December 2025 Christmas all over, with so much family

12/2 - The girls finished their basketball season Tuesday night. 


12/3 - Wednesday SCIENCE!  Standard science, bottles of fluids. 

12/6 - Saturday dance recital.  The girls did a great job. 

12/7 - Sunday, Christmas season is always very busy and Sunday evening was the piano recital.  They might love to complain about practice, but they are learning and getting better day by day. 



12/8 - Monday, holy cow! This house is taking forever, putting up insulation.  It isn't current code, but it's better than random bits of clothing!


12/13 - Saturday evening we went to a Nativity walk around the white rocks park with Grandma.  It was a great wander through the dark and the kids got to snuggle a real donkey.  

12/14 - Sunday, after dinner we did our annual "gingerbread" house building. 



12/17 - Wednesday, the kids enjoying their Grandma Jack gifts.  The girls' monsters match Hannah's blanket, it is silly. 

12/18 - Thursday night temple and Mexican food date.  

12/19 - Friday, why does the dirt contain these iron flecks?  Cleaning the dirt, yeah that's productive.  House will be done any minute now. 

12/20 - Christmas on the farm with Grandma. 


I'm a pink nightmare!

Hannah loved this silly polar bear costume. She chased and hugged it multiple times. 

Melissa found Lynette in the Christ barn. 

12/21 - Sunday, we stopped at James and Chevon's house on the way to Nana and Grandad's.  We hung out for a couple of hours chatting and playing with Lego. 

Sunday dinner.  Jordan's family came to town for Christmas and it was so much fun to have lots of time together. 

Proud/slightly embarrassed family heads.  

Sunday was also Grandad's birthday celebration. 

12/23 - Tuesday, we went for a walk to the park and then stopped for one of those silly fancy drinks. 

Tuesday night dinner and games with Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary's family.  

12/24 - Hiking with some of the Pennsylvania Bayless Family.  We went to Battle Creek Fall's in PG. 



Grant and Lily were so cute.  Best cousins ever. 

12/24 - Wednesday/Christmas Eve!  We had fun with lots of food and people.  This is a beautiful crocheted blanket by Marissa.  

Silly cousin hats from Aunt Amanda.

12/25 - MERRY CHRISTMAS!  7:13 AM.  Not bad!

Family streamed in all day. 



We drove home Christmas afternoon and enjoyed our home presents at 8:45 PM 



12/28 - Sunday evening hike since Grandma and Grandpa were out of town. 

12/29 - Monday, Melissa loves school vacation, because Nikki is free. 

12/31, Happy New Year's Eve at Lynette's!  We had a fun party... but since the average age was 60+, we all said good night around 9 PM!   My kind of NYE party! 


 

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