Christmas 2021- January 2022

We had a great Christmas here at home. We had family come in on Christmas eve to celebrate, and had a great time doing some of our traditional stuff. Nacho got to experience his first Christmas, which he will never remember. And we were all healthy this year with no covid scares. We also went to Tucson to celebrate with Grammy, Auntie Clarice and Aunt T. We went to Schnepf farms Christmas light festival a few times, once with Uncle Andrew, Whitney and Lucy. And to a few other Christmas light festivals around town. Lily and Jacob enjoyed the fun that their Christmas elf on a shelf brought them, which included a new elf joining Candy Cane, Ticky, who is now Jacobs Elf on a Shelf. They are so cute about the elf and the surprises it brings, makes the season so much fun for them. Christmas day we went to Schnepf to go Ice skating for the first time (for the kids, not me) and they had so much fun! Lots of falls and sore bums, but by the end lily was skating without help and Jacob was speed skating with the walker. We will definitly go back next year. The season was filled with fun, most I can't remember now that it's been a couple months, but I know we had a good time. I guess that's why I take pictures all the time so they can tell the story.

Then came January. We celebrated the new year at home, eating yummy food and playing games. Then the next day Amma and Tata came to celebrate with us and our seafood feast. January always feels so long, and it didn't disapoint this year. Nothing really eventful occured. We may have had covid, but not sure cause we never tested and just stayed home till we all felt better. Sore throats, low grade fever, chills and body aches is all the kids and I got (Nacho a little fever for one night, not much else) and by day three, it was gone. Really weird, never had anything like it. Did not feel sick aside from my throat hurting and body aches which I thought was because i'd returned to the crossfit gym, but then it was gone day three. My respiratory rate was elevated but didn't feel it had changed and my oxygen saturation got down to 88 percent one night, but didn't even feel it. Again, not a 100 percent it was the Omicron variant of covid, but it was definitly not something I've had before. The kids were fine, just sore throats. Just about everyone we know got the same sickness, some were worse then others, but it is short lived. Sure hope it was covid, so I can stop feeling like I'm playing tag with this virus. It wouldn't be January if we didn't have sickness of some sort in the house. The kids made a goal every morning in January to wake up early so they could get hot chocolate at school, but they could never get there in time before they sold out! So we went to Dutch bros one morning before school, they were very happy about that. Oh! and Jacob got on honor roll and Lily got Principals pride, very proud of these smarty pants. Other then that, nothing exciting. But February? Can't wait! Lily is turning 10 this month...WHAT?! Can't even believe our beautiful lil lil is going to be 10. Unreal.