Eleanor's choir and band concerts

Eleanor had both a choir concert and a band concert in December. Don't ask me why any teacher feels it's necessary to schedule extra events in the month of December, but they did. It was a lovely concert though!

Eleanor even got to do the introduction for one of the songs:

Then Eleanor had a band concert! It got canceled due to snow originally (this happened to the winter concert in 6th grade, too), but then they rescheduled it for the following week. She did a great job!

January wrap-up

January! Always nice to have new starts and the first month of the year is definitely time for those. We had some snow, we had some ice, the kids played basketball, and we soldiered forward with the renovation in our house - more info on this soon.

We went out to dinner as a small group:

The kids got to go to Wagster's Magical Theater with our wonderful neighbors!

Chris and the kids went and raked leaves for Gaby one day.

Jane got to go ice skating with a friend for a birthday party:

Ben and Rosie had their annual doctor check up:

Rosie looking like a tweenager...

We went to a Tribe game or two...

We had a game night for a friend's 40th birthday:

Chris and I went with friends to see Back to the Future at the Altria in Richmond.

I took the kids to see their friends perform in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat:

We had soooo many snow days (honestly mostly due to ice, not snow). The kids had one planned day off, and then 4 "snow/virtual" days - an entire week off.

Virtual learning at its best:

The Dubble Dunk Dessert Cafe (one of the things Ben did to pass the time in the week off school):

Chris got invited to check out VBC's new location in Yorktown at their soft opening. We had a great time!

Racquet ball games at the rec center:

We went to the Gold Rush/alumni reunion game at W&M. We even got to see niece Sally race in the baby race!

The month ended much as it started - cold! Onward to more cold weather in February!

Texas

Eric, Lauren, Mom, and I got the opportunity to head to Texas in January to see Grammy and Opa! We went last year and had such a great time hanging out with them, seeing their new (at the time) digs, and hearing stories. I was glad we were able to make another trip this year because apparently they may be moving into another apartment in the months to come!

We did lots of puzzling..

We played several rounds of Yahtzee - one of which I got a double Yahtzee in!

Went to Chuy's and China King to get out while we were there - both delicious!

We took a stroll around their building to hear some of the gossip and meet some of the adorable local pets.

We got to be guest visitors at the memoir class:

Every visit with these wonderful grandparents is such a gift.

On the way back to the airport we grabbed a quick bite to eat at Craft 64 and stopped at White Rock Lake to stretch our legs before hopping on the plane.

It was a lovely trip to see my grandparents. I am so grateful for the time we get to spend with them!