Thursday was New Year's Eve, and while Kira was at basketball practice, I was able to take family pictures of a friend's extended family. Super fun! The timing was pretty perfect!
Friday was New Year's, so we had LOTS of black-eyed peas and sausage (lunch and supper, and my kids loved it both times)! Then Scott and I had our weekly date night, and went to Wal-mart (one of the few places still open).
Saturday was super exciting, because my brother and niece were coming in from Idaho! So, we got up early and headed to my parents' house! The kids had a blast with my Idahoan niece, along with their usual cousins! I enjoyed spending time with all of my siblings (it hardly ever happens) plus my Dad did really well too! He hardly coughed, and he was using his communicator (although I did make him a huge chart), so we were able to find out that his photobooth pictures looked the way they did, because his friend was punching him outside. Cecilia had a great family birthday party! She received amazing presents that she LOVES, plus her cake was perfect for her (my Mom is amazing at picking the perfect cake) and she got Arby's for dinner!
Today was church and Cecilia's actual birthday! She managed to find her presents as I was brushing my teeth, so no picture. She got a pair of black boots with bows on them (Old Navy clearance), a chapstick, a bag of birthday cake flavored gumballs, and a birthday bow. I felt bad, because I had no icing and nothing to make icing (oops), so she had cake today without icing, but they were huge slices! We put a strawberry and cherry chip cake mix together, so it was pretty yummy! She picked spaghetti for dinner, which was easy too! Such a sweetheart!
Back to church-today was Josh's first day in Primary! He was sad that he wasn't going to Nursery, and was hoping his Aunt Mandy would come to take him to Nursery (that was last week). It helped that he was able to sit by Poppy, one of his favorite friends from Nursery! They sang and welcomed them to Primary. So cute! Scott and I taught about the Holy Ghost in our class.
Tomorrow we go back to school, and this week Scott will be starting his job! He's pretty excited for the opportunity to work while I'm home! I'm thrilled that he'll get a break from the house and will feel better about providing for our family! It's a two-for-one!
They were rewarded for their hard work, but getting to go to the Library!
Josh loves to vacuum!
Ben sharing about his awesome creatures with his happy-to-be-captive audience!
Samuel loves the cool booster seat my mom bought on Amazon for her house.
Five of the six kids.
My brother and niece
Leah fell out of the top bunk and managed to lose her tooth. It had been loose, but wasn't ready, so it bled a lot! Poor kiddo!
The birthday girl and me
Samuel eating the frosting-less cake.
She made a popsicle with koolaid that she ate with her cake.
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