Christmas Eve we had a lovely feast at John's house (Scott's brother), cookies, food and fun
Later we stopped by Pa2 and Ma2's house to see their tree
and their new couch!
And even later we had our own family nativity
It was fun
And we had our first ever family Christmas concert
Matthew played Good King Wenceslas
And supported John on Jingle Bells
Grant played Greensleeves / What Child is This?
I played The First Noel on the piano and Emma recited a Christmas essay she wrote
Anna declined to perform on her violin - maybe next year
And we opened Christmas jammies from Ma2
So fun
We left cookies for Santa
And everyone did a good job sleeping all night, although morning seemed to come early!
We had made-from-scratch cinnamon rolls, orange rolls and a double batch of German pancakes
And it was too much food! But still good.
Emma got brave and tried some German pancakes. She is a very picky eater and I sometimes put a taste on a tiny plate for her, to help her give things a try.
Merry Christmas!!
We opened presents and got a family photo
The kids enjoyed relaxing, playing video games and building Legos that day. I was so happy we weren't sick around Christmas like last year. Emma made this Lego birdhouse
John built this Lego piranha plant
We had both sets of grandparents over for a lovely Christmas dinner...and I didn't get any pictures. I often forget to take pictures when we have guests. But it was all nice. Here's the table after dinner.
Two of my brothers came into town - one from New Jersey and one from Hermiston, OR. We had fun getting together but I didn't get pictures. My older brother, Matt, got us all tickets to the Blazers game. It was very nice! I haven't been to a Blazers game before but love basketball! It was so fun!
Woohoo!! The Blazers lost but we still had a great time!
And I need to do better at taking pictures next year!
A little bit of outside play time
New haircuts - John is not happy about his
I am several months into my new church calling as Relief Society secretary. I was quite shocked that any human person who knows me would want me to do this job but I am trying my best - here is a snippet of the monthly newsletter I'm working on for January.
More Christmas break puzzling
New Year's Eve we had cheese fondue and Italian sodas
And later chocolate fondue, board games and movies
One of the cards from one of the board games was very apropos
We easily made it to midnight this year...and beyond!
We couldn't see fireworks from our house this year, as we usually can, because it was so foggy, but we had our own kind of fun
Happy New Year everyone!!
See you in 2024!!
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