January 2018

A very sad thing happened. Our laptop completely bit the dust and in fixing it, I lost my photo files :(  I still had most of them on Google photos up until the beginning of October 2018, and then had them on my phone from April 2019 on, but five months were lost and I only have what I had posted on Facebook. Luckily, I still have quite a few from that! But that is why this year's blog book will be lacking in certain months.

On the 1st we were at the Braegger family New Year's eve party and rang in the new year!

January 15th we celebrated equality on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We had low-carb biscuits and gravy for breakfast,  chicken and waffle sliders with fried okra for lunch while watching the help, fingerprint peace dove craft for Christian (who told me the night before that he was looking forward to crafting the most),  Southern fried pork chops and collard greens with bacon for dinner and then banana putting for dessert.

On the 27th I went out with a bunch of ladies from the neighborhood (organized by Ashley Van Camp) to  dinner in Salt Lake and then to the musical, Bright Star.

(Front row from left to right: Lisa Lyon, Janae Jackman, Chamie Morgan, Alanna Seely, Amy Hudson, Ashlee Dorius. Back row: Summer Larson, Annie Ostler, Jenny Larsen, Ashley Van Kamp, Candace Jones, Laura Nelson, Amy Warnick, Merijo Holley & me)

 It was so fun to hang out after the show waiting for the star to come out and fangirling over her! 

In Remembrance of Larry James Braegger

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Elf 2017

We were gone a bunch of days in December this year, but Hermie still made his visit!

December 1st he made lunch like Buddy did in the movie "Elf."

On the 2nd he didn't move. Super rude!

On the 3rd the silly guy was using the nutcracker on some peanut M&M's.

December 4th Christian found him in the laundry room.

On the 5th he had made a shaving cream snowman in the master bathroom.

He was on top of the piano having fun in a ball pit of gumballs on the 6th.

December 7th he was on top of our medicine chest with a special prescription:

Inside the "pills" were animal shaped sponges!

On the 8th he found there had been a  war with Yoda, and enough Silly String left for Christian to attack the family (especially me!).

On the 9th he was on Bud's dresser with a gift of a game.

On the 10th he was in the family room Christmas tree with a globe stress ball and a note about not being able to make the trip with us.

On the 24th Hermie was found in the entertainment center up in the loft with some science gifts. When Christian took the gifts, Hermie fell over!

The note he left on Christmas day told us not to worry and there was even a final gift of some sun catchers to paint.

Cruise 2017!

I'm making a separate photo book of our trip, so this will be more a collection of pictures than a story. It was the trip of a lifetime!!!

December 10th

11th

San Juan, Puerto Rico

12th

On the ship

13th St. Thomas

14th St. Kitts

15th St. Johns, Antigua

16th at sea

we got to see a real life rescue!

17th Curacao

18th Aruba

 19th Aruba again

20th Bonaire

My dad texted us this darling picture of how our baby was doing while we were gone!

21st at sea

All the way out in the Caribbean and the milk they give us is from our favorite cheese factory in Logan, Utah!!

22nd Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

23rd San Juan

And arrived home around 11 pm. Here are our souvenirs: