He has since finished his Eagle Scout project (weeding outside and then doing some painting inside the Old Harmon School building) and submitted his paperwork on time (with a few hours to spare). We are still waiting to hear from the scouting office that he has earned his eagle.
So, Alex is now 18. As an employee of Dairy Queen, he was given an ice cream cake for his birthday. It was decadent and delicious!
He is at an exciting time in his life as he has just 1 1/2 weeks left of his high school career. He finishes his 2 community college class this next Wednesday and then his 2 high school classes the Wednesday following. He is working on his mission papers, but that will take some weeks to complete before he can submit them.
Next in the birthday line up is baby Joy. She turned 1 in November. As she lives in Mesa, we did not get to celebrate with her. :( But Happy Birthday Joy!
Joy's birthday was a fun anniversary for me...it was day 365 of my Duolingo streak. Duolingo is a language learning site. They currently offer 37 different languages (including the made up language Klingon from Star Trek). Today is day 387 of my streak. Too much fun!
Eric followed with his big day 5 days after Joy's, turning 27 years old just before Thanksgiving. Our new tradition seems to be to skip the birthday cake and just have ice cream (he did request birthday cake ice cream--it's an actual product, in case you didn't know), but our 2 stores here didn't have it, so we had to settle on other flavors. It was still delicious.
Hannah turned 23 at the beginning of December. No cake. Just ice cream. No pictures. :( (bad momma).
Today is my 57th birthday. My friends and I got together earlier this week and used our silhouette cutting machines to craft as my "party.". We made address stamps using a silhouette mint, a plaque, an etched pie plate (mine reads "if you can read this you're too late), and a serving dish. Fun!
Last night the community college had the art show reception. Turns out one of my pieces (a heart-shaped box with a panda on it) earned a ribbon! I totally love making pottery!
Had our first snow this week. Tuesday morning there was some snow, a lot of which had melted by the evening. The next morning there was a lot more snow with a 2 hour delay start time for school to give the roads a chance to be cleared. It's beautiful out. I love to hear the snow crunching as I walk in the hushed silence.
My parents are currently staying with us for a bit before they travel on to spend Christmas at my sister's in Vegas. I love visiting. It's a great time of the year.
We are looking forward to the end of the semester, Christmas (I haven't even started decorating yet...that will probably happen later today or tomorrow), and the start of the new year. Hopefully, I won't wait 2 months in between posts in 2019.
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