Nuggets Along the Trail: Kaiser Christmas

Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Kaiser Christmas

by Sarah

A couple weeks ago Kaiser Christmas was hosted at the fellowship hall again this year. There were several different games going on most of the evening, and thanks to all the space we had, there were different games of KeepAway with balloons, in which Brandy broke her finger. Sad smile It wasn’t hurting her too much though, so she still had a great evening. It was just warm enough to be outside and not freeze, so we recruited Jacob and Brett and played “Gray Wolf” which was really fun. I also played “Wrestle Time” with the younger kids which they LOVE. It was a really great evening of being with cousins.

The coloring table was taken over by the adults first. Smile

Anya, Lola, and Jocie are three peas in a pod.

Many rounds of Dutch Blitz were played throughout the evening.

We were playing Hide and Seek, and this was the place that we ended up.

After awhile we took a break from games and sang for awhile.

Tim, Uncle Mike, and Jacob led the kids in a few special numbers.

Drew read the Christmas Story from the Bible, and then we did gifts, but we don't have any pictures of it.

Towards the end of the evening a bunch of different people played songs for Grandma on the piano. We don't have any pics, but Jenna also played a really pretty song on the violin.

The party broke up at about 8:30. It was a really fun evening, and we were glad that almost everybody was able to come.

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Mom-isms

When you've got a lot of irons in the fire, sometimes you're gonna get burnt.
Much gain comes to him who hustles while waiting.
Good intentions produce little.
Efficiency is utilizing effective but careful shortcuts for the sole purpose of making more time for the next productive pursuit or service to others.
Laziness is utilizing shortcuts, careful and effective or not, for the sole purpose of making more time for the next selfish or nonproductive pursuit or activity.
Never try to multi-task while giving haircuts.
Carelessness hurts.
I've never met a mess that can't be cleaned up.
God made dirt not to hurt.
When you go on a walk, take gloves and a bag for trash.
Shortcuts usually aren't.
A job done right has been done twice.
When sick children are almost better, we always regret taking them anywhere.
When sick children are almost better, we are always glad we kept them home.