The Christmas Play

the boys...

Paul played the part of Jonathan - a brainy kid,

John played the part of Julian - a humorous character

the girls...
Emma played the part of Sapphire - a lonesome girl who

makes good friends during the play

The younger kids in our church put on a Christmas play called, A Grandma for Christmas. They all did very well and only had 4 practices before the performance on December 21st! Emma and Paul had lead roles and even John had a few lines! The photos I took during the play didn't turn out, but here are some pictures of the kids just after the performance.

Ice skating!

a game of hockey

The weather has been very cold lately and Frog Pong (we are not sure if this is its actual name or a name we gave it a long time ago) froze over. So we packed up our snow gear, ice skates and hot chocolate and spent the day ice skating with some friends.

Father-Daughter Fishing Trip

early morning on Roosevelt Lagoon


the beauitful scenery as we hiked


Joanna with a fish


the birthday girl, fishing




Dad

night in the harbor

To celebrate Carrie's 13th birthday, Dad took Carrie and I and a friend of ours and her dad on his large boat, the Champion, to the Naha River for a two-day hiking, boating and fishing trip. We left on Sunday afternoon and got to the Naha at about 9:00 that night. After dinner on the boat we went for a late-night hike. When we got back we all went to bed and got up at 5:30 the next morning. It didn't get light until 7:30, so we did a lot of hiking and boating in the dark that morning. We hiked about 7 miles altogether that day over rough trail and packing all of our gear. It was exsausting, but a lot of fun! We fished at some of the good fishing spots along the trail. When we got to Jordan Lake, we stopped for a rest at the cabin before continuing on to the "Glory Hole". We caught about 10 fish there and had lunch. It was a beautiful day (but very cold... about freezing temperature). After spending a couple hours at the "Glory Hole" we hiked back to our skiff, took the boat across Rooselvelt Lagoon and then from there, we hiked back to the boat. Then it was a 4 hour boat ride back to town. During the boat ride back, us girls fixed dinner, played games and took pictures. We had a great time. Thanks, Dad!