Merry Christmas, All Is Well

This is Matt and our friend Rose singing at our church's Christmas Eve service:

Christmas Letter 2017

Christmas Letter 2017 by Matt Kinnell on Scribd

UK Hoops

Some generous clients of mine gave us tickets to a UK women's basketball game.  

Essie was, unfortunately, sick so it was just a mommy/Chloe date. 

 Great seats

Tip-off

 Chloe hanging out with Joe B Hall 

 Goofy kid

Soccer Season Wrap-Up

A.J.'s Freshman season of high school soccer is now in the books.  His team lost in the Regional Final last night, 2-1.  A.J. scored the only goal for the Colts in the loss, his 13th on the year.  He finished the season second on the team in goals scored (13) and assists (6), including 4 goals and 2 assists in the Regional Tournament, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Perhaps the most exciting game of the year was a 1-0 victory in the District Championship game, where A.J. scored the game's only goal with less than 9 minutes to play to win his school's first district title since 2008.  A.J. even made the paper:

A.J.'s District Championship-winning goal

Ready to play in the Regional Final

A.J.'s goal in the Regional Final

12th Region All-Tournament Team

Family Photo Shoot 2017

Special thanks to Moments Captured by Hannah for doing a great job with our family photos again this year.

A.J. really wasn't sure about being this close to this horse.

Essie

Chloe

When Dad promises we can get Qdoba after this is done.

A.J., age 15

Essie, age 12

Chloe, age 12

 

Chloe Joins the Youth Choir

Chloe has joined the youth choir at church, and she is learning to sing alto.  Here is a clip from their first performance:

Essie Is Student-of-the-Month

Mom and Dad were invited to the middle school for a special ceremony where Essie was named Student-of-the-Month for her 6th grade "team" for September.  She was labeled by her teachers as mature, dependable, resilient, and empathetic.