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.

Christmas Celebrations!

I love how Christmasy everyone looked on the Sunday before Christmas!

On Christmas Eve we had the kids act out the nativity while Rich read from the scriptures.  Lydia is such a sweet Mary.

We wrote letters to Santa and then headed to bed with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads.

And then it was Christmas!

After breakfast of cinnamon rolls and sausages we opened the rest of our presents.

The best present was a surprise for the kids that we are going on a cruise!  After a leisurely morning we watched one of our new movies: Toy Story 4. 

In the evening Henry and Lydia loved "matching in their jammies (it was Henry's Christmas gift).

Welcome Fall!

As soon as the Orchard starting selling apple cider donuts for the season we made plans to visit.  The longer in the season you wait the longer the line gets!  We had a nice morning eating delicious donuts!  It's one of the best Fall traditions!

Back to School Feast and Theme

We held our annual back-to-school feast this year with a menu of steak, jello, bread, and baked potatoes.  Our family theme for the 2017-2018 school year is STAND TALL.