Christmas 2024

On Christmas Eve, Nichole made us cheeseball. Thanks, Nichole.

We had a simplified Christmas Eve dinner because we were sick (thankfully we had funeral potatoes in the freezer to heat up).

The kids got to open up a present each- pajamas.

Jet set out cookies for Santa. I was pleased with myself because I saved some cookies in the freezer from a batch we made earlier in the month. Cookies for Santa is hit and miss in our home. 

Christmas morning, Jeremy made us scones (American scones, not English scones). 

We opened presents and were all sick.

Jet got a camera for Christmas and loved it.

One day while we were driving, I heard Jet taking pictures over and over and over so I asked him, "What are you taking pictures of." He answered, "Everything."

The kids and I decorated a bowl for Jeremy. It said, "I love you," and had hearts around it that the kids wrote their names in. Note my present in the back of the picture- a new family picture to put on the wall. The one it replaced was taken in 2011 and only had three of our five children in it.

Let's Go Back and Remember December

O.K. Besides holidays, here are some other things we did in December (before Christmas). 

Let's see what I can remember from so long ago based on pictures I find. Sigh.

 

Jr. had an orchestra concert. Here's a picture of him. 

Jet played with Legos. Here's a picture of him.

We were sick a lot. Here's a picture of soup. 

Some of us went to our ward Christmas party. Here's a picture of us.

 

I've changed my mind. I don't want to catch up on all the stuff we did in December. We were sick. We ate food. There were snuggles. We eventually made it through to Christmas.

 

Speaking of Christmas, we did manage to squeeze our Polar Express book reading and movie watching in even if we've had better Polar Express parties in the past.

We were also going to go to an Interactive Muppet Christmas Carol event at the Provo Library like we did for The Princess Bride in August but we had to cancel our registration because of sickness. We watched the movie at some point at home. 

 

And the kids did build our Christmas tree out of balloons again this year.
 

Mom: How do you like the ornaments on the tree?

Jet: It looks perfect.

 

 

April 1, 2025