Family Newsletter 2025

 

Jesus Dinner 2025

Jesus Dinner 2025!

(One of my favorite events of the year!)

The Corries and Brittney graced us with their presence.  We had gyros, figs, dates, pomegranates, crackers and cheese, olives, etc.  It was quite the spread.  Even though Jesus wouldn't have eaten gyros, he would have had the flatbread and veggies that went on it.

Cuzzies!

Watching the Nativity

Service Project:  writing Christmas cards as part of the Angel Card Project.

The kids made ornaments to go inside them.

There was a list of people who needed extra love this time of year and we got to pick a person or two off the list to send a card to.

After writing the cards and making the ornaments, we played the Dreidel Game then our company left.

 

Thanksgiving and more...

In November, we took Gavin to a model train convention in SLC.  He loved it!

For Thanksgiving, we traveled down to St. George and spent it with Chris and Ann and their two boys.  They have a time share down there and it was fun to just hang out and relax with them.

They took us to Crabby Daddy's Seafood Shack - or something like that.  We all ate a crab boil - a big bag of crawfish, shrimp, lobster and crab legs dumped in front of us on a platter.  Needless to say, I had to rush to the potty a few time afterward!! LOL!

We stayed 3 days in St. George and every morning, Matt and I went for a walk together.  It made me want to move down there - nice and warm.  While on a walk, I snapped a pic of the time share we stayed in - it's a castle, people!!!  7 large bedrooms all with their own bath...  lots of things to keep the kids busy - hot tub, pool, pool table, ping pong, video games, tv, puzzles, games, etc.

I have also been thinking a lot about Jesus - what he was/is like, what it will be like when I meet Him again, His love for me, etc, etc.  I wanted to paint a picture of him for a long time now.  But I always shied away from it because I knew I wouldn't get it right.  But I decided to stop thinking that way and to just DO it.  I tried a new medium I'd never used before - gouche - and learned a few things along the way... It's definitely not perfect.  But as I was painting it, I realized it's better if it's NOT perfect.  Perfection is more in the process than in the finished product.  I could try and try and try and it still wouldn't be perfect, but guess what IS perfect?  The TRYING part!  It's the same with anything else we do - reading our scriptures, praying, attending church, etc. And that's what Jesus meant when he said, "Be ye therefore PERFECT, even as I am."

He just wants us to keep trying.

Ask the Christmas Season approaches, Laynie sang at the Ward Christmas Breakfast.  The kids put on a sweet little Nativity and sang The Nativity Song.  Laynie was a shepherd.  She didn't want to be at first, but came to terms with it!  lol!