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12/13/24

For quite a few years now the Tanners have invited us to join them in their Christmas recital at the Atrium senior living center.

There were quite a few piano performances and other musical performances as well. Our family sang What Child Is This and we participated in group songs: O Come All Ye Faithful, Deck The Halls, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Jingle Bells and Silent Night.

Lizzy and Rachel helped out with the musical instruments and accessories for the audience participation portion of the program as well.

It was a very nice and we enjoyed participating again this year!

12/09/24

First we all went out to dinner to celebrate Dad and Lizzy’s birthdays. Japaneses is always a good choice!

After dinner we went home for gifts and dessert! Gifts for Dad first since his birthday comes first:

Why does Dad have a confused expression on his face?

Lizzy asked Mom how old dad was this year and she said 59, but Lizzy heard 69!

It was a funny card inside and out!

Wow!

He got a nice gift from Lizzy too:

Rachel’s turn:

And a CD from Rachel!

Mom’s turn:

Dad mentioned to mom one day that he needed a new mallet:

Luna thought it was a treat for her:

Mom also gave dad a new pan set:

No one, and no dog, was injured of course.

Lizzy’s turn for her birthday gifts:

Best of Friends Sisters!

Lizzy has a sweet tooth and Rachel supplied her well:

She wasn’t sure what it was a took a strange, yet humorous guess, they shared only with themselves.

More treats:

And some copy cat thin mints that are actually better than the girl scout kind.

One final treat!

Now from Mom and Dad to Lizzy:

A very nice card first. They gave her a bracelet that follows and tracks an actual dolphin.

Yet another water bottle (Lizzy has lost quite a few of these).

And then thee was this…

Happy Birthday Dad and Lizzy!

12/07/24

The Loblolly Ward Christmas Party:

Of course we had to go see Santa!

After the party Lizzy decided to put up her Nativity Scene that sister Grace Hawkins gave her back when she was her sunbeam teacher in Primary:

The cross was a gift from her friend Yara several years ago:

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11/30/24

Time to decorate our tree!

It was mostly a three person job at this point:

As tradition would have it, Dad passed out the bulbs with hooks on them to be put on the tree:

Mom got the candy canes for the tree (another tradition):

Sampling the candy canes:

Mom decorated outside:

Our beautiful Christmas Tree!

11/29/24

We drove an hour to Anthony, Florida back to The Kandy Kane Christmas Tree Farm we have gone to for the past couple of years:

On the lookout for the best tree:

After looking at every tree on the farm we decided on this one:

Dad did the honors of cutting it down:

Rachel carried it to the car:

Later we went to the movies to see “Wicked”:

Mom absolutely loved this movie!

We then went home and sprayed the tree with fake snow (another tradition):

Now that was an awesome family fun day!

11/28/24

We started off the morning with the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot that the Tanner Family puts on each year! We had some new people this year and the first place winner was Ester Loosli:

Dad got 2nd place!

Third and Fourth place:

Mom finished the race and Mom and Dad went back on the trail to find the rest of the pack:

Luna was so happy to see Mom and Dad:

The girls were happy to see us too(?):

We went home and got ready for Thanksgiving dinner! Lizzy and Mom set the tables:

And decorated the room:

Rachel added some mints to the table after helping Dad in the kitchen with the food:

Our guests arrived! We had the Tanner family and the Araque family:

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Time for desserts:

Lizzy took the dessert orders:

Luna was filled up on turkey!

We had an arm wrestling competition:

Rachel won this one:

Lily and her Mom head to head:

The Tanners gave us a gift for hosting Thanksgiving again and later that evening we opened it:

We decided to sample the chocolates:

And we toasted our wonderful Thanksgiving (with sparkling grape juice):

We each made our gratitude toasts:

The we relaxed and watched a family movie, “Leap”:

That was a fun-filled awesome day! Happy Thanksgiving!

11/25/24

Rachel painted a pumpkin for Thanksgiving:

She was still feeling creative and also decorated a gingerbread house!

Very nice Rachel!

11/23/24

Dad taught us how to change the wipers on our car:

It was a little more complicated than we thought. We actually had to read the instruction!:

We each took side and we got it done!

11/16/24

Dad, Mom, Franklin Jr. and Patricia went to the new Tallahassee, Florida open house:

This was mom’s first temple open house:

First time in a temple for Patricia and Franklin Jr.:

It’s a beautiful temple: