It's a new year! I'm excited for the fresh start. I've set a few goals and now just need to follow through on them.

We had a wonderful Christmas. Drew took a few weeks off and we enjoyed every minute of it. I'm so glad we have so much fun as a family. I love them all so much. Tomorrow our vacation ends but I think we are all a little excited for what's in store.

Now I'm off to work on one of my goals. Good night!

Isaac's polite way of asking if I'm ignoring him. Sadly I really didn't hear him.

Isaac: "Mom, are you taking a break from hearing me?"

Sorry I started slacking a little. Here are a few post to make up for it.

"Don't eat Pete."

Last night we celebrated Drew's last day of work for the year. He's on vacation until January 4th! I'm so excited. So we played "Don't eat Pete." It's a fun, simple game where you get to eat a lot of candy. The kids love it.

Stella skiing!!

How can this get any cuter? I love that my kids are learning how to ski this year.

Away in a Manger

I hope you enjoy...

Tonight for our activity we learned a new song. Isaac was so sweet and really wanted to learn.

Reading together

I love that Isaac can read. Tonight he read a few books as we cuddled up on my bed. He's getting so big.

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Breakfast for Dinner

Tonight we enjoyed a yummy Breakfast for Dinner. Thanks to Dad's amazing skills in the kitchen we had a perfect meal. Waffles, sausage, strawberries, cream, orange juice, egg nog and cranberry juice. I love Breakfast at night.

I also just found this great Christmas sight. Check it out!

Canned goods

This is going to be quick. I need to get to bed.

Tonight we gathered some canned goods from our pantry and set them aside to donate. We would have taken them somewhere tonight but we decided to enjoy the snow falling from the indoors. It was beautiful. Have a good night.

Miracles

Tonight we read a few of the many miracles Jesus performed. It was great to see the kids faces light up as we read about the 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread feeding 5000 people listening to Jesus on a grassy hill side. They wanted to know what Jesus was talking about.

We read of Jesus calming the Sea.

We read of Jesus healing the sick.

Then we called Grandma Gail and asked her what her favorite miracle was. Her favorite is Jesus healing the Lepers.

We also called Granny Heard and her favorite story is of Jesus healing the Woman by her touching his garments.

I love teaching my children about the amazing works of the Lord. I love how they have faith that Jesus can do anything. It truly helps me to know that He can. I'm so thankful for my Savior and the gift He gave me to be with my family forever. I'm so thankful for this blessing. I love this time of year and the opportunity it gives us to share our testimonies with those we love.

Snowflakes

Today was an unusually warm day in New York. Always appreciated but it didn't quite go with our Christmas Activity of making snowflakes. That's okay because we all enjoyed it. I'm so glad I decided to do the activity with my kids. I almost backed out at the last minute. Thursday's are crazy busy in a good way for me. Joaquin has speech therapy, Stella has story time at the library, Isaac has an after school club and I go into the City for school. On top of all that Joaquin had a long doctor's appointment and subsequently a long wait to fill a few prescriptions. And I'm a little stressed about part 1 of a final tonight. So after picking Isaac up he went home and started His homework while I started dinner. I thought about skipping the activity all together and then remembered a talk at Stake Conference. It reminded me to enjoy my children now and to put them at the top of my priority list. I immediatly knew I needed to take the extra few minutes to laugh with them and feel the love and joy of the season. So we made paper snowflakes. The kids loved it. They all made their snowflakes and folded each triangle carefully. Joaquin was so proud of himself. He was a big kid just like his big brother and sister. We had a great time together. When the babysitter arrived they proudly showed her their handy work. What a blessing it is to be a Mom. That time tonight was priceless for me. I'm now on the train into the City for class and instead of stressing over my final I'm smiling and remembering my blessings.

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