Final Days of Break

We made it to the Giving Machine on the very last day! It's always such a cool experience!

Cousins!

Afterwards we had lunch at The Cheesecake Factory.

This drink was amazing! And so was our conversation - we covered topics ranging from was the landing on the moon real to modern sightings of Cain.

Love time with my Xander!

Xander's final outing with his buddies!

One of my favorite pictures of my Savannah!

All too soon it was time to say goodbye to my kids. I treasure these times that we get to spend together.

Goodbye, 2025!

New Year's Eve was all about Stranger Things! We dressed up as some of our favorite characters and made some themed food!

The cigs, ha ha!

We went upstairs to make a video, do some boomerangs, and pose for some photos. Ted and Karen;

Eleven and Will;

Will and his mom, Joyce;

Heidi really nailed Joyce!

Murray;

Eleven and Max.

I thought everyone did such a great job dressing up!

We took the official New Year's Eve photo a little early this year. Xander was not all caught up with Stranger Things so he was heading home before the big finale.

We are ready!!

The finale was just about two hours and it was satisfying! The last season definitely was not my favorite but it was so fun to finish the series all together!

Christmas Break

So fun having our kids home for Christmas. We took Xander shopping and to lunch at Skyline.

Storing up all the Xander hugs I can get!

They barely made it out!

The day after Christmas we saw Scrooge at La Comedia. We usually love this place but we chose to see the matinee which turned out to be an utter disaster! It took forever for the show to actually start; we were literally sitting there for 3 hours before the curtain went up. The food was fine and the show was okay but I think we were all so irritated that we spent the majority of our day at the theater that it soured the whole experience for us.

The group that made it to the end, ha ha! The guys had a tee time and left at intermission and Mom and Bryan practically ran to their car afterwards so we didn't even get to say goodbye to them. We were all smiles to be out of the theater at this point!

They guys enjoying some golf and the fact that they hadn't had to sit through another second of the play.

Girls night to Barnes and Noble!

Anaconda with Paul Rudd and Jack Black was hilarious!

Lots of Cleo cuddles! Xander sure does love his dog!

Old Scratch pizza is super yummy!

What are the chances?!?!? Michelle had texted me several days before to let me know she would be at the temple in Columbus for a sealing and wondered if there was any way we could meet up. The sealing was around the same time that we had scheduled family baptisms! Tender mercies from the Lord, I tell ya!

It is always such a wonderful time being in the temple together.