Merry Christmas once again from the McLoughlins! Here’s all
the latest for this past year …
Aron built
a cool new front porch on our house this year after doing some traveling to
Houston and Arizona. He also worked on a side job of making cabinets from
scratch for someone’s kitchen. He also grew a rockin’ garden which yielded tons
of green beans, carrots, herbs and spaghetti sauce and salsa. He’s also the car
fixer, dishwasher fixer, printer fixer, EVERYTHING fixer and all-around best
dad ever. He needs to fish more, though.
Kerrie is
now homeschooling 5 kids while running her businesses (proofreading, writing
ebooks and articles, Jamberry and Younique) with family dog Snoopy under her
feet most of the time. She also took on the volunteer job of third grade
religious education teacher, helps out at co-op and is the proud Confirmation
sponsor to longtime family friend Julia.
Joel is 14 and
is currently the Senior Patrol Leader of his Boy Scout troop and has the rank
of Life. He wants me to let you know he owns and is responsible with lots of
weapons. He enjoys his co-op classes of Music Appreciation, Drama and PE and
will be Confirmed in the spring. He’s getting super social with co-op friends
at various activities and dances, as well as his Theology of the Body for Teens
course. His belated birthday gift from us was his bearded dragon Oliver.
Michael is
12 and always entertains us with his deadpan humor and brilliant jokes! He’s
taking PE, Science and LEGO Robotics in co-op and is making new friends. He
takes care of Jiggy the tortoise, who he has had for about 4 years now. He
discovered a book series he enjoyed, devoured all 9, and is back on his
book-reading strike.
Callie is 10
and gave volleyball a shot this past fall and did really well with it. She is
still the fashion queen of our house, sings well and is hoping for a sewing
machine for Christmas. She loves her PE, Science and LEGO Robotics classes at
co-op. She is helpful around the house and is an entrepreneur, with her own
little at-home massage business (Mommy gives her 99% of her business).
Eva is 8 and
loves her Catechesis, Science, Storytime and PE classes at co-op with her
friends and also enjoys lunch and recess. She likes to play My Little Pony,
Shopkins and Barbies with her best friend, who is also named Eva. She is a
happy girl who is part homebody (happy to sit around coloring) and part lover
of on-the-go fun.
Samuel is 6
and is in the same classes as Eva at co-op and says he is having a good time
there. He enjoys all types of sports and shooting Nerf guns and taking Joel’s
Airsoft Gun Training Classes in our basement. Sam made money this past summer
selling cupcakes Mommy just made for his birthday, lemonade and sand from the
sandbox on the street corner in front of our house.
Springtime
found us in Houston, Texas and Galveston Island while Aron traveled there for
work and let us tag along. In October we got to go to Eugene T. Mahoney State
Park for a week that included nature hikes, Omaha Zoo, Children’s Museum and
more. The rest of the year we swam, went strawberry picking, spent time with
our wonderful neighbors and other friends and family, saw the Royals
Celebration Rally (oh, what a day!), and just had a blast with life in general,
appreciating every day!
As always,
you can check out more of the family fun at TheKerrieShow.com. Have a fabulous
2016!
The McLoughlin Family
(Aron, Kerrie, Joel, Michael, Callie, Eva and Samuel)
HOPE{LOVEYDREAMRPRAYVLEARN&SINGTLAUGHJACCEPTASLEEP
