Can I eat this candy? I was afraid of this. We were doing fairly well with writing every week, but I thought as soon as we decreased our frequency, it would just fall apart. It’s been two months since we’ve posted anything to the site. Two months! This is about the time when I start feeling like catching up is too overwhelming, so why not just quite all together? Alright, alright, I know that’s not the best attitude to have. Besides, the purpose of this blog is to create a journal for my family. If other people get some sort of enjoyment from it or learn something from it than that’s a nice bonus.
We had a quiet, simple Christmas. We really enjoyed that Tim was able to have work off for two weeks and spend so much time at home with Kaylee and me. That is definitely an advantage to working in the public school system.
I don’t always feel like Tim and I have very many holiday traditions, so as Christmas Eve approached I asked him what we should do. We had a nice dinner and read a pamphlet called “The Real Story of Christmas”. At first I was worried about the length of the reading and was sure either Tim or I would revolt before we finished, but we both really enjoyed it. We learned again about the birth of our Savior, but also learned some new things about the circumstances surrounding his birth. I was glad that we took time away from the internet, television shows, or whatever else would have grabbed our attention to read, discuss, and ponder upon our Savior.
We spent Christmas morning just the three of us. It was fun to see Kaylee show a little more interest in presents than she did on her birthday. After opening presents we were able to chat with our parents. We do miss being close to them. For Christmas dinner we went over to the Reeds home for dinner. We each contributed things to the meal and it was fun to be able to celebrate with a few more people.
We had a quiet, simple Christmas. We really enjoyed that Tim was able to have work off for two weeks and spend so much time at home with Kaylee and me. That is definitely an advantage to working in the public school system.
I don’t always feel like Tim and I have very many holiday traditions, so as Christmas Eve approached I asked him what we should do. We had a nice dinner and read a pamphlet called “The Real Story of Christmas”. At first I was worried about the length of the reading and was sure either Tim or I would revolt before we finished, but we both really enjoyed it. We learned again about the birth of our Savior, but also learned some new things about the circumstances surrounding his birth. I was glad that we took time away from the internet, television shows, or whatever else would have grabbed our attention to read, discuss, and ponder upon our Savior.
We spent Christmas morning just the three of us. It was fun to see Kaylee show a little more interest in presents than she did on her birthday. After opening presents we were able to chat with our parents. We do miss being close to them. For Christmas dinner we went over to the Reeds home for dinner. We each contributed things to the meal and it was fun to be able to celebrate with a few more people.
Lovin' the Olive Garden Breadsticks The day following Christmas we flew to Anchorage to spend a few days. The night before we were supposed to return home we ended up changing our tickets to give ourselves a full week in Anchorage. We just hadn’t had enough yet. We still had quite a bit of shopping to do. We do most of our shopping for groceries and household items in Anchorage. This means that we usually have two huge shopping trips a year. This particular time we filled up 6 totes to nearly 70 pounds with nonperishable items and mailed them through the post office to ourselves. We also filled up 4 totes to 50 pounds each full of perishable items and took them with us on the plane. Dillingham has stores and you can get all of the essentials here, but things are much cheaper in Anchorage, even with the added cost of shipping, and there is much more variety and option. Because of this, Tim and I have continued our shopping in Anchorage tradition that we began when we lived in Togiak. Although, we’ve discovered that doing 6 months worth of shopping at once is much more difficult when you have a 1-year-old in tow. We had to spread it out across 4 days. Normally we finish our shopping in 2 days.
We got a bit of snow while we were in Anchorage We were happy for the opportunity to go to Anchorage. We were able to attend the LDS temple, an experience I appreciate much more since living so far away from one. We enjoyed being able to shop, eat at restaurants, and take advantage of some of the things offered in a city. We were even able to see some of my past teammates from USA All-star Jump Rope Team. They were performing with Cirque Dreams. We really enjoyed their performance and Kaylee was really well behaved for being kept up so late past her bedtime.
We returned to Dillingham to a couple new feet of snow. It was fun to see our car buried, but I’m sure Tim didn’t find it so fun to unbury it.
We returned to Dillingham to a couple new feet of snow. It was fun to see our car buried, but I’m sure Tim didn’t find it so fun to unbury it.
