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December 2020

 

December 2020

On December 6 and 7, Kory and I had a little getaway to Island Park. We stopped and visited with my parents for a bit and then went up to the Marriott at Mack’s Inn and checked in. We went to dinner at Pond’s Lodge and drove around a bit. Originally, we had planned to do some snowshoeing, but we ran out of daylight.



Caleb went on a fun group date where they made gingerbread houses. On December 12, McKenzie graduated from ISU with her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. We celebrated the virtual ceremony via YouTube and cheered when we saw her name on the screen. We had a group celebration on December 15 at our house and had some great soup that Greg made and enjoyed visiting and celebrating McKenzie’s achievement. We also listened to Caleb practice his song for sacrament meeting. He sang Kory’s song, “The Night the Savior Was Born,” and Kory accompanied him.




On the 17th, we had a drive-through nativity as a ward party and Kory was one of the greeters. On the 19th, I got ambitious and painted the study. Kory and Austin and Leah worked on a puzzle and Phoebe helped Andy make a gingerbread house. On the 23rd, Kory and Morgan and I were the only ones home, so we did some Christmas shopping, then got some delicious hot chocolate and watched the Owens Family Light Show, something we do each year.





On the 24th, we took the kids who were around (most were with Lynette, but she had COVID so some were trying to stay away) to Smitty’s for breakfast. That night, Kory and I went caroling with the Gee Family. My brother Shawn had recently bought a bus to remodel, but they dressed it up for caroling and it was a fun caroling bus—much warmer than riding around on the hay bales.







On the  25th, McKenzie brough her family over early to share gifts and play a bit. Later, the rest of the kids came from Lynette’s and opened their gifts. Then we hung out, ate, did puzzles and played with the Nintendo Switch that we bought for the family.












On the 28th, we attended the funeral of Jesse Lovato, our daughter Madison’s father-in-law. We were all devastated when he contracted COVID, was hospitalized for over a month, and eventually passed away. He was such a good man. We had a rosary and visitation at the Wood funeral home and then went out to the Lewisville cemetery for his burial. It seemed too young (age 49) to lose such a good man.



On the 30th, Kory’s dad came to town to visit. He took us and our kids out to Olive Garden for a nice dinner. On the 31st, Phoebe flew to California to visit her roommate Carlie. Kory and I took the kids who were around to Josh and Kasey’s for some pizza and to visit with his brothers’ families. After that, we dropped Caleb and Morgan off with her Andrus cousins. We had a very mellow New Year’s Eve, toasting in our kitchen and watching the lightshow from London on Youtube.



All in all, 2020 has been very strange! We feel fortunate that our health and jobs were not impacted in the way that some have had to endure. Hopefully things can get back on solid ground by the end of 2021.

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