January 2022

The pictures will be random and out of order.  Our laptop died so all the blogging will be done from my phone and I’m not used to doing it this way.

I’ve asked our kids to make gifts for our Christmas sibling gift exchange.  I started it for 3 reasons.  Saving money, appreciating how hard it is to make a gift, and to teach the kids to try new skills.  2 of those have worked.  The saving money part is a hit and miss.  Sometimes the supplies cost a lot but it’s always worth it.

This year, Josh made Caleb a Grogu tie.  Caleb made Josh some UVU color luggage tags.  Katie painted Blake a blue treasure chest.  Blake sewed Katie a pen holder that attached to her journal.  Kyle made Tait a “First Christmas” ornament.  Tait sewed Kyle a blue floral tie.  This is the only picture I could find of the gifts.

Christmas Pj’s from Gma and Gpa Carlson.

We are loving this picture of these wing spans.  This week, Jeff went to the HS basketball game to watch Katie perform at halftime.  Kyle saw Jeff and pointed him out to his friends.  Kyle’s friends didn’t believe  Kyle.  They said he must’ve been adopted.

This is a terrible picture of a wonderful, candle lit Christmas dinner.  

Our kids have inherited our enjoyment of gross body stuff.  Here they are using hydrogen peroxide to foam out of their ears while cleaning ear wax.  

Even Tait got in on the action.