Colorado Nutcracker

A handful of Compound folks went to see The Colorado Nutcracker today and ran into a few theater friends from Elevate Productions (Colorado Ballet Society).

Christmas Miscellany

Christmas miscellany...

That trip was a hoot!

Merry Christmas from Nipomo!

Our Suggestion Board for Family Dinner topics.

Sam's Christmas Day

We exchanged gifts with Sam today as he flies out tomorrow on a multi-leg trip to Germany.

Bubble Bread and everything!

Cool Christmas Card

Santa's Workshop

Sam's Christmas Eve

It's our Christmas Eve for Sam's Christmas Day at the Compound, so go with it... 

Our DCC Elementary Principal

I lost track of who made these. They were really good!

Look who belted up!

Holiday Book Club, and more...

Yesterday, we took Sam to Edelweiss Restaurant, good prep for being in Germany for the next few years! Earlier this morning we made a trip to Monument where we scored books and puzzles and stopped in at the retirement sale of the quilting/sewing store in Monument. Jamie tagged along to Lynn's book club meeting in the afternoon where he led the discussion about this month's book, Happiness is a Serious Problem by Dennis Prager.

Edelweiss Restaurant...

Rouladen - Lynn's fave in German cuisine.

All the kids are enjoying their Advent Calendars, but
Lexi takes the cake in this department!

Some new puzzles (trip to Covered Treasurers)

Jamie's colors!

Undisclosed meeting location.

Nothing but goodies!

Not at all sure what's going on here...

Congratulations, Tracy!

From Facebook this morning, Tracy: When I started my BSN program 1.5yrs ago, I knew it would be hard with 6 kids and special needs but I didn’t know that 1.5yrs would include the addition of long-term foster twins, family heartbreak, and the addition of 2 kids and 3 bonus kids to our family. So I am very proud that through it all I still managed to study and come out with honors (maintaining above a 3.9 GPA). I am very proud of this achievement. One year left to go.

Congratulations! We're all very proud of you!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot More Like Christmas

Lots of fun stuff, decorating, and wrapping over the last few days. Check out the pics and captions below. Speaking of pics, check out our church life group pics of Nativity scenes, here.

Lynn found this on FB!

Fixing the Traeger.

Mrs. Claus at work.

Family Dinner at the Club. Sam's request.

TimberCreek Church is gathering...

Some of our TimberCreek Life Group went
to the "Bare Bones" Christmas Concert (all trombones!)

For Jamie's birthday. It'll take some practice,