Wednesday we worked hard in the morning to put Christmas away. I love that feeling of starting the new year with a fresh clean house! McKenna finished her diorama which was a scene from the book "Ella Enchanted" where Ella has to eat so much chocolate cake because she is cursed to always do as she is told! We also printed McKenna's Temple recommend! After lunch, we finished Harry Potter 2 and I had a really stiff neck (from working on the puzzle for too long). We had Chinese food at Dan's parent's house, then we drove to Mickelle's new basement apartment to check it out! Dan went to Zac Bramall's missionary setting apart that night.
Thursday Jonathan came to babysit bright and early so we could attend the temple with McKenna for the first time! He even got some good Alice snuggles. It was such a special morning, and what made it even better was that two of McKenna's Webster cousins, Katie and Whitney, and their parents, and BOTH sets of McKenna's Grandparents were also there! She was able to be baptized for family members from my mom's and Dan's mom's side of the family. Also, as we were finishing up, a worker approached and asked if the girls would be willing to do some more confirmations for some names that happened to be from Grandfather's wife, Wendy Nelson! When we asked McKenna what she thought about her first time, she said she wanted "to go everyday!" Afterwards we ate breakfast in the temple cafeteria and then took pictures outside.
When we got home Dan had to go back to work. :( That's always a sad day after spending so much time with him during Christmas break. Jonathan stayed and played the Switch with the kids and then Jordan Slaugh and Grace Eckman came over to play with Ben and McKenna. They did stop motion videos, played games, and played Barbies. After lunch Lizzie and Clara and our new neighbor, Kayla, came over to play with Anna and Bethany. I blogged and Ben then went to the Alexander's. After dinner McKenna and I ran to the Backstage studio to buy some hand-me-down dance shoes and leotard. Dan worked on goals with Ben and after kids were in bed, Dan did Bishop stuff and I worked on Primary stuff.
Friday I exercised and met with Amy Hamblin to plan Primary stuff. After lunch, I braided McKenna's hair and we packed for a hotel night. I also worked on a grocery order. We took down our Christmas card wall. :(
Before going to the hotel, we attended Rachel Miles and Brandon Webb's wedding reception. So happy for them both! Then we headed to the Hampton Inn in West Valley to spend the night!
Saturday we had a yummy breakfast and Anna enjoyed some light reading. :)
Then we changed and went swimming.
We spent most of the time in the hot tub because the pool was so cold. We misplaced our room key, so we did some wall sits to kill some time while Dan got a new one.
We left from the hotel to pick up groceries which unfortunately took 1 hour! That meant we had to hurry and get to the church for a Primary Activity. The Activity introduced the new program for children and the 4 goal setting areas. Amy Hamblin and I taught a new Primary song as part of the Intellectual station. The presidency did so well planning this! Meanwhile Dan had a meeting with the RS to talk about ministering assignments. McKenna babysat for Sam and Lara. The kids had showers and bath and we had pizza and played Rummikub.
Sunday was our first Sunday at a new time, 12pm. I enjoyed the extra time in the morning for scripture study and we watched a video about the importance of scriptures. The kids all went to their new class and Amy and I taught the song Book of Mormon Stories. I had a pretty great embarrassing moment went I told them that Samuel the Lamanite was up on the city wall "exposing" himself. What I meant was he was exposing himself to the arrows and stones shot at him. There was lots of snow as we were leaving church and the kids watched "Toy Story 4" while Mickelle and I napped. After Dan was home and after dinner, Dan and Ben worked on Ben's goals more.
* I noticed with the start of the new year, McKenna and Ben were doing well reading the Book of Mormon every day and Anna was reading the picture scriptures. Bethany got a little Book of Mormon and loved to carry it around and "read" it. I loved seeing how important the Book of Mormon stories are to them. They were making connections with what they were reading and our daily Come Follow Me lessons. They're such great examples to me. *
Monday I volunteered in Ben's class and ran an errand. I blew off the driveway and did laundry. That evening we went to Boondocks to celebrate Ben's BD! We did bowling and plated arcade games!
Tuesday I exercised and Dan took Ben out to breakfast!
We watched Descendants 2 then packed a lunch and headed to school to surprise Ben and eat with him! We got to see him present his BD poster and sing to him! We also played out at recess with him and some of the girls loved being little mommies to Alice and Bethany.
Ben had his first play practice after school and I went to music with Bethany. We had Ben's favorite soup for dinner, sausage corn potato soup (now nicknamed "Benny Soup) and PDQ. Then we opened presents and had ice cream.
I didn't have a #9 candle, so we did 8+1. :) Ben is so smart and creative and loves to make people laugh. We love him so much!
Ben’s 9-year-old Birthday Interview (Jan. 9, 2020)
What is your favorite color? Green, Blue, Orange
What is your favorite toy? Legos
What is your favorite fruit? Nectarines
What is your favorite TV Show? Pokemon
What is your favorite movie? Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Blueberries
What is your favorite outfit to wear? Jeans, T-shirt, hoodie
What is your favorite game to play? Trouble
What is your favorite snack? Smiley fruit snacks
What is your favorite animal? Turtle
What is your favorite song? Everything is Awesome
What is your favorite book? Harry Potter
Who is your best friend? Jordan, Henry, Taggart, Eli Forbes, Caleb, Garret, Jett
What is your favorite cereal? Crispix
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Sledding
What is your favorite thing to drink? OJ
What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Puppy and blankie
What is your favorite thing to eat at breakfast? Toast
What do you want to have for dinner? Sausage Corn Potato soup (“Benny Soup”)
What do you want to be when you grow up? Scientist
What is your favorite thing to do with our family? Go out to dinner
What’s your favorite thing to do in school? Recess, trade in money for auctions
January videos Part 1
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