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2026 :: 3-5/52

Lots of basketball practice & watching. Trevor had his first 6th grade band concert and they did wonderful!

Al and Tova went to Al's alumni track meet & had fun. Tova did a basketball game and the university. Trevor had a birthday party to go to at action city.

I got to have a girls day/night at greg's cabin with my gym ladies and we had a blast!

Tova started this round of swim lessons. We made a run to our favorite store in Osseo: Boards & Bricks. We got lego, puzzles, games, and needohs. we also ate at norke nook.

On one of the kids no school days, we had brooklyn over for a play date and we tried out the new indoor playground area in EC. the kids are just about too big for it; the girls liked it but just for a bit, and trev's back hurt cuz he had to duck for everything.

Then Trev was supposed to have his next tournament. We drove the hour to abbotsford, but trev wasn't feeling well so he sat through the first game but didn't play so then we went home. He was sick all weekend and monday but then was feeling better. once back into ec, i got to go shopping with jodi, Al & Matt got to go to the gym together & watch wrestling, then I got to go in my friend Trina's sauna. That night I went to Kattie's house with the gym girls for drinks & games.

Tova's new game

my gym girlies

Tova at basketball camp

2026 :: 1+2/52

The kids were off school the first week of January and it was cold, so we couldn't even do anything outside.

Then they went back to school, back to work at Jodi's for me, back to all the basketball practices, and Trevor had his first YMCA basketball game on Tuesday nights and his first husky hoops tournament on Saturday. The Y ball is a much lower level ball and is hard to watch, but Trevor learned to be a leader and that he can work on things during these games.

Our first tournament went pretty well. the first game we should have won, but we were a little chaotic being our first game. then we won our 2nd and lost the 3rd.

matching with Carsyn

playing video games with Liam

2025 :: December

December was full of basketball, snow, christmas stuff, and fun with no school days.

Trevor had husky hoops basketball 2-3 nights a week, YMCA basketball 1x a week, and Tova had volleyball 1 night a week until the week of christmas and after when there was no school.

Jodi's volleyball team made it to the elite 8 in bloomington IL. So Chloe and I road tripped down there, with a stop in Rockford to see Auntie Marlene. Jodi's team played late Thursday night and ended up losing, but it was fun to watch! Chloe and I headed home friday morning.

We also watched some of Camdyn's freshmen basketball games and they were fun to watch!

We had some really cold stretches and some snow which had some delayed starts and snow days for school.

Our oven was malfunctioning again so we got a new one!

Trev did Math Counts, the math competition team through his middle school, and loved it!

on Sunday the 21st, trevor's basketball team got to play on the Timberwolves court then we all got to got to the timberwolves game. Nana and Unc-o came too.

We actually made it to Irvine Park with matt, jodi Chloe & Carsyn to see all the lights! We're usually all so busy we haven't been able to make it together.

Al had to work christmas eve & day so nana & unc-o came here, then we had mom's side christmas on Friday. My cousins Kai, Brett, and Reiko came from California this year!!

Trevor and Al got to experience their first escape room with unc-o, shawn & maria. We kicked butt on a 4 out of 5 difficulty room. Although there was a jump scare at the end in which I screamed so louded & long that I scared the crap out of Trev.

Auntie Althea came to EC that night and stayed until the next day for our little Oleson christmas.

I got to go to a couple of girls nights and they were wonderful & much needed. Matt & Al had some wrestling watching dates too.

New Years eve we went to matt & jodi's with a bunch of people and had a really good time!!