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Weekly Happenings: The most fun event of this past week was getting to celebrate Christmas as a family. It was so fun to see the kids enjoying their presents and it was a great opportunity to take some time to reflect on the gift of our Savior and His birth. I also took the kids to the zoo for some extra fun things (a carousel ride and a ride on the zoo train which had been transformed into the “Holiday Express”).
The Weekly Weather: It’s actually been acting like winter! I think yesterday was the only day that we didn’t wear jackets, and even then, it was still only in the 60s. It’s been nice. 🙂
What Paul’s Been Up To: He’s been enjoying this break from school. He has been soaking up family time, too, which has been really fun.
What Sarah’s Been Up To: Not much, other than keeping the kids occupied (especially Joseph, during the break from school).
What Joseph’s Been Up To: He’s been playing with some of his Christmas presents (a magic set and a new video game) and has also enjoyed getting some extra play time with Abigail.
What Abigail’s Been Up To: It’s more like what Abigail’s been IN to…she’s figured out that crawling on hands and knees is A LOT faster than the “low crawl” and she is FAST. I’ve resurrected the title “Commando Destructo” and have given it to her, haha. She had her one-year check up and is floating just under 20 lbs. and is almost 30 inches long.
This Week in Pictures:
[1]The girls all dressed up for church on Christmas Eve.[2]The boys in their matching ties.[3]All ready for bed on Christmas Eve.[4]Here it all is![5]Santa came and filled the stockings![6]I got new pots (stainless steel), some new cast iron skillets, and a new food processor…yay![7]Opening stockings (Joseph was pulling stuff out of Abigail’s for her).[8]Unwrapping presents.[9]More stocking fun.[10]Trying to figure out how to get to her toy through the wrapping.[11]Unwrapping his present from Uncle Jason, Aunt Saira, and Luna.[12]He was so excited…[13]…because it was a magic kit![14]Playing with the empty boxes. As you can see, Paul got a circular saw. 🙂[15]That’s just as fun as the toys, right?[16]Checking out her new books.[17]Playing with her new Cinderella carriage.[18]I meant it when I said she was getting into everything…[19]Playing his new video game.[20]I love watching these two play together![21]I experimented with making bread dough, letting it rise once, forming it into rolls, and then freezing it. A couple of days later, I took them out to thaw…[22]…rise…[23]…and bake. Voila! Fresh rolls for Christmas dinner![24]Paul grilled the turkey…SO good![25]Our feast![26]A friend of mine (who has a daughter Joseph’s age) gave me this hat for Abigail. I love hand-me-downs![27]I went to a white elephant party for Relief Society just before Christmas. I ended up “stealing” this from someone else because I had a feeling the kids would love it, haha.[28]I love this goofball![29]Riding the carousel at the zoo.[30]Almost a normal family shot…almost, haha.[31]Checking out the new hippo. A while back, one of the hippos unfortunately got sick and died. Right before Christmas, the zoo got a new hippo from another zoo in New Mexico.This new hippo happens to be the grandson of the hippo our zoo still has![32]“Roar!”[33]Waiting for the train.[34]They gave us jingle bells…sort of like a Polar Express thing.[35]He wanted a close-up since I had gotten one of Abigail.[36]There we got a normal shot![37]Ringing his jingle bell.[38]Commando Destructo at it again![39]“Whatcha doin’, Brother?”[40]“Seriously…that looks fascinating…can I see? Please?!”[41]Trying to put on the hat by herself…
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