Celebrating Ama’s 18th!!!

Chinese Food Lunch We celebrated Ama’s birthday a few different ways. First, we had the whole Haydon family and Judy have lunch at China Village in Cotati after church on Sunday January 4th. (We forgot to take pictures during the meal and a group picture after.). We ordered so much food and ate it for […]

Relaxing into the New Year

We started the new year casually: napping, playing games, and trying to get well. Here are a few pictures. Azri got his hair highlighted as his Christmas gift from Oma (Judy).

NYE 2025

The teens had a youth event on New Year’s Eve, so Abel and I watched Heidi with Oma. It was Abel’s first time to watch it and he was quite engaged. I always loved the movie.

Snow Park Time

Heading home from Nevada on New Year’s Eve 2025, we stopped at a convenient and fun snow park. The kids started by playing in a little area by the trees, making snowballs, and just traipsing around. Then they decided to try to use the sleds. They all had a great time. Ama wasn’t feeling great, […]

Skiing at Mt. Rose

We took our time getting up and ready this morning and headed to Mt. Rose for a short afternoon ski time. Ama opted to sit at the lodge instead of skiing this time. It was a beautiful day, so she sat at the many, very full, picnic tables outside overlooking the bunny slopes with a […]

Family Snow Trip Time!

Around noon today we headed to Carson City, Nevada for a short snow trip as a family. The drive was uneventful and beautiful when we started seeing the snow. We stopped at Cabela’s in Boomtown for a couple things we needed, as not everybody stayed the same size since last trip. 😊 Then to our […]

Haydon Christmas 2025

It was so nice to spend time in Ukiah with my family on Christmas! We started with breakfast then the stockings, lining the kids up for pictures before beginning. We always start with the stockings, even the adults. And, it was such a privilege to sew up a stocking for Johnna this year as she […]

Christmas Eve

We arrived to my parents’ (Randy and Robin) house on Christmas Eve around 12:15 or so. Right away, Auntie Tiff gathered the kids on the couch for their early Christmas gift. She made cute certificates letting them know they were going to see the movie Zootopia 2 at 1:15 in Ukiah. They would each also […]

Graham Christmas Eve Eve 2025

Every year we have the privilege of celebrating Christmas with Trevor’s family. This year his sister, Sarah, and their family came at Thanksgiving and spent Christmas with her husband, Jon’s family, so we had a smaller group. We are so blessed to get to have dinner together with Trevor’s Nana (Helen, 94) and Papa (Carl, […]

Other Activities this Season

We truly enjoy the traditions of the season and we have lots of them. We decorate the house, do a gingerbread house competition, go to the ornament store, bake cookies, and have a Christmas movie night at church. We also had the kids’ school semi-formal and got to go to Ukiah to celebrate Hunter’s birthday […]

Our Family Christmas 2025

Every year the season is so busy. Never quite getting everything done… but I always enjoy carving out time for just the seven of us to celebrate together. Since the tradition with the Grahams is Christmas Eve and with the Haydons is Christmas Day, we have often celebrated our Christmas the Sunday before Christmas because […]

Friends Christmas Party 2025

For over 20 years, we’ve been having an annual Christmas party with our longtime friends. Most of the years, we have had the privilege of hosting it at our house. This year there were 29 of us. We visited, kids played, teens played games, ate dinner and treats, and we had a game gift exchange […]

Christmas Service at Stony Point Christian Fellowship 2025

Sunday, December 21, 2025 We had a great Christmas service at church as always this year. It was extra meaningful because Adi, Azri, and Abel were in the Hallelujah shadow play. It was both beautiful and powerful. Adi was Mary, Azri was the biggest shepherd, and Abel was Jesus as a toddler. I loved how […]

Contemplating the Gift of Christmas

The most important gift this season has already been given that first Christmas. It was a busy, overwhelming, and stress filled time as well. Yet I believe there was stillness and peace too.  Knowing they were walking in God’s will, living for Him, and following Him was all that mattered.  Today, I let the worries […]

A Week In Sheridan: Day Three

We awoke to more beautiful heavy snowflakes falling. The kids headed outside and I worked on crypto and I(Trevor) enjoyed more Chicken Rancher Coffee. We eventually loaded up and headed out to visit some of the thrift stores that were closed the day before due to it being a holiday and Sheridan is slower on […]

A Week In Sheridan: Day Two

The adults awoke late and the kids were in the backyard playing in the snow. We eventually got ready and left to part be a tourist downtown and part gather supplies for the rest of the week. Abeletham picked up a snow suit, Azrelius and I (Trevor) picked up some coins at D&J Rare Coins, […]

A Week In Sheridan: Day One

Day one was a travel day, but even in the hustle and bustle we find time to make memories. Having to set alarms and awake after a short sleep, we load up and drive to the city to catch an early flight, Firsts achieved on this trip was learning the ropes of checking a firearm […]

Fire 6/27/22

I just wanted to share a huge praise!  It’ll be a little long because I’m long-winded as you know. So yesterday I got an alert about a fire on Roblar and Canfield so I went outside to look for smoke to see if it was coming in our direction or anything. At the same time […]

Abeletham’s First Mini Golf

Presenting Our Gift

For more on his name and why he was given it, please read Unwrapping Our Gift.