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December 2022

 

December 2022

On December 2 Isaac graduated from his Radiation Technician program, which qualifies him to work at nuclear sites such as the INL. The INL didn’t have openings, so he’s going to be living and working in Los Alamos, NM starting in January. We will miss him, but we’re also excited for this new adventure for him.






On December 8 was the ward party, and Kory and I oversaw the music. We had the Primary kids sing three songs and then led the ward in a sing along. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. On December 11, the Primary kids sang in sacrament meeting. As I mentioned awhile back, Kory is the Primary chorister and I’m the pianist and we have a blast doing it.

On December 10 we went to lunch at Stockman’s with all the teachers and staff at the Skyline Seminary. It was a delicious meal, and we had a good time visiting.

On December 13th, I had my 9th round of chemo.

On December 18, we gathered at Jared and Karna’s for some food and visiting with Grandpa Kunz and Karen. They were up from St. George for a day to see all the Idaho kids. We had fun talking, eating, and watching football. Unfortunately, I started feeling sick about 30 or 40 minutes into it and had to leave, but everyone stayed and had a fun time. I never really know when my chemo side effects are going to hit, but when they do I need to be near a bed and a toilet.

On December 21, Kory and I did a fireside for a young adult stake in Rexburg.

On the 24th, Kory and I joined my Gee Family relations for a Christmas Eve gathering. First, we picked up Mom and Dad and then we joined the caroling caravan around Sugar City. This has always been one of my favorite Christmas memories. After that, we went to Kristi’s and had dinner and then played a fun White Elephant game and then watched the Nativity.

On Christmas Day, Kory and I went to church and sang in the choir for the program. I always like it when Christmas falls on Sunday. When we got home, the younger kids had arrived from their mom’s, so we opened Santa gifts. A little while later the older kids came, and we did gifts from the gift exchange and then made Christmas dinner. After dinner, the kids had fun with the Nintendo switch for a few hours and others worked on a puzzle Kory got for Christmas. Overall, a fun and chill Christmas day.





Chloe had her written driver’s test on December 17, which she passed with flying colors. She did her driving test on December 26 and now our last kid if done with Driver’s Ed! What a relief. On the 26th, we dropped Christmas gifts off to Austin’s family, since they had all gotten sick and we couldn’t see them earlier.

On December 27, I did my 10th chemo round. I have started having flu-like symptoms on my first day of chemo, so I just pile on the blankets for a few hours while I have intense chills and aches. Then I get major hot flashes for a few hours where I can’t stand to have any blankets on me. Then I just sleep and have night sweats all night. It’s not fun, but it usually only lasts for 10-12 hours. This time my other side effects seemed to last longer.

On New Years Eve the kids gathered at our house and we had some fun ringing in the new year. We watched a Disney movie with the little kids while the older kids played Nintendo. Then the younger kids did some Nintendo games. Then we did a pinata that Austin brought. After that we busted out the karaoke and everyone sang a song or two. It was great fun. We toasted in the new year around 11:00 because of little kids, and then people headed home around 11:30. It was a fun night.  






 

 

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