Turning to Christ
As I said last month, this pandemic has made things very difficult. In order to not fall apart I have chosen to work hard to focus on Christ. I am so thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ!
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Kindergarten Homeschool Week
The week before Christmas break the Kindergartners got put on lockdown due to Covid in their classroom. I was so grateful for moms to do homeschool with. We each took turns with Kindergarten online homeschool. Marshal, Amelia and Brynli were very cute together.
Christmas Activities
Christmas Eve we enjoy going for a drive to see the Christmas lights. This year we made a stop at the cemetary and the lights there were just beautiful! I loved it! We also enjoyed some very fun houses that were decorated.
On Christmas day we had dinner with Grandma and Grandpa and spent the afternoon helping them organize one half of the basement along with their food storage. It was so nice to help them get things organized!
Boxing Day took us to the Cove Fort area for some target shooting. That's quite a lot of Keslers with guns in their hands. lol
Meeting the Twins
We were SO happy to finally get to meet Liesel's twins. They are just the cutest girls ever!
We love those cute girls and their big sister!
Bandelier National Monument
We weren't sure that Liesel and her girls could handle all that testosterone for 3 days straight so we decided to go visit Bandelier National Monument. We had a lot of fun exploring!
On the way back to Liesel's house we came through the Jemez Mountains
and got to enjoy some deer on our way back as well as some beautiful scenery.
Life in December
As we went for a walk around the neighborhood to get some exercise Marshal decided we needed to sit and take in the beautiful trees that Stradley's had decorated. He asked, "Mom and Dad, can we sit and look at their Christmas tree lights?"
Top Left: Kent had to make his oreo cookies for Santa. Top Left Middle: In addition to all the other decorations we got electic candles and placed them in the boys windows. Top Right Middle: I used to be so particular about decorating the tree my way but at I look at the tree my boys decorated this year, it is so much prettier. Bottom Left: More Christmas tree delight. Bottom Left Middle: I found the Uno cards in Cort's room. Apparently he felt they needed to be sorted and organized. He might have some of his mom in him. 😆 Bottom Right Middle & Bottom Right: We had a Zoom Christmas party this year. It was a little different but despite the lack of smiles on everyone's faces I think we had a good time "together."
This year we were graced by the "Christmas Star." The best picture I took was the one on the bottom left. The rest of the photos were Marshal and my attempts to photograph the "star" which was actually a rare alignment of Saturn and Jupiter.
Top Left: I told Kent that I wanted to go to the Holy Ghost's Campground now that I know it exists. lol Top Middle & Top Right: Liesel had some interesting items left from the previous owners in her backyard. lol (#SidFromToyStoryLivesNextDoor) Bottom Left: I had to chuckle just a little at the nose in the corner elevator feet. This pandemic stuff can be quite ridiculous! Bottom three on the Right: Kent and I have done really well on the WiO diet over the last two months. We have both enjoyed better health and I have even been able to lower my thyroid medicine dosage!
Interesting thoughts and ideas from my journey this month!
Beautiful World
"Of all the months of the year there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year."
—Charles Dickens
"Take Christ out of Christmas, and December becomes the bleakest and most colorless month of the year."
—A. F. Wells
