100 Days smarter

Andi dressed as a little old lady and wore her robe to school and we put her hair in a bun.  Then she got this crown that says 100 days smarter since it is the 100th day of school. 

 Andi is in art class right now and they were listening to the nutcracker and got to create artwork.   She painted the background and made the tree and then she got to pick a character from the musical and color her.  She choose Clara. 

Morning Routine

After getting ready for school, which if you know Andi can take her forever to get ready.   But our goal is to have her ready by 7:30 so we can read together every morning and she can work on her math homework which is 2 pages a day.  

She has turned into quite the little reader.  She is now on Level K: Which is beginning second grade level.   I love reading with her every morning and hearing what a great reader she is.   

Vaccinations

 

Jeremy and I went and got our first Vaccination for the Covid-19 virus.  We will get our 2nd dose in February.  My arms is super sore, but so far that is the only side effect. 

Sunrises

I love these sunrises.  It helps me realize how much God loves us to share these beautiful sunrises with us.  
 

Art Week

 For Art week at my school, I created QR codes for projects the students have created on the computer.  They created winter videos on Adobe Spark  by 4th graders and they 6th graders created a Scratch Coding Project with a snowman going on an adventure and the 5th graders did a winter scene on google drawing. I printed the winter scenes and hung them around the snowman.   I got the idea from the book Snowman At Night.  And I printed some of the winter scene

I think it is a cute way to share their computer projects. 

Devin's Birthday

We got him breakfast in bed:  His favorite, Cereal, chocolate milk and a banana.

He decided that he wanted to wear the crown that Andi got for her birthday to school all day.  I think he liked all the attention.

He wanted Oreo Desert for his birthday cake

Since Covid, we now put the candle on the piece that he will eat to blow out the candle.  Since we don't want to spread germs to other people.   He had a birthday party with some friends the next day. 
 

Set apart

 Olivia gave her farewell talk in in our ward this Sunday.    She did an amazing job.   After church she was set apart as a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a Missionary, Representative and Ambassador for Jesus Christ.   She will start her Online MTC on January 20th in Las Vegas at her Grandparents' house. 

Missionary Cheesecake

 My friend Sara Pitcher texted me and asked if she could bring out family a cheesecake.  There was a sister in our ward, Trudy Gedge, who recently passed away from Covid.   Sara said that with each of her boys that has gone a mission that Sister Gedge would bring her family a cheesecake to celebrate.  So in honor of Sister Gedge, Sara wanted to bring our family a cheesecake before Olivia left for Vegas for her MTC experience.  

I will see if I can pass along this tradition to the next family that sends out a child to the mission field. 

Good bye Grandma and Grandpa

Mom and Dad's flight left early on Saturday, so We got our pictures the day before.  I sure do love when they come and spend time with us.  We have so much fun playing games, talking, and doing projects together.  I am always sad when they leave.   

Happy 17th Birthday

Garrett is now 17. Dad and I blew up balloons and decorated the door before Garrett go home to surprise him.   He wanted Grilled chicken sandwiches for dinner and mudslide pie for dessert.  Then afterward we played Telestrations.  Since Grandma and Grandpa Doolittle were in town, Devin and Garrett got to both open their presents. 

Garrett got some escape games, a monitor for his computer, and a VR reality coupon to go to Fat Cats with Jenn. 

 

Devin got a snow cone machine and syrups (That he called serums), and a foosball table that he can play downstairs with his brother, sister, or friends.  He also got a VR coupon from Jenn to go to Fat Cats. 

Sun Rises in Utah

 Winter in Utah is cold and dreary.  However, we get Beautiful and amazing sunrises in the winter.    I love watching all of these sunrises every morning. 

Andi getting special attention

Andi got legos for her birthday, Grandpa and Aunt Jenn helped her put the ferris wheel together.

Andi made a list of things she wanted to do with Livvy before she left.  She wanted to do her hair, paint nails, bake cookies, go shopping, do puzzles and do an art project.   She wrote the list down and gave to Olivia. 

 

Going to the Temple

 On January, 9.  Olivia went through the temple at the Timpanogas temple before she goes to the MTC. 

Here are the people she had go to the temple with her. 

Vickie and Earl drove up from Vegas.   Violet and Rob flew in from WV and the other guests she had come were: Aimee and Bishop Allan Shaw, Kiara and Tyler Mortensen, Stacey Henry, Deanie and Bruce Vest, Kurt and Stephanie Brunner and of course Jeremy and I were there.  She was allowed to have 16 guests.  

7th Birthday Party with Grandparents

 Andi got a 2nd party with her grandparents and Aunt Jennifer.  She wanted calizones for dinner and she helped grandpa roll out the dough and spread the sauce.  

She opened presents and got some fun gifts: Bath balms, an apron and chef hat,  unicorn paint set, more stuffed unicorns, nail polish.  She was so excited about everything.  

Then once again I made a 6 layer rainbow cake.  She loves these cakes.  She wanted a rainbow cake with pink frosting and sprinkles. 

She also wanted breakfast in bed on her birthday so we brought her favorite breakfast foods, eggs, ham, yogurt, bananas, and chocolate milk.   She is one loved 7 year old.   

Butterfly Museum with the Doolittles

I took Friday off to spend the days with my parents who flew in to be there to be supportive of Olivia when she goes through the temple.  They just happened to arrive on Andi's birthday.  So for Andi's date night we took her to the Butterfly museum.  We  went around 10 in the morning and it wasn't too busy.  The butterflies were really active.  One landed on mom and one landed on Andi.   It was a fun day.