If you've already read the family letter, skip this!

Here is what we sent out in our Christmas cards this year. It was entitled the Kirkwood Christmas Pop Quiz. It's even longer in a blog than on paper (Sorry, Jeff!), but it gets squished a little bit on here. If you decide to take it, let us know how you did on the poll. I'm curious who only got 1-3 right?

Merry Christmas! I thought that we would test your knowledge to see how much you already know about our past year. So grab a pen( & paper, if you need it) and take a second to see how well you know us.

1. At the beginning of the year Brandon and Pam renovated their:
A. Kitchen
B. Family Room
C. Living Room
D. All of the above

2. True or False: In January, Brandon helped coach Riley’s football team.

3. True or False: In June, Brandon left the United States for the first time in his life.

4. During the summer, Pam and the kids raised how many frogs?
A. 40
B. 25
C. 26

5. Every week in Nursery at church, Evan
A. Sings songs
B. Pushes somebody
C. Plays with puzzles
D. All of the above

6. This summer we went to our family cabin how many times?
A. So many, I just can’t remember.
B. 3
C. 5

7. True or False: In September, Anna started A.M. Kindergarten.

8. True or False: In October, Pam and Brandon added a new member to their family.

9. In October, the Kirkwood’s caught a virus that almost did Pam in. What kind of virus was it?
A. Flu
B. E-coli
C. Computer virus

10. This year Pam, Brandon, and the kids wish you
A. a Merry Christmas
B. a Happy New Year
C. God’s Blessings
D. All of the above


Answers:


1. E- We did a lot to our house this year. We pulled up all of the flooring in our living room, family room and kitchen. We repainted and added a new stove and dishwasher. It was a lot of . hard work that many people helped with and it turned out wonderfully. .
2. False – Brandon helped coach Riley’s basketball team, not football. Riley really enjoyed it and is just starting his new season for this year. He did flag football in the summer and loved that, too.
3. True- In June, Brandon and I went to Victoria, BC for our ten year anniversary! We had a wonderful trip, just the two of us. It was so strange to be without the kids for 3 days. We had such a good time remembering the “old days” when it was just the two of us.
4. C- This summer, we took a trip out to our family cabin with my sister’s family and we decided to bring home some tadpoles. We brought home 40 tadpoles. We released 25 into the wild, but about a week later, I discovered that there was one still hiding in the cage. He is still doing well out there and brings our grand total to 26. It was so fun watching them grow and change.
5. D- Evan sings and plays puzzles every week in Nursery, but unfortunately, when we ask him what he did, he always says “I pushed somebody”. I began to doubt that it is true though, because a few weeks ago he claimed to push his friend Abby, but she was not even there that day!
6. C- We went out to the cabin a lot, but I could never lose count. It is always so fun and relaxing to be out there, and most times we are accompanied by lots of family members. We were out there for Memorial Day, July 4 weekend, the first weekend in August, Labor Day, and one last time in September to release the frogs. What memories we made this summer!
7. False- Anna started P.M. Kindergarten. She loves it and I enjoy quiet afternoons while Evan is sleeping. She has learned so much this year and enjoys coming home to tell us all that she has learned.
8. True- We found a stray cat in our yard and we turned it in to the shelter. This prompted us to start talking about whether we were ready for pet ownership and a few days later, we adopted Peek-a-boo. She is a now 4 month old kitten and she is so much fun.
9. C- At the end of October, we encountered a computer virus that nearly drove me crazy. To get rid of it, we had to take everything off of our computer and restore it back to its original state. Then we had to try to load everything back on. With Brandon just starting his MBA program, he was already stretched thin. I tried to help with whatever I could and between us both, we got things up and running in just a couple of weeks. Wow, not fun! Our household was much happier once it was fixed.
10. D- We have had such a great year! We are happy to have had many of you be a part of it and hope to see others that we missed next year. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and pray that God’s blessing’s will be with you as we celebrate His Son’s birth and always.