Monday, December 31, 2018

Christmas Eve, Part 1!

It's always fun to act out the Nativity story!
A favorite tradition of mine from my childhood:
A program!
Joshua played "Cha Cha De Salsa" and "Mary Did You Know" on the flute.
Lily did a song and dance to "Up On The Housetop"
Jacob made up his own Christmas Word Search.
Here is Grandpa finding some of the words.
Grandpa played "Away In A Manger" on the piano.
David had made up several games to determine who is the "Top Elf."
Brian sang and played "O Holy Night" on the guitar.
Hannah had made a Kahoot game on the computer and we had a Text Off to see who could answer correctly and the fastest some questions about Christmas.
We each have a device and we are watching for the questions to come up on the screen.  This round was for the little kids.
Grandma's talent was "Bloggin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Each person had a different year of one of my blog books and they had to find something fun to share from that Christmas.
Here is David sharing what he found:
This was just the beginning of a fabulous Christmas Eve!

Monday, December 24, 2018

More Christmas Fun!

The Nativity scene at our temple.  
A worker took this picture and used it on the card they sent us.
Sarah went to the temple for the first time!
At home Camille was making cookies for friends!
Outside the Kansas City temple!
Suzie crocheted this Nativity!
Beautiful tulips from the Melanchuks!
 A fun musical evening at the Drapers!
Shannon is Dan's piano teacher.
 Christmas puzzles!
 Snow on Christmas Eve in Utah!
We attended this performance in Old Folsom.
Two girls from our ward had parts in the production.
It was lots of fun!
Wrapping gifts!
 Baking cookies!


Friday, December 21, 2018

Jacob and Lily Turn 6!

We had fun having Jacob and Lily here for a quick lunch before we had to leave for the temple.  We got to watch them open their gifts from us.
They've come a long way!
 It has been great watching them grow up!

Thursday, December 20, 2018

I Did It!


This was an amazing experience!
So happy to follow the Prophet and receive blessings!

Friday, December 14, 2018

Making Me Happy!

Oprah has her favorite things and Amazon has it's 20 gadgets you can't live without but I have my list of:
Things That Are Making Me Happy Right Now!
Christmas lights on our patio!
Having a Nativity Tree! 
(Got the idea from Kathy)
Here are some of my ornaments:
Doing Christmas puzzles!
 A friend recently gave us the small one in the back.  
(It's 1,000 pieces)
When I asked how she knew we enjoyed doing puzzles, she said Dan had mentioned it in a talk one time and she had remembered.
Finally found just what I wanted to wear as PJ's for the Christmas season!
And it even has pockets.
Scandanavian Sweetbread!
Oranges!
(Note to Kathy--they were grown in Newcastle!)
Christmas tree in the evening!