Festive family times at Christmas

Family time together is so priceless and even more so at Christmas. We have different verbage here at home such as pre- Christmas and Post Christmas. THere is a lot of spoiling going on and so many adventures are happening. We are so fortunate to have both set of grandparents living in town. I love that we got to go to church on christmas Eve and still get to open one present with the family that evening. Jason and Robin came by too. Somehow, we were able to get it all in with homemade foods, songs, sentiments and gifts. We went for car rides, saw lights, and walked the mall. We love build a bear and we enjoyed time there. Of course we brought Christmas to Spencer and hooked up his new T.V. Emmy got ot come for a ride in the backseat of the passat with him and I was glasd he liked my counter ring and took it off my finger. He does so well communicating his desires. We got our family picture with him which is a higlight for me. As part of celebrating toget, we we had many wonderful meals together. I love all the memories we've made and connecting times we've had together. You wouldn't think that half our family lives out of state with how much we gather, but I feel so blessed to have this current situation.

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Car Rides and Sunsets

We are still getting into the groove after the holidays and we seem to be getting some routines going. Celia got a digital art tablet from school which is pretty fancy and nice. She can draw original characters and its seems so fun for her. We have been riding around town with Spence and Celia to different places. One week we did go to Ikea for a walk. It may not be our kind of furntinture, but it was a people watching experience. We gave Spencer our couch in the our bedroom so we found a replacement piece that can hold my extra down comforters I like to have around. We've been raiding a lot in Pokemon go and its been fun to connect over the phone with our family in Idaho and Utah to play together. We've gotten a lot of rain this month, but we've been grateful for family time and the great sunsets we get as the clouds move out. Valentine's day was great at the grandparents. We brought Tri Tip and it was an encore time from having made trip tip for our friends the Jones' to come over for dinner. Celia has been having fun connecting with an old friend and they are on the phone ten hours a day and its kind of cute. I feel sadness for the earthquakes and devestation that happened in Turkey this month. We pray for them and I'm so great ful our strucutres are buit low and with better strength against earthquakes. I'm grateful for our heat and home and the love we have with our family. We went to ward Temple night and enjoyed that and look forward to going again in March. There are ebbs and flows and times when things are slow and when they are busy, so I'm trying to enjoy each season and prepare for the next big thing grateful for it all.