Family Skating

We spent the morning ice skating as a family. I don't think that's ever happened before. Sara hasn't ice skated since our honeymoon, and Micah has never ice skated before today. We all had fun! We'll have to do that more often. I'm pretty sure the rink is open all year long.

It's been lovely weather in Flagstaff lately. It's been sunny in the mid to upper 50's every day. I love sunshine in the winter. I don't remember seeing much of it back in Minnesota. It's amazing how the sun, or lack of sun, effects my family's mental health. We had a good mentally healthy day.

Christmas

We had a good Christmas in Flagstaff. I had to lead two Christmas Eve services and one Christmas Day service. All were we'll attended. Of course the kids were up late on the Eve and up early Christmas Day, so all three of them fell asleep with Sara during the Christmas Day service. Here is a picture with them after the service.

We spent the rest of the day with the Meldrum family (Senior Pastor). We took yesterday off and I'm back to work today.

I'm always excited for the new year and the mysteries that it holds. Bring it on!

Elf Yourself

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998 Pieces

It took all month to finish this 1000 piece puzzle. The satisfaction of completion was taken away when we discovered that we're missing two pieces. I can only assume Ike has consumed them by now.

Christmas and Snow Fun

Quick Recap of Recent Activities:

Kids playing in snow, sledding, building a snowman with neighbor kids

(Micah crying in photo below because he had to pee a few minutes

after arriving at the sledding hill, walked him into the forest and took care of business)

Making Christmas ornaments for grandparents

Putting together a snowy scene puzzle 

Christmas programs at church and the preschool

Our new puppy, Ike, enjoying running and biting at the kids :)

Kid Crate

Finally getting our kids under control.

Peter Piper Pizza

Sara's hosting a Christmas party at our house tonight for the ladies from her work so I'm at Peter Piper Pizza with the kids. It's sort of like Chuck E Cheeses, but not quite as obnoxious. Still have a couple more hours to kill. Maybe we'll go to the library.

Yes, this is sort of a meaningless post. Just taking advantage of the blogger app for my iphone. Didn't know it existed til a couple weeks ago. That means I'll probably post more, but they may be a bit more random subject-wise like this one;-)

Merry Christmas to us from Grandma Dee Dee

His name is Ike

Winter Bugs

Sara's mom Dee Dee and Aunt Shelly came for a visit starting yesterday. The unfortunate part is that half of us are not feeling well. I've had a bad cold since last weekend that's progressively getting worse, Aubri was throwing up this morning, and Shelly has a headache and stomach issues too. Not exactly the ideal situation when you have guests over. Hopefully we'll all wake up tomorrow feeling great so we can enjoy our time together a bit more.

Dog Drama

Here's a poem Gavin wrote about Lizzy a couple weeks ago. He typed it up and stuck it to our bedroom wall.

Sara's been online looking for dogs lately. Personally, I wouldn't mind taking a break from dogs. Especially thinking of what it takes to train and raise a puppy, but I may have to give in to the desires of the rest of my family. We'll see...

Camo Cowboy

This is what happens when I tell Micah to pick his own outfit. ;-)

Aubri's Christmas List

Translation: I would like a dog for us, and may I have a baby doll and a baby sister; (sorry I did a space) and at Target I really wanted a skirt and a pack of candy please. Bye, bye! Love, Aubriella Fitzsimmons. P.S. Just to let you know, I wrote it myself.