19 Hospice of Lubbock employee and board Christmas party!!

12-14-19 through 12-15-19 Jacen and I traveled to Goldthwaite for Thanksmas with my Dad's family!!!

12-16-19 Girls night with Holly!!!!

12-17-19 Jacen earned a limo ride to a pizza lunch for selling over 15 items for the school fundraiser!!!

12-18-19 Matching at school, so we had to take a pic!!  Jacen got picked to play one of the games at church!

November 2019 Part 3 - Thanksgiving, Jacen's new Christmas ornament, Science Fair experiment, and more!

11-27 through 11-29 We traveled to Temple to spend time with family for Thanksgiving.  Jacen had fun playing with the cousins his age as well at Stone his 1 year old cousin!  We had some great food!  Jacen and Madisyn had a great time entertaining us with balloon tricks! Kyle got to have some baby time with Stone.  He loves little kids!

The big kids taught him to throw the water hose down and laugh about it :)

The boys got their wish to go to the playground!!!

Grandma got her whole family together and got a pic!!!

Silly sister pic!!!  We were waiting the 1 minute intermission between the balloon tricks!

Watching TV!

Stone was imitating Jacen!

Horseplaying!  Stone was pushing Jacen over :)

Donuts for breakfast before we left town!!!

One more play time!

11-29 Once we arrived back home Jacen's new ornament for the year was in the mail, so he got to hang it up!!!  He loves Star Trek right now!

Then that evening Kyle and Jacen went to a Galaxy Quest Movie Party at Alamo

11-30-19 Jacen decided to participate in the Science Fair again!  The title of his project is Making a Candy Waterfall:  Can Solids Flow Like Liquids?  He tested different kinds and sizes of candy to see which had the fastest rate of flow!!