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Month: May 2023

Christmas Card 2022

12/6/22

Selected pics from our family picture shoot back in October.

Christmas Lights

12/05/22

We went to the hospital Christmas lights for Family Home Evening:

The stairway down is always nicely decorated.

Lizzy and Rachel HAVE TO roll down the hill!

Rachel likes to go super-fast!

Lizzy never tires of it!

The happy couple!

Snowman!

Mother-Daughter pic!

This wall has also been a favorite to walk on.

Another mother-daughter pic!

Back around to the rolling hill again. this time just for a posed pic with mom.

That is always a family fun way to get in the Holiday lights!

Oh Christmas Tree!

11/25/22

We went to a new (to us) u-cut Christmas tree farm:

Jones’ Christmas Trees in Branford.

We searched for the perfect tree.

Nice, but not quite right.

All the trees on the lot were on the short side, but we will make it work.

We decided on this one.

We get to cut it down now:

It’s harder than you would think…

Rachel tried too…

Dad’s got this!

Rachel has no problem caring it!

No problem at all!

It was a bit of a walk to the car. I guess we could have driven closer to the tree we picked!

Time to shake out the bugs and old pine needles:

Because the tree was a little on the short side we put it up on a box:

Sprayed some “Snow” on the branches:

Time to decorate!

Of course we can’t forget candy canes!:

Can’t forget the good luck bird and nest!

Decorations everywhere!

Grandma in heaven’s (mom’s mom) Avon Nativity.

Lizzy’s nativity she got from Sister Hawkins when she was in Primary.

Ornaments from Ms. Ruby (our neighbor who passed away a couple of years ago).

The neighbors get a nice view from the front of the house.

Our front door.

Bunya’s Tree.

On the back door a wreath mom made last year.

Later we even out up a small tree on the back porch!

We are definitely in the Christmas cheer!

Happy Thanksgiving

11/24/22

We went to the annual Turkey Trot run/walk put on by the Tanner Family in the morning and worked up an awesome appetite for the Thanksgiving meal! Lizzy pitched in to help with set up and Rachel helped Dad with the cooking and baking:

We are expecting Franklin and the Tanner Family (Franklin Jr. will arrive later after work).

The food table is ready to be filled!

Yum!!!

All present and ready to eat!

Luna was more than ready!

The Tanners brought over a fun game:

We all had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Riding The Bus

11/21/22

For Family Home Evening we decided to all learn how to ride the city bus:

We went to the bus stop near our home.

We waited. . .

It finally arrived!

We really did have fun on this adventure!

Destination. . .

Krispy Kreme!

Time to head home!

Life skills training can be fun!

Theatre District Showcase

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Post date May 11, 2023
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11/17/22

Lizzy had a singing duet performance for the district showcase:

Great job! The judges like it too!

Congratulations to everyone!

Caving

11/12/22

Mom, Dad, and Lizzy went out to Brother Castillo’s brother’s house and he took us inside some caves on the property.

We kayaked into the caves and then waded though water inside as we explored several caves:

Heading to another cave.

We didn’t run into any alligators this time but there are some on the property!

Yes, we got wet and muddy!

That was so much fun!

Craft Show

11/05/22

Rachel and Mom did a table together this year:

Mom did most, but not all, of the ceramic coasters. Rachel did the last one in the front row and second row on the right side.

Rachel did all the paintings except the ocean one on the top right.

Rachel did all the candles.

We made some pretty good sales and are looking forward to the next one which will be at the Y in December: