In February I got my certification to work as an emergency substitute teacher in the school district. I started as an elementary para in the kinder classes and worked my way up to teaching all grades k-12.

Over mid-winter break, Jonathan and I took a long weekend trip to sunny San Diego.

This place had great oysters!

Creepy Pennywise clown had a chihuahua sitting in the top of the wheelchair

We went on a long hike at Torrey Pines State Park

Ended up making our way down to the beach, turned left and found ouselves walking through a nude beach!

Sushi!

We rented a little boat one day and toured around

Pinewood Derby – Silas came in 2nd

100th Day of School. Layla did NOT want to dress like a little old lady, but I got her to at least wear a shawl.

Exchanging Valentines

Nana came to celebrate late Christmas with us

Debit cards for these boys!

January brought with it lots of skiing for Jonathan and the kids. I joined them up there one day to see what they’d all learned. Even though I’m not really into the scene myself, I’m glad they’re all learning and getting comfortable on the mountain. They’re more daring than I am, for sure!

  

Another time up there night skiing with Daddy
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A house down the street from us burned down! The fire started in the garage.

Avery and Kieron at a Boy Scout campout in the snow – they almost froze!

Layla did a dance camp with the Mount Si Dance Team

With Harper

With Georgia

Here’s what the Kings were up to in December:
The Varsity XC team had a Christmas party/scavenger hunt that sent them running all over The Ridge

Here’s Avery’s buddy, Dallen, leading the team in singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”

Parental silly string ambush!

Outside Starbucks

Each location on the scavenger hunt had something to do with a different teammate.

We went to Wade Walthall’s Nutcracker at Evergreen City Ballet. Wade was my ballet teacher when I was growing up, and he was a principal dancer at PNB and starred as the Prince in the 1986 televised version of The Nutcracker. He is now creative director at Evergreen City Ballet.

We met our friends, the Holubs, at The Nutcracker. Here’s Layla with her friend, Brittan.

On the mountain with Dad!

Covid boosters at Gabe’s garage!

Gingerbread house decorating. We got a beach house this year.

At gymnastics, climbing the rope

Baking cookies

We took Grammy to see a Christmas musical, Coming Home, at The Village Theatre.

Snow days after Christmas!

NYE with Caroline

Christmas morning in our buffalo plaid!

This was the scene early Christmas morning

These massage tools were a big hit!

Jonathan and Manivanh, frying spring rolls in the garage
 

Sugar cane

The dice game!

Look who’s here!