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!

December 2019

Busy, busy December!

I love how Lydia set up the nativity with everyone crowded around to see baby Jesus.  So sweet.

We attended James's band concert.  He did great!

One day I hadn't heard Lydia for a while (she is usually my little shadow) so I went looking for her.  I found her in the coziest place in the house--cuddled up on the big pillows under the lit Christmas tree.

Months ago we pulled pearls out of oysters when we learned about the parable of the pearl of great price in our Come Follow Me lesson.  I finally found some little jars to put everyone's pearls in!

Lydia used shrinky-dinks to make her Christmas presents this year.  She made them each a tie tack.

One Sunday Alex and Lydia put together a snack box to light the world for all the delivery people who came to our house this month.

Lydia was a great helper as we made goodies to share with our friends.

Henry's class went on a field trip to the High Roller downtown.  Pretty awesome!

We attended our ward Christmas dinner.

One morning at the park Lydia befriended a little grasshopper.  It reminded me of when we lived in Oklahoma and James was always playing with grasshoppers in the backyard.

Our ward held its last Cub Scout Pack Meeting. Henry got to help with the flag ceremony.  Both boys received awards and Henry was awarded his Bobcat.

It's always fun to see pictures on my phone when Lydia gets ahold of it.

Our neighbors (from our Lynbrook house), Joy and Brian, invited us to their Christmas Cookie Decorating party.  We had a great time!

Tom and Krishna Jones invited us to their Christmas Caroling party.  It was FREEZING riding in the trailer but we all had fun (William opted not to go).

I found out that Santa would be at Floyd Lamb Park.  Only Alexander and Lydia wanted to come with me.  I'm pretty sure this guy was the real deal!  We enjoyed watching the peacocks and drinking hot chocolate as well.

We took the opportunity while we were out of school to visit the Springs Preserve again.  The kids always love when the exhibit involves mini golf!

Rachelle and Scott sent us a kit to make unicorn cake pops.  It was a fun activity to do while we were out of school--and delicious!

For New Year's we had our appetizer dinner.  William went to a church dance.  The rest of us ended up at the Ritchie's for snacks and games.  Lydia got tired so I took her home and rung in the New Year there.

Goodbye 2019... Hello 2020!