The christmas holiday has come and gone but the pictures and memories linger. I actually love january and february because the months feels like a new beginning and (altough not this year) usually there is a bit more time for reflection and getting things organized. Our christmas holidays this year included emily's 12th birthday: the arrival of Melissa, Evelyn and Adelle; Brynna in the nutcracker as an angel (who ran beautifully all over the stage in elaborately quaffed hair); the arrival of lance (studying for his test); the new wards christmas party (aubrey singing silent night, emily playing the first noel); Aubrey's recital; school continuing until just up until christmas; The "North Pole Bird"; The Barratt christmas sing; Grandma Taylor's Christmas party including the nativity: christmas eve and day; family fun week (bowling, movies, games,skiing, sledding etc.); The arrival of grandma and grandpa nuttall; new-years eve banging pans: snow and snowmen; back to school; sad departure of lance, melissa, evelyn and adelle; speak in church (so glad that's over...wish I had done better). Whew!. By far the best part of the holiday was getting re-acquainted with the grand-children and melissa and lance. I wish we could have more contact. I wish we lived closer
On a sad note, Brynna wrote her talk about her bird that had died last year. After giving the talk she sat on the stand and sobbed because she "missed lilly". (She received a new parakeet from the North Pole for Christmas..but obviously this did not quell her grief). This week we have gone back to attempting to complete the moving process. Our garage is still overflowing with boxes. We still haven't unpacked certain key items...such as the
