25 Dec 2023, Monday

  25 Dec 2023, Monday

Prioritized Daily Task 

Christmas Day at the Cabin and home in Lehi

Luke Olin Lively's 13th Birthday

Cabin in Heber with Matthew, Melodie, Madeline, Bella, Ava, Vickie

Earlton B. Youngblood called and wished us a happy birthday

Open Christmas gifts

          Make gingerbread houses

I was up at 7 a.m., had my personal prayer, Debbie had got up earlier.  When I heard the girls I got up.  We spent the morning opening presents and eating.  Earlton Youngblood called and wished us a Merry Christmas.  I called and talked to Michael, Beth, and Rae Lynn.  Michael was home with his family as was Rae Lynn.  Beth had brought Tucker, Maggie, and Andrew up to Fresno and Clovis where their father, JC, had picked them up for the Christmas holidays.  Beth had spent time with her mother and Reg and with Rae Lynn and her family.  Debbie and I sent soft Minky Blankets to all the grandchildren.  Alex, Gavin, Blake, and Gracey had received theirs.  Madeleine, Bella, and Ava opened theirs from under the Christmas tree.  Rae Lynn's boys, Ethan, Luke, Owen, Brody, and Westin's blankets should arrive tomorrow.  We put numbers on the wrapped blankets and the children in each family would draw numbers.  The numbers they drew were matched against the packages.  If they wanted to exchange with a brother or sister, they could.  But if they fussed or argued then, their parents would get the Minky Blanket.  The children played; we watched a history movie on TV.  Later Debbie helped the girls make gingerbread houses and special desserts.  We had ham, potatoes, green beans, salad, and yeast rolls.  Debbie and I brought pecan, apple, chocolate, and punkin' pies.  We brought Guanabana ice cream and  Chicha Morada, a purple corn drink, that is popular in Peru.  In the evening Debbie and I packed the SUV, took the trash to the dumpsters in Timber Lakes, and drove back home in Lehi.  We unpacked, had prayer, and to bed at about 11 p.m.  (when we got home I slipped a Christmas present, two tickets to Hale Theather in Sandy to see the performance of Fiddler on the Roof, January 26th. under her pillow on our bed.)

                                         Opening Christmas presents at the cabin in Timber Lakes

                                      Madeline and Bella holding Ava dressed in a shark suit

                                         Grandma Debbie helping the girls make a fun star desert

                                                                       Isabella
                                                                                 

                                                         Making gingerbread houses