Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

12/19 We got Nana and Grandad a Christmas in the barn puzzle.  Animals with Christmas decorations.  The trouble was, it was randomly covered with patches of glitter. The picture on the box didn't have glitter though, so you couldn't use the box much. It was fun challenge 12/20 - Our Lindon Christmas morning.  Nana made a good Christmas breakfast with cinnamon rolls, sausage and eggs.  Then we opened presents.  I played a silly box-in-a-box gift for everyone from grandad through to Lily.  It ended up as a trip to the Ice Castles in January.  See you in a month.  The kids all received building sets and headed straight to the table to build.  After lunch we headed home, back to work and soon another Christmas celebration.  Melissa crotched bookmarks for each of her students are church, her sisters-in-law, and her friends.  12/23 - Lilian and Hannah both came down with stomach flu. They were up all night 12/22-23.  Melissa "slept" ...

December 2nd and we're already hanging out with Santa?  The Tree for All at the Wellness Center.  Finn went in for the snuggle?  Weird.  Sunday the 4th, posing with Grandma Workman 12/8 - Melissa and I only made it to the USU Christmas party this year.  We sat with the Jeppsen's and enjoyed a nice party.  12/9 was a daddy date for Finn.  French dip sandwich at USU cafeteria.  He loved it, probably ate 2/3 of the sandwich and dipped every bite.   Still crocheting like mad.  This time a dragon for Mya.  We had a couple of companion passes on Delta, so we decided to fly from Moab to SLC to San Diego for Legoland.  The Moab portion was cancelled, so we drove to SLC instead.  12/11 we opened a new box of duplos and Melissa had written a message, spread across several pieces.  "We are flying to L-E-G-O-L-A-N-D."  Hannah really got excited, but Finn just wanted to build.  It took him a while to fully internali...