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finishing up the year

2 days after Christmas, Justin and I drove up to Ogden to be in the temple with Abby and the rest of my family as she received her endowment. I was feeling better enough to attend and was so happy to get out of the house. Molly drove up while we were in the temple and was able to come to dinner with everyone after the session. I was driving home that night while her and Justin were staying at my parents that night so they could drive up to Rexburg early the next morning.

Christopher, Erin, Dad, Mom, Ben, Bryce, Abby, Erin, Spencer and Grace did baptisms while the rest of us were in the session, Ali, Jeff, Justin, me
Ali, Jeff, Justin, me, Molly

Justin and Molly got up early and drove to Rexburg for Sloane Ellingford's mission farewell. She is still one of Molly's best friends even though they moved up there at the beginning of junior year. Justin served in the bishopric with Justin Ellingford for four months as well and so he was excited to go to the farewell and see an old friend. It was a good day, a lot of driving (they got home around 6 Sunday night) but well worth it.

Molly and Sloane; Sloane will be serving in the Canada Calgary mission
We had dentist appointments with Jeff the week after Christmas and, thankfully, we were all better. Stockton, unfortunately, had to work at his new job at a ski-rental shop and couldn't get off so he had to stay home. We all missed him, especially the boys. We got there first and so the kids got their grandparent gifts. A cute bag for all the girls filled with some fun things like lip gloss and lotion and hair stuff.
When everyone got to grandma and grandpa's house, we did the cousin gift exchange. Molly got a Utah State beanie (some big news to announce from her in a different post); Stockton: a hoodie; Brynn: body butter and shave oil; Ivy: Wicked slippers. So fun to see what everyone gifted and got!
When the gift exchange was done, we piled into cars and drove to town to go bowling. We had four different lanes and played two rounds. We all had a great time and were happy to get together.
me, Erin M., Erin W.
Lucy, Harper, Brynn, Josie, Ivy
Abby, Molly, Ali
Brynn got a score higher that 100! (don't tell, but she had bumpers)
Grant, Gavin, Seth, Ali, Erin W., Grandpa, Chloe, Abby, Molly, Grace, Erin M., Spencer, Ivy, Lucy, Josie, Harper, Brynn, me, Grandma
We brought Stockton's gift from Grandma and Grandpa home for him. He was really sad to miss bowling but was happy for his new gifts: the hoodie from cousins, and a bin for under the back bench in his truck. He uses it to store all his baseball equipment and it has kept his truck really clean and tidy, which is important to him.
 
 
We started our room clean-outs, yay! Brynn and Ivy were so excited! It feels so good to do a deep clean!
Brynn's hoping for a room re-do for her birthday in March
  Puzzle #2 for the break finished!
New Year's Eve!!! We didn't stray from tradition and we had everyone pick out their favorite dinner option. We ended up with: shrimp cocktail, coconut shrimp, taquitos, pretzel bites, tater tots, pasta (garlic-lemon pasta made by Molly for Ivy as a substitute from her normal red spaghetti). Also some queso dip that someone had gifted us for Christmas and Shirley Temples to drink, of course!

Molly had options for going out but she ended up just staying home, which we were totally okay with! Stockton ate dinner with us but then he left to hang out with friends, which we were also okay with! Brynn and Ivy were home with us. We played games and continued our Harry Potter movie marathon, which we had started earlier in the break. We played Skyjo, Code Names, Enchanted Forest, some charades, and a game called Lies that Molly taught the girls that they loved and that I just watched. We were all awake to ring in the New Year at midnight (Justin barely awake, as he chose to relax with a blanket and a pillow on the floor the whole night)!

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