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December days

Here is what our week looked like in pictures.  2020 seems to be keeping us on our toes all the way to the end.  

Daryl is still on quarantine from school for covid  exposure. He's been coming to work with me. He got out Evelyn's cars one day because he's a bit of a car guy.
Ruth makes fun notes and drawings around that are fun to find.
We had our back spigot break on us.  Good thing Glen is such a handy guy. He's been a champ and taken care of all of it. He dried everything out, fixed the spigot, and has dry wall back on the walls, and drywall and mud back on the walls to fix it.
Beth has started drawing people. She draws her pictures on whatever paper she can find and they are fun to find.
Evelyn let me color her hair and give her a  bath on Tuesday. It might have had something to do with "the old white haired lady that kept looking at her in the bathroom mirror," and my mom telling her she was going to use ice water to give her a bath. (in teasing) I came in at the right time, promised to use warm water and make the white hair disappear. The picture was to prove to her I had.
Daryl started writing poems. He brought these out to show me the other day. He's full of surprises.
                                       
He also did great in the little outside recital his music teacher held. He did not want to do it at all. I think this was the perfect kind of recital for him. 
We even had a little sing-a-long with Daryl and Ruth taking turns playing duets with their teacher. It was great!


We watched five of my brother's boys  over the weekend and I got to take Mason to his first recital too. 
He did great.


 We drove around to look at Christmas lights after Daryl and Ruth's recital. We put my brother's 12 passenger van to good use, filling up all the seats and found this cool house close to my parents that syncs the lights on their house to a playlist they broadcast on a shortwave radio. It was a hit. 
One of the highlights not pictured was zoom church and home sacrament. Our testimony and Sunday school were really good today. All of the testimonies seemed to have a theme of 'God knows us and is in the details of our lives' and 'we need each other.' I couldn't agree more. Having this option right now has been a huge blessing.

Comments

HW said…
I loved everything! But I especially wrote the things your kids wrote. The Harry Potter note could have been found at our house. And I loved the people and the poetry. Especially the one that featured wise men bringing mur.
Paige said…
Your creative children! What lucky things they are that you love what they make. An appreciative audience makes all the difference. Plus, you're lucky to have them. The photo of Roberta's perfect hair was wonderful.
Paige said…
Woops - I meant Evelyn. Sorry.

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