January

I'm catching up on all the happenings of our family.  I just haven't been documenting my life like I used to.  I still enjoy writing and this is a little different than posting on social media. My girls are getting older and they aren't having all of the little milestones that they used to have and then whenever I DO take a photo, they are suspicious of where it is going to end up going.  These poor children who have had their lives posted in some social media format since birth...
January came and went.  Joey was busy coaching his We The People Team and the did a great job at their State Competition.  On New Years Day we went and saw Star Wars:The Last Jedi.  We all loved it.  After the movie, Sammie wanted to get her ears pierced.  She had been thinking about it for a while and since Olivia got hers pierced when she was 11 and after we went a saw a movie, it seemed like the perfect opportunity.  She looks darling in her new earrings.  They had a little trouble healing, but I think we ended up winning and she now has plastic posts in her ears with no more irritation.  Abby broke her foot on January 4th while spending the night at her friends house.  She jumped off the couch and landed wrong.  It took 3 weeks before we knew it was actually broken, but she had been on crutches that whole time.  The break couldn't be seen on an x-ray and she had to have an MRI.  It took a little longer to heal that we thought but she seems to be doing fine now.
Olivia has been enjoying being on the Mock Trial Team and it seems to be her "thing."  She loves the friends she has made and the chance she gets to research and do a little acting. 
I seemed to think organizing Olivia's art stuff was a major feat, because I took a photo of it.  It makes me want to sit and draw when I look at it.
We attended a spectacular "New Beginnings" evening. It was amazing with a Wizard of OZ theme.  So creative.  It is crazy to have 2 girls in the Young Women program. It is a wonderful place to be. I wish I had taken more pictures of the whole thing.