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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! May you each be blessed today as you celebrate our Savior’s Birth. Luke 2:11 “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.”

A New Christmas Tradition

A New Christmas Tradition

This year for the first time we started a new tradition. We read one chapter of Luke each day starting December 1st. Dec 1st = Luke 1, Dec 2nd = Luke 2, etc. We talk about each chapter as we go along. It has been 

Christmas Part 1

Christmas Part 1

We celebrated Christmas on Sunday with Grant’s Mom. Thank you so much Grandma & Mr Sherman!! We had a really special day & LOVED everything!! A 10 second video of Ellie dancing with the musical toy:

Weekly Gratitude Post 12/22/19

Weekly Gratitude Post 12/22/19

Today’s Gratitude Post is by Keira. Keira is thankful for Ellie. Ellie is so cute! She plays superhero with me. Do you like babies? Do you have a baby roaming? Keira is thankful for cats. Cats are playful. We have 2 big ones and we 

Birthday 2.0 & A Christmas Tradition

Birthday 2.0 & A Christmas Tradition

I was overwhelmingly blessed by so many birthday greetings! Thank you all for making my day so special! 🥰 My favorite part was spending all day with our whole family! Making memories 💜 We had a wonderful day. We decided to go to Rockford after 

My birthday :)

My birthday :)

It’s my birthday! And it’s a big one this year. 🙂 5 years ago I had a group of ladies over to help me celebrate & it was a wonderful time of fellowship. I had been hoping for most of this year to be able 

December 2019 Family Funnies

December 2019 Family Funnies

Logan was making a sandwich for Ellenor & I asked him to make it out of a roll instead since they needed to be used. I went & buckled Ellie in her chair & told her that Logan was making her a sandwich. Logan pipes 

Making Pizzelles

Making Pizzelles

One of our favorite Christmas season traditions is making pizzelles. My Grandma Connie, who died when I was 14, used to make these cookies & I have such fond memories of eating them with her. So, every December make pizzelles. We make them to eat 

Sending Christmas Cards

Sending Christmas Cards

We are busy working on Christmas Cards. 🙂 We have not always been the best at sending out regular Christmas cards &/or Family Letters. It is important to us, though & so we made a last minute decision this past week to go ahead & 

Child Training vs Dumbing Kids Down

Child Training vs Dumbing Kids Down

A few weeks ago, we were doing some shopping at Costco after a Doctor appointment & I saw a 2 or 3 year old little girl riding in the shopping cart. The little girl was mesmerized by something she was watching on Mom’s phone. It