December 17-23, 2018

Look at those fuzzy peacock socks!!  I hope they felt our love and support when those girls wore them.

On Monday night we had a bishopric Christmas FHE/party.  We also invited the Reed's because Brandon is our High Counselor.  We are so thankful for those who serve with Lee and help him so much.  We made them a little gift.

We played King of the Wrapping Paper, the kids loved it and got a little competitive!

Karen Langford was such a good sport to play with them.

That night we found another white elephant party leftover, this time in Grace's stocking.

Grace was dabbing like Santa!

Tuesday night was Isaac's first basketball practice.  He was super excited and he really liked his coach. Last season was a little frustrating with a tough team and coach, we were hoping for a better experience this time around.

Grace went with her team to the 7th grade game.

It was their turn to help cheer and pump up the team.

Brenna sent me this picture of Emma and Kaitlyn.

It was so similar to this picture of Grace and Kara!  Crazy!  I love these friendships.

Isaac got his Christmas list ready and wrote a letter to Santa.

Christmas vacation started on Wednesday. Wahoo!  Grace had a big sister/little sister basketball Christmas party followed by a game.

Autumn, Seoul, and Emma came home with us for a much anticipated Christmas lateover.  This group of friends got their own peacock socks!

Isaac got a more manly reindeer pair.

The girls made cute glitter ornaments, ate treats, and watched a Christmas movie.  It was a fun night!

On Thursday I watched the Pitkin kids for most of the day, they all played some crazy game.  That evening was Activity Days and Cub Scouts.  It was a full day!

For Light the World on Friday we visited Grandma Dorothy and Granny and Grandpa.  Lee had the day off which made it even better.

We sure love our grandparents!

We finished A Christmas Carol as we drove home.  I love this tradition!

Lee and the twins played some basketball when we got home.

That was warm-up for Grace's game that night.  Look at the size of those girls they were up against!

The other girl didn't even need to get her feet off the ground for the tip-off.  Our team lost again, although this game was a little bit closer than the others.

Grace went home with the Rice's and went to a Canby 2nd ward movie night, while Isaac had basketball practice.

While I was watching elementary school basketball, Lee was with Matt Leptich, Mason Haycock and Brandon Reed at the Blazer game.  

It was a good time with these guys, as usual!

Eddie brought a new Christmas puzzle on Saturday morning.  Perfect timing because Emma was coming home that day!

Isaac got a letter back from Santa!  With the help of our awesome mail carrier.  ;)

That motivated Grace to write her letter to Santa.

Emma had a much better experience getting to the airport this time.  She knew just what to do and she and Ashley made it in time to get Cafe Rio before their flight.

We were so excited to have Emma home again!  It was hard to believe that her first semester of college was over!  She rocked it.

We stopped by Red Robin on the way home, per Emma's request.

Isaac wasn't sad about that!

We went home and watched a Christmas movie all snuggled up on the couch.

I finished the Book of Mormon reading challenge on Sunday morning.  It was such a good experience.  I focused on everything about Jesus Christ this time through.  It changed how I read the Book of Mormon and strengthened my testimony of the Savior.

Sunday was Christmas Adam!  We had snowman pancakes for breakfast.

This cute trio practiced before church.  They did a really good job, it was fun for Grace.  The whole Christmas program was beautiful and the twins and I enjoyed singing in the choir.

We had tithing settlement after church with our very own Bishop Dad.  He did his tithing object lesson with us, which involved a lot of M&Ms.  It was a huge hit with other families, so it was good to actually get it ourselves!

The Parker's came to visit us that afternoon.  We love them!

We were able to fit in nap and games.

We also made Christmas cookies in preparation for Christmas Eve.

We watched the Brian Stokes Mitchell Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert, one of our favorites, while putting together our new puzzle.

We finished that one, and then Tenley came down to spend the night and put together another puzzle with Lee and Emma.  I was down for the count by then.

We are ready for Christmas Eve!!