Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

January 1st, 2025 - Melissa has decide to make a granny square book blanket this year, made with a square for each book she reads/listens to.   1/8 - Wednesday after lunch, Lilian decided to make a Lego First Vision.  This quiet grove was quite busy with animals coming to meet Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.  1/9 - Thursday, I had the day off and we all went to the wellness center to practice Pickleball.  So this is us running around waiting for Hannah to put the soccer ball down. 1/12 - Sunday afternoon trip to ancient Egypt.  Atlas Crate box in Egypt helped us build a Pharaoh's headdress.  1/16 - Thursday homeschool's subject was pandas.  Finn's fact of the day... green poop.  1/17 Friday, the library had a pizza party for the kids who completed their reading logs.  Lilian broke the piñata stick in half with her swing.  1/19 Sunday, no picture, but I promise this really happened.  This Sunday I had a high council assignment...

12/2: Nana sent home early Christmas presents for everyone to keep us busy until Christmas.  The kids had "Bluey" pillowcases, Lego Santas, and coloring books.  Lily said, "I already have a pillowcase and dad loves Bluey," so she gave me hers.  We received a new card game, but it was missing a couple of pieces, so we had to reach out to the manufacturer to send the replacement parts.  Thanks Nana.  We put up a lot of the inside decorations.  Finn is working on the Christmas village we brought home from Grandma Flick.  12/4, Wednesday morning the kids spent the day in the field making an ice melting machine.  Place ice blocks on top and the sun melts the ice and it runs down the ramps. Homeschool?  12/6, Friday afternoon I welded the trampoline frame together as a step toward making it a shade sail frame for the dirt hill.  While grinding the welds I touched the flap disk to my right first finger over the knuckle.  That took a while ...