December 2015, Utah fun and Christmas in Washington

Christmas around here starts with the advent calendar from Melissa's mom, there is an ornament and a scripture for each day.


Then comes food!  This is a Victoria Sponge Cake to start the season.


Melissa's Christmas present, in progress.  It will be a king size hanging head board.


Good night Monument Valley, sometimes the commute is pretty nice.


Getting ready Christmas break!  Grading is definitely something that Melissa will not miss.



Melissa had a baby shower in Washington.  It was put on by her mom, Trisha and Shanda, at Shanda's house.
Here she is with Alisa, Sonja and Kate.

 

Trisha, Cousin Hannah and Shanda.


Sister Brewer and Sarah Brewer Beck from the Covington ward when Melissa lived in Washington
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The littles... Kiera, Ava, Mya and Sarah's daughter
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Sisters!


Grandma, Melissa and the twins.


Eli, demonstrating his jumping skills. From footrest to couch at Grandma's.



 
Building time! Lego with Ava.


Jeremy is a little more into Lego princess castles than Trish.  Eli is just happy to be unsupervised on Grandma's stationary bike.


Talking to the babies, he loved the idea of these little kids.



Christmas belly!


Wanted in on the picture time.


We made graham cracker houses with grandma.  Melissa and I made a graham cracker trailer park.



With all the free time after Christmas Melissa and Trisha decided it was no good for Jeremy and I to be working out in the garden, cleaning and prepping for the next year.  They decided we needed to get rid of the rotten and discolored wooden backsplash and tile the kitchen.

Jeremy had done some tile work in his old house and I'd helped my brother James with a few projects, so obviously we knew exactly what we were doing.


Christmas holiday snuggles.


Kids and boxes, always better than the toys
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Christmas girls.
 


Grouting.


All done. 


The new van and a silhouette of the belly which is growing the van cargo.

 

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