Ah, coronavirus times. I feel like I have both too much to do and too little. In any case I haven't seemed to have as much time to update the blog. So I am quite behind. We had a nice Christmas this year. Here are a few pictures form our holidays.
Just before Christmas break we got new countertops in our kitchen. Here is the before picture. The island was a big slab of brownish granite and the outer countertops were granite tile.
And here is after. White quartz and white tile backsplash
It looks lighter now
Still trying to figure out how to change that wine rack for a regular cabinet. It can hold our Martinelli's in the mean time.
We made a bunch of treats
Jello popcorn balls was one treat we tried
New stockings
Our tree
Our advent candle
Our tree star had some issues this year. It stopped working regularly when our tree fell down soon after we decorated it. I eventually had to replace the entire light string inside and now it's good again. Hope it can last a few more years.
Christmas Eve dinner. The past few years we have done a big cheese/crackers/fruit/veggie plate with spinach artichoke dip for our Christmas Eve dinner. We started doing this because I wanted something easy since Moms are usually busy on the days leading up to Christmas, but now its gotten a bit more involved and not that easy since I make the spinach artichoke dip from scratch. But its good and Scott helps me. It's a nice tradition now.
We read the nativity story from the Bible and the kids help act it out each year on Christmas Eve. We have a little program with songs interspersed and its nice. Emma is the angel, Grant is a shepherd, Anna is Mary, John is Jospeh and Matthew is a wise man.
The kids with their special pajama pants from Ma2!
And Christmas morning. I made cinnamon rolls the night before and they rise in the fridge overnight. Then we bake them and German pancakes on Christmas morning. We also have fruit salad with 7up, a Guptill family tradition. It's quite the feast. We eat first and then open presents but the kids are allowed to go through their stockings before breakfast.
Ready for presents!
Their was a present opening frenzy!
Later on Christmas Day
The kids playing video games
Emma working on a gem craft she got from my brother
John was proud of his Lego creations
Matthew and Grant both had fun with Nintendo Labo creations
more Labo
And each kid got a bike this year...except Matthew
Everyone had outgrown their bikes and we got rid of most of them in Utah. Matthew already had a bike that was the right size and he got a skateboard.
Grant's bike is a little too big for him to start on. Maybe he can grow a few inches here quickly
Emma with her new training wheels bike
John is still learning to ride without training wheels and its been a little rough. We ended up putting training wheels back on so he can get comfortable on this new, bigger bike.
We're working on it.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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