Tik Tok & A Merry Christmas 🎄

 Hey y’all- wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas 🎄 

*Note to sell >remember to put age of kids on Christmas cards. *

Saturday night I challenge the family to make a Christmas TikTok video (will post first and then the final cut) when we were outside enjoying the fire 🔥 and Kalaya’s Hot Cocoa Cup  🍫 

Reed got it toasty for us, so nice. 

I was so excited to build this little fireplace area years ago, i pushed to get it bigger and I am grateful for it. 

Levi was off somewhere with his friends and Bayden isn’t a big fan of dancing 🕺- so there are a few of us. 

I am grateful for the years pushing forward and the amount of growth that this family is doing, myself & our Marriage included. 

Levi (16) Kalaya (15) Aurora (12) Bayden (10) & Sariya (7) So proud of them and the love 💗 they have for each other. 

Almost Merry Christmas 🎄 to you all ! 

Salt River Cleanup

Bayden and Aurora’s Prenda group joined some other groups this last week to do some service. 

They went to the Salt River and pick up some trash. 

So grateful for their teacher Mrs. Fawcett for arranging and driving them :) 

Prenda Friends & Presentation

These cute kids are loving Prenda ! Sariya did a presentation, which is posted at the end. She was so nervous, but I am so grateful for Ms. Anna and all of her encouragement! Go Sariya go ! 

Aurora and Bayden have a smaller Prenda group , we are grateful for Ms Richelle she is so patient with the crazy 😜 

Sabrina Bailey from our ward joined in the same class too- at the beginning of the year and we are grateful for the friendships they created . She and Aurora were getting silly with another classmate Ava. 

Ava is a fun friend, but sadly her last week > here yhe are goofing around and having fun with her 

 

Rudolph Play & Riparian

 Sariya and I did a special field trip with her Prenda Class this last weeek by going to Downtown Phoenix 

To see rudolf at a Childsplay production, it was wonderful > so cute ! The pictures got mixed up , but the day before we went to Riparian as a family, and invited reeds parents. 

Nana and Papa came and brought some cookies 🍪 yum.  We got a couple pair of specs to really make the lights stand out in different animal shapes . It was a great time and might b an annual event. Especially since the price is so reasonable! 

Dirk Bike and Tramp Time

 Sometimes I try to capture more moments if the kids in their element’s . Some kids love it (thank you youngers ), some don’t at all and always make it awkward (Levi) 

Well I try to proceed anyway . 

Here is Levi trying to jump start or whatever they call it for bikes is > Donivan’s bike > or Aka Murder Do’s dirt bike going . All in preparation for sand dunes .  They got it started of course after I stopped rolling, it was pretty impressive > they got it going quick 

Here is helpful Aurora , playing trampoline games with her siblings. I love it when they are mindful and know when to go outside 

Christmas Carol & Ward Party

 Annual Christmas Carol at Hale Theatre, Ward Christmas party and Sariya sharing the 13th article of faith. 

Sweet Kalaya was in the throes of Final Projects so she had to miss. But we hit up Hale theatre Gilbert downtown. It is wonderful being reminded of the purpose if Christmas.  We saw that the light tower was lite and the giving machines were all set out. We went to LO Lo’s for some chicken and waffles afterwards. 

The Ward Christmas party was great. I was lucky to see the girls sign a Christmas song at the first and then the primary did some chimes. It was delightful. 

Reed was a busy guy that night and missed out. 

The next morning 4 kids and I attended church, we are grateful for our ward- it’s such a wonderful place to feel the peace. Sariya did a great job doing the 13th AOF - yay Sariya 

Prenda School friends

 Sariya and I got a Christmas 🎄 tree from Home Depot, look 👀 at it sitting on my Jeep.  I am loving

This ‘Jeep Thing’ life!  I drive that or the Bigfoot ram van, or the little blue Chevy spark around. What choices I have 

The first is a picture of an owl 🦉 on our roof - I don’t know why but these things in real life scare me 😆

The second is Sariya’s friends from Prenda school came over and loved our backyard.  The sharp family boys Andrew, Evan & girls Claire, Becca came over & friend Katie. 

Also / there are some random videos that the girls leave me. If they upload- they are so funny & my favorite  :)