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Deck the Halls

For FHE the Monday after Thanksgiving we put up the Christmas tree. Madison is the expert tree putter-upper and we were super glad that she and Quinton came to help us decorate.




This was the week for parent-teacher conferences at the elementary schools. We had a great visit with Morgan's teacher who said that Morgan is a "joy" to have in class and is ahead in math, reading, and writing. 

Later in the week, we met with Chloe's teacher who said: "Chloe is like Mary Poppins. Practically perfect in every way." When we walked into the school we were surprised to see her picture on the wall as one of the students being honored for Standing for Courage. 




Friday there was no school, so Morgan came to work with us. She got to come to class with me and Kory. In my class, she sat quietly reading her scriptures and playing on the ipad. She didn't make a peep. Then Isaac took her down to the seminary and she attended class with Kory. He said she wanted to participate, marking all of the scripture mastery scriptures and talking to the students about what she felt about the scriptures. She's so funny.

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