Happy New Year!

The older you get the faster the time goes! We can't beleive it is 2011 and Annecy and Isaiah have been home for almost a year! It has been a wonderful year of first and is finishing off with the best of the best. Christmas was such a blessing this year to have our whole family together and Grandpa Davis even got to come too. Kenya and Annecy were blessed with exactly what they wanted, we had a wonderful friend bless them both with the "American Girl" dolls they wanted and then went above and beyond, as she made them each a "girl and doll" matching night gown to go with it. They were in 7th heaven having tea in there pajamas on Christmas morning.

Isaiah and Elijah didn't do so bad either, they got a play station from a friend who wanted to hand it down to them and for three days straight after Christmas I don't think they gave their thumbs a break, we finally put some limits on their play time, so we could remember what their voices sounded like. Here is picture they were willing to pause the game for and I think they were surprised to find out they were not the only ones occupying the room.

The kids are taking a homeschool science class from a graduate student at the college, who is trying to get some teaching experience, she is a great teacher and the kids are loving the class. It is very hands on and this month they got to make volcanos out of paper mache and set them off with vinegar and baking soda. Here is a picture of Elijah's master peice erupting.

We had plenty of snow here in Ellensburg this year and all though the cold was hard to bear, the hours of sledding made it all worth it. Here is a video of us sledding with some friends and our cousin Mia, who got to come down for a week over Christmas break. You would never believe that Isaiah and Annecy had never been sledding before, they were pure naturals.

You would think after all of this it would be impossible to fit more fun into our holiday season, but this year we finally have 2 January birthday's we get to celebrate. Isaiah was on the 15th and a Annecy's will be coming on the 31st. Scheffer family tradition allows you to pick your menu on your birthday. So on Isaiah's birthday we had a Haitian schmorgusboard. He went with Bacon and Cheddar muffins for breakfast (not haitian, but very good) Then for lunch was "Haitian Spaghetti" (recipe: lots of oil, white noodles, ketchup, tomato paste and beef boullion, topped off with fried hot dog pieces.) Dinner was fried Chicken with Creole seasoning, Pikliz, (a spicy habanero pepper, vinegar and lime juice cole slaw) along with a Haitian staple of white rice with pureed beans on top for sauce. After our arteries started opening back up, we had cake and ice cream with some friends and opened presents.

We should get our cholestoral count lowered just in time to celebrate Annecy's birthday with fried "Patte" (a fried biscuit stuffed with onions & pork) and more fried hot dogs with ketchup and spaghetti. It's a good thing birthdays only come once a year.

Hope you had a blessed holiday season and wishing you a very blessed New year!