The Hauan Household: December 2015

Monday, December 28, 2015

Thanksgiving in Iowa

We were able to spend a week in Iowa for Thanksgiving. Before the holiday season began, Haune and I talked about how important it will be for us to spend an extended amount of time with both sides of the family over the holidays since we don't know where we'll be living next year at this time. Also, Thanksgiving - New Year is also a very busy time of the year for a pastor. We had a great trip to the farm in November, it's always so nice to get away from St. Louis and see our loved ones and the nighttime stars. Enjoy!

Before we left on our trip, we were able to all attend Julia's Kindergarten Thanksgiving program. The first video is of her singing a song, and in the second one her teacher asked her about what she was Thankful for. We all had a giggle a little bit when she said HERMIT CRABS. :)

Videos taken November 13, 2015

Another Preschool picture from Ms. Tracie.

The kids set up a bowling ally...

Our cousins, the Kair family, came to the farm for Thanksgiving.
We all had so much fun! Here's Cal and Amelia.

Gingerbread house creation with Grandma Sue.

Robot creation.

Thanksgiving feast.

Hazel was able to wear Cal's bib from four years ago: "Everyone is thankful for me!"

Julia and Leila.

Kair/Hauan cousins!

A present for Grandma Sue.

An early Christmas present for Calboy...

... and a purse for Julia.

"Thanks, Grandma Sue!"

He loves to wear Grandpa Gene's hat when we're home.

We celebrated Hazel's birthday a little early with mom.

Video taken November 16, 2015

We also celebrated Cal's birthday a little late.

Radcliffe had a lighted Christmas parade so we had to go
over there for the festivities.

"We love you, Grandma Sue!"

Another highlight was a tractor ride from our friends the Faris
family. Thanks again, you guys! (Julia and Cal are still talking
about that ride.)

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Calboy's Birthday Party

On November 12, Cal turned FOUR!!! We thank God for our charming, funny, and smart little boy. He's grown up so much over this past year... We celebrated the special occasion by having another birthday party with his "Birthday Buddies." These four boys had their 1st, 2nd, and 4th birthday parties together. (When they turned 3 we were all living in separate states on vicarage.) We advertised the party as "Four Fantastic Fourth Year Boys are Turning FOUR." Catchy, right?! We had a superhero themed party complete with four superhero obstacles: Facing Fears, Agility, Strength, and Super Powers. To give you an example of some of the superhero tasks, the kids had to: rescue a stuffed animal by carrying it safely through an obstacle course complete with hot lava and cannon ball swings, super hero emblem jump, throwing buildings, catching villains (aka four fantastic daddies and wrapping them up with toilet paper), and crushing balloons. We finished out the party with popcorn and Rice Krispie treats. We're so thankful for this little boy and for all of the memories we've made with our Sem friends and his special Birthday Buddies.