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December

December was full of some of our usual traditions. We did our name-drawing and made a mass trip to Walmart to purchase the gifts, wrap them, and put them under the tree.


Kory and I ate at Kneaders one night and got to see our favorite baker, Madi. She's been working there for a month or so and really likes it.

I went to hear Morgan's report on Native Americans at school.

Austin and Leah were in town for the holidays, so we loved spending time with them. They came over one morning and we had breakfast and played with Andy. She is definitely in a stuffed animal phase! We were also excited to find out that Austin and Leah will be having a baby girl at the end of May, so Andy will have a sister!



On Christmas morning, the kids came over around 10:00 and we had our visit with Isaac over Skype. He's doing great and loves the area he's serving in. We look forward to having him back home with us in July.

Here's Caleb with some of the 60-70 Lego figures he requested for Christmas.



Morgan is excited to improve her art skills with the art kit she got. 

Phoebe has been quite entertained with her Rubik's Cube. 



Caleb also got a newsies hat for his costume for the musical Newsies, which he will perform in at the beginning of March.


Chloe's modeling a new game she got, Chomp Crown, or something like that.

We got all the kids together one night and saw Spiderman. 

Since Christmas we've been hanging out. Kory and Austin had a two-day Donkey Kong festival. The other kids had fun watching them and playing Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. Looking forward to a great 2019.

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