Week 1, January 1-7

Sunday, January 1st-

Me and Molly before Primary started

Although we were tired this morning, it was so wonderful having church at 9am. Molly didn't love Sunbeams.

Molly and some of her class
(Photo by Megan)

Once we got home and ate, Ryan and I started a puzzle. We normally do a puzzle on New Year's Eve but we didn't yesterday. When Silas got home from the church (before 2pm!) We had a nap with Molly and the kids occupied themselves well.

After a while they started watching Mr. Rogers, another New Year's thing. Dinner prep wasn't as stressful as normal on Sundays since we had time and Silas was already home.

The house is a total disaster but I don't care.

We finished the puzzle and even played a few games together. It was a lovely New Year's Day/Sabbath.

Monday, January 2nd-

Breakfast at IHOP

Last year we started the tradition of eating breakfast at IHOP on New Year's Day. Obviously we couldn't yesterday so we went out this morning. It was good but we decided that we are going to do something different next year. It was a lot of money for not the greatest food. We might do a smaller breakfast or lunch and then go to a movie. Either way it was good to be together as a family and it wasn't the worst eating-out-with-all-the-kids experience.

Silas and I went couch shopping and ended up buying a couch that is basically 2 oversized recliners stuck together. We also got a 6 foot bean bag...that's red. Haha. That was my impulse buy.

From Home Evening
2016 things we were grateful for
and FHE goals for 2017

We were going to just shop around but we really needed something. We thought we would be ok without a couch for a while, but it was really hard to have family movie time during the Holidays because Silas was always uncomfortable. Even though we don't watch TV or movies a ton, it made the times we wanted to watch something a negative experience because everyone wanted to pile on the recliner or pink chair.

Tuesday, January 3rd-

New couch!

Loving the new furniture!

Molly taking pictures during our movie time

• Hurt my foot running this morning, not sure what went wrong.
• Good morning with the kids (I thought it would be hard since we have gotten to bed so late during the break)
• Silas met us so Wal-Mart again to help with grocery shopping
• 
  New couch and bean bag were delivered!!
• Watched the new Pete’s Dragon with the kids and LOVE the new furniture!

Wednesday, January 4th-

• Love that Cleod can sleep in on Wednesdays because of late start, especially after the break!
• Cut Silas’s hair during his lunch break
• Tried to rest foot. It's a little better.

Thursday, January 5th-

• Cleod and Grant stayed home from school with sore throats
• Had book club tonight at Ina’s house. We discussed Esperanza Rising, a great read!

Being lazy during Dad's lunch break
(Photos by Molly...obviously)

Friday, January 6th-

Shopping with Silas (Yes, we bought the toque)

• Got windshield replaced on the van because of some recent cracks that came out of nowhere
• Cleod and Grant stayed home from school again.
• Silas and I went to Ethan Aitken’s wedding reception tonight. He was one of our 11 year old scouts when we were in the Valley View ward.
• After the reception we went to TJMaxx and bought Silas some comfy pants and a toque. Then we got some hot cocoa.

Molly's art

Saturday, January, 7th-

Today we went to two of Kianna’s basketball games and spent a few hours of the evening. We had Jambalaya together and played games. The kids were SUPER excited to finally spend time with each other.

Taejen and Grant

3 different suns created by Cora, Grant and Ryan in Art