Youngest Two at the Zoo

 Getting around to using some free passes before they expired at the end of the year. We took two neighbor friends with us. As always saw only one side of the zoo and spend time in the indoor play area acting like animals. 

Merry Christmas

So grateful for my Savior and the light He brings. I love my family and hope I can serve them well in the new coming year.

Christmas Vacation

Penguins

The upper grades (4th-6th) were able to do a clay winter project. These are penguins from a 5th grade class. It was super fun making them with the classes. I am learning new art skills being the art appreciation chair for the PTSA. I was nervous using the kiln for the first time. The penguins turned out so cute after the students painted them. Not too many feet had to be hot glued on.

Blessing Bags

Grammy Family Outing and Christmas Celebration

Volleyball Tournment

Indoor Soccer

Robot Friend

Seeing the Lights

Theater Room

Corey the Dribbler

Carolling and Bookfair

Thanksgiving

No picture of the after party at the movie theater seeing Frozen 2. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at our house. We had Grammy, Charity, Grandpa Dan, and Norma eat with us. We did a little shopping after the movie, it was crowded and I was ready to leave. Anthony and I went home with Myles and Cami and the rest shopped for a little bit.

Aunty Charity had an interesting project for the girls to make creative ornaments.

Dinner with Friends

Family Swim and Octopus

Farm Visit

Adventures in Plumbing

Owning a home is always an adventure. The plumbing in the bath tubs downstairs was backed up. Anthony used the snake on all the drains but still it backed up. Finally we had to call professionals out. They did the same thing with a bigger snake down the toilet plumbing in the master.
After $700 for the service, we thought it was fixed but it backed up again. So Anthony dug a hole to see where the outside and inside plumbing meets. The missionaries were lucky enough to help dig. Ends up there was a root that was blocking the pipe. So Anthony snaked it from there and the root cleared out. Anthony installed a plastic cylinder so he could see the junctions easier and block out roots. It was an expensive weekend and of course the weekend that Grammy moved in. Plumbing is essential and so wonderful when it works!

Annual Photos

We had our annual photos taken. This year was a Christmassy theme with colors and location. We ended up having to reschedule since Anthony was out of town. We went super early in the morning and it was raining. We were all wet by the end and I kept thinking Myles would slip in the mud at any second. We survived with only mudding shoes.