Sunday night the boys and I had gone to the church to go carolling with the youth. When we got home, Dave told me that Paige had answered the phone earlier that evening. If you know Paige, you know she is not likely to answer the phone unless she is 100% sure who is on the other end. Well, Dave was busy with something and yelled for her to answer it, then he yelled AT her. And she answered it! She said, " Hello" and briefly answered two or three questions to let the caller know I was not home! I am pretty sure the caller(Laura) did not realize who had answered, probably thought it was Brett. It may not seem like much, but for her it is huge. I am really proud of her.
It has been a busy month. Our Christmas activities started with Ty and Paige's Christmas concert. It is always fun to see just how much 6th graders have learned in 4 short months. Bryce marched in 2 Christmas parades and was very relieved to be finished with marching band until next fall. We enjoyed Christmas parties at school, at church and with friends.
We enjoyed a quiet Christmas at home, as usual, except....we had visitors! My mom was here for 10 days and it was so much fun to have her. The kids thought it was a great excuse to treat the holidays like a real vacation and thought we should eat out alot and do something fun continually. I think they were disappointed on that point! But, we did enjoy Grandma and were glad to have Chad, Leia and Kalani for dinner the day after Christmas.
Everyone was happy and surprised with their Christmas gifts, especially Bryce who got a cell phone! As usual, we got plenty of new games and spent lots of time playing them.
After Grandma left we spent a day with Brett's friends exploring a fun Star Wars exhibit. We spent New Years eve doing our usual...fireworks in the drive way and lots of games.
