January 2021

We did lots with chocolate this month because Henry's chef subscription box was all about chocolate.  He started out the month making us a chocolate cake.

At the beginning of the month Alex was ordained a Deacon and James was ordained a Teacher.  Because William is a Priest he got to assist in the ordinations.  Pretty awesome!  We will now have a Deacon, Teacher, and Priest until the year Henry turns 14.  I am so proud of the young men they are all becoming.

We took our annual trip to play at Gravady.  It's always a good time!

Lydia took time to smell our winter roses.

One night some monsters attacked Lydia's Barbie house!

Lydia had a great time in gymnastics!

Henry and Lydia were learning about government in school so they decided to hold an election.  They presented speeches to the whole family and made campaign posters all around the house!

We also watched Joe Biden's inauguration.

For Henry's chocolate box we did a chocolate taste testing.

We did a chocolate science experiment. 

We also made some of our own chocolates.

Henry is always cool... but he's especially awesome when he has a million pairs of glasses on.

Henry and Lydia can't resist playing in the rain... we were so lucky to get a little rain!

And then, the next morning, we woke up to snow!  The kids had a great time playing in it and it was all melted by 10 am.

December 2020

 December is always a busy and exciting month.

Alex got some glasses!  It's a very weak prescription but it has bluelight blockers as well--should be great with virtual school!

Alex is so good at setting up a little treat box for all the delivery people.

Heather and Royce came down for a visit so Lydia got a chance to play with Otis.

Lydia and Henry helped me make Christmas goodies.

Random picture of William.

Rich helped me with the final Primary Activity for the oldest primary boys.  He taught them knife safety.

Lydia and Henry had fun doing crafts as we learned about Christmas around the world.

It rained after a record 240+ days without rain. Lydia was in heaven!

My parents were in town before they drove to Elise's for Christmas.  We ordered some Georgian and Armenian food in honor of Jacob.

We decorated gingerbread houses.

Lydia practiced riding her bike.

Our neighborhood put on a Christmas party at the park.

Lydia drew the sweetest picture in her Come Follow Me journal.

Lydia was William's backpack.

We had a lot of fun with Grandma and Grandpa in town.

We made sure we went outside to see the Christmas star!

We had our traditional Christmas Adam sleepover under the tree.

Lydia and Rich worked on seeding the pomegranates.

We had a delicious Christmas dinner! 

Henry and Lydia made Christmas Crackers for us

And of course we left some treats for Santa and his reindeer.

Christmas Day was wonderful!  The kids got so many fun gifts, as usual.  Lydia's excitement as she found that she had a Barbie house was amazing!

Grandma and Grandpa came back for New Year's.  We took them over to Floyd Lamb Park.  It was really chilly!

In the evening we had a countdown and popped some poppers outside.

Henry made some delicious chocolate fondue for us to eat for dessert.

Phew!  What a month!  On to 2021!