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December 2021 - Christmas and Basketball

Tad had his first season of Jr. Jazz Basketball and 8 of his teammates were from our same neighborhood.  He was soo excited that he now has 3 medals from soccer, wrestling, and basketball.  He was also thrilled to get a poster of the "big" Jazz players and a Donavan Mitchell basketball card from his coach.  The league gave the kids colored wristbands so you and another kid on the opposing team knew who to guard because you both had the same band color.  Tad did a great job rebounding and came a long way on dribbling and shooting. 





Video of Tad taking a shot: https://youtu.be/JDAJnaG6G14

We had a wonderful Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny visiting from Indiana.  Alexa got a cat body pillow and the Wimpy Kid book set, Tyler got hamsters and a magic kit, Tad got a dinosaur that walks and roars and breaths out smoke, as well as a Bluey book and a new scooter, Liam also got a new scooter and some magnetic fish and fishing poles, and Nathan got some toy trucks and a floor piano.  Adam and Karen gave us a really fun baby yoda game where you shoot frogs through his mouth.  Our big gift was tickets to take the kids to Disneyland in February.  Alexa found some Dungeons and Dragons Nerds candy for Kyle.  Kyle surprised me with a trip to send Anne and I to Cancun in January!  Hard to top that.  

Tyler ran straight to the tree Christmas morning to find the gifts he got for other people so he could hand them out, rather than looking for gifts going to him.  He and Tad had a lot of fun picking out fabric and sewing pillowcases for Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny.  They made a bird pillowcase for Grandma and a Snoopy pillowcase for Grandpa.  


















We had a fun time at the Pardons decorating Christmas cookies and playing games.  Brax, Dean, and Tyler were Santa look-alikes with shaving cream beards.  We got to throw cotton balls at them to try and get their beards even bigger. 





The kids were in the Church Nativity program as an angel (Alexa), someone throwing a spear at Samuel the Lamanite (Tyler), a shepherd (Tad), and a sheep (Liam).  We also got tickets to a live nativity in Lehi which was really neat.  They had llamas, alpacas, sheep, donkeys, bunnies, and lots of different scenes to re-enact life in Bethlehem when Jesus was born.  



Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny spoiled us by folding lots of laundry, cleaning muddy floors, taking the kids out, and lots more work and play.  Grandma took Alexa to dinner and Forgotten Carols.  Grandpa and Tyler went to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and eat at Wendy's.  Grandma took all the kids shopping one-on-one to pick out an outfit and book, which they thought was amazing.  And she did lots of puzzles with Liam and Tad.  It was wonderful to have them here!



Grandma hosted the Ludlow Christmas party and made a fun family trivia Sudoku game.  Kyle scored in the white elephant gift exchange with a set of viking beanies. 

We had fun sledding and snowboarding with cousins on Christmas Eve.   The guys stayed home and worked on the outbuilding.  They broke through the foundation and brought the water line in, as well as demo'd the stairs.  



We also had fun with cousins at Kidstopia, a big indoor playground.


We got a new TV and Tyler begged us to keep the foam so he could make cool stuff out of it.  I gave him and hour to play with it ;).  


While moving some storage from the outbuilding to our attic, I misstepped and broke right through the ceiling.  One leg went straight through and I caught myself / was suspended by my other ankle and two hands.  Kyle heard me crash and came running to pull me out.  It hurt so badly!  I went in for x-rays later that day because I thought I fractured my thumb and left tibia right, but the x-rays were clear.  Weeks later it still hurts to put on socks where I caught my leg.  


Funny Stories:

On December 8 Liam asked: Is today Wednesday or Christmas?
My response: Uhhh....Wednesday

Me: Tyler, baby stole your blanket and pulled it into his crib.
Tyler: That cheeky baby!

Me: Alexa, you need to dry your hair. It's really cold outside. 
Alexa: Ugh. I hate drying my hair. It's such a waste of time. I could be doing other things with my time instead. (said with the attitude of the Queen she is ;)





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