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db family blog skip to main skip to sidebar db family blog sunday february 1 2026 nov 2025 jan 2026 jim s catch of the day making rolls with grandpa we sure love his visits before the feast we hosted a christmas singalong all three kids at moncure got the same moral trait award i remember when marian joe and i did the same sun rays coming through the trees being surrounded by this beauty every day has been healing john saw all of these does taking a trip through the yard we are clearing any brush that could hide snakes on our land this has made for some epic bonfires jacob often has mike drop him off around the corner with his kayak to fish we hosted the ym and yw stake presidency and their families for a thanksgiving dinner after their big yearly planning meeting about 40 people wonderful to spend time with these faithful people and their families nicole sharing during a weekly call how she has been marking her scriptures thanksgiving was at the koffords and we had fun playing volleyball nicole got to see jon schmidt in a thanksgiving day concert and meet him after setup for the christmas singalong we had fun songs like rudolf and everyone wore red blinking noses we had the kids play bells and marian helped them find the notes we ended with silent night a capella and it was wonderful just a great way to welcome the season with love and joy nicole s visa for peru hadn t arrived when her mtc was done so she spent a month in the tampa florida mission i had some one on one time with katy at my favorite gardening center yes i have a favorite haha they had a random pony ride and craft day and it was all free yay there was this little pony for toddlers to ride and larger one for older kids we made a fun ornament craft and katy got a huge cotton candy she felt on top of the world to spend time with me in this adventure it s hard to believe she is in middle school and these times together set an important foundation for our individual love and connection as she will go through the crazy of it all one random picture of diana getting a steal diana and katy are on the same middle school basketball team there are 6 players so they get plenty of time diana s knee brace has protected her knee and she has been able to play for school and rec league with no issues what a blessing she is point guard for rec and the funniest thing to me is that she is the most aggressive on the middle school team so she is the center there quite different positions but she is a rebound machine and steals a ton so i can t blame them katy is slightly overwhelmed by facing other teams with mostly 8th graders but she has come a long way and when i was at their most recent game she scored and it was so rewarding to see her smile mike went hunting and got his first deer so grateful for the healthy venison jim makes delicious venison recipes on sundays it is so fun to see what he comes up with diana and nicole on p day calls can get a little goofy it s good for nicole to speak to her siblings and i ve seen their individual relationships really increase one morning i found john with his eggs in a hot dog he thought we were out of tortillas and this was his next best plan diana and i went to a chinese lantern festival for some one on one time it was so cold but really fun jacob and i went to an nc state game for you guessed it some one on one time i really felt we needed this time and it was so fun to experience a buzzer beating overtime thriller with the crowd going crazy i also brought his favorite treats and that made it that much more fun for halftime we got to see red panda who is the goat of halftime shows in basketball pretty cool nc state has an awesome band section all dressed like where s waldo katy and i went to see the nutcracker ballet got a picture with clara and the prince who were so talented i m not a huge ballet connoisseur but both of us enjoyed the story the live orchestra costumes and skills katy slid this sweet note under my door when jim was gone on a trip john s turn our favorite orchard had a christmas event with scottish highland cows cookie decorating fake snow etc so it was time for fun with john john had fun feeding the cows what thrilled him most though was when they both pooped and stepped in it and their owners had to clean it up glad i was there for the memories fake snowball fight playing in the fake snow letter to santa making reindeer food apple cider donuts and slushies for a perfect ending to time together as you can see i spent november and december working on those individual relationships with our move this year has had a lot more work and stress for selling moving etc it was good to have these times mike took this pic for this drone business he has done work for realty companies and recently did terrain mapping for over 150 acres he has made good money and learned a lot he has really dived into it making a website and linkedin profile where he got his work he also works partime as a cashier at a grocery story which has also been great for him next time you see him test him on what the codes are for different fruits and vegetables haha starting the chicken coop we want to have a pressurized wood base so it took a lot of work to make it level i guess with all the planting and digging we finally broke one of the shovels heated up the pool for the first time to enjoy a break from the hard work driving home is always beautiful christmas eve fish chowder in sourdough bowls best tradition ever nativity reenactment after the kid are all old enough that it s not mass chaos never thought we d get there we actually sang all the verses of the hymns christmas morning was green eggs red frosting on cinnamon rolls and very excited kids we had all the presents on the back porch the kids tree is out there with the drapes closed so we could eat and clean up before opening presents laundry basket procession to open presents we had nicole on video where she could watch us and we could watch her open presents sweet to have her there in a sense we have increased the arsenal playroom setup christmas day dessert is always baked alaska absolutely delicious more yard clearing while digging for chicken coop base break time with some bucket golf we ended up going four planks deep quite the project jim and michael gave talks the same day jim actually had his full time to speak not sure if that s ever happened seriously lake fishing nicole got jacob a scale for christmas picked them out before she left and he loves it katy and diana made dinner for new years we had lots of fireworks mike jake and i picked up the chicken coop materials with our trailer it was quite the load nicole s visa arrived and she flew to atlanta lima then cusco in one long trip her companions are native spanish speakers nicole loves being a missionary it s incredible to see how she has blossomed with love for the work the people and working through hard things with positive attitudes katy s first baptisms i scheduled them to come during my temple shift and i also scheduled myself in the baptistry so i could be the one to help them with clothes and towels and just be there it was so special my heart is so full of joy when i see how faithful and good these kids are choosing to be we had a sleet storm but it was exciting to just have some white stuff the pool has slowly frozen on top the freeze protect on the pump keeps the hot tub and lower area of pool above 40 we found a dead mouse in the filter ugh slightly frozen we had michael fly his drone out to see if jim could get to the hospital for a patient with a broken back he could a few days after the new year i got a herniated disk in my neck that is severely pinching the c6 nerve and mildly flattening the spinal cord numb and weak left arm combined with muscle spasms that feel like i ve torn everything all down the neck and arm the pain was insane at first it s been almost four weeks now we got the mri after a five day steroid treatment didn t fix it on week 2 it was nice to get the results and realize i m not a wimp but it has been hard to constantly be in pain i m learning several lessons from this i feel much more understanding of what chronic pain is like i feel blessed that the symptoms have gotten better and better even if it still hurts my arm strength is better and i am not as numb i need less pain medicine as well this pillow allowed me to get sleep for the first time in 3 days i was so tired because i only had relief standing up dad came for a visit and got to do baptisms with the kids these are the best days what s a little neck pain when the eternal things are rolling forward 0 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2026 2 february 2 nov 2025 jan 2026 family pictures at jordan lake october 2025 2025 3 november 2 june 1 2024 7 december 1 june 1 march 2 january 3 2023 8 october 2 july 3 april 1 march 2 2022 11 december 1 september 1 july 6 april 2 january 1 2021 7 december 1 october 1 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