This Week at Our House # 51

1. John ordered all the Christmas presents except for the 3 youngest. I took care of those.
2. We went to my parents on Friday. They had a bunch of presents wrapped beautifully and waiting for our kids. They also got a trampoline for the kids. They will love that and use everyday. Earlier in the year they asked me when they would get a new trampoline and I said not until after we move, so probably for Christmas. Then John did not find employment in time, so I thought they would not get that. 
3. Ruth is calling tomorrow!!!! We will have to have skype up on our computer. I haven't used it for years, so I thought had to re-establish my account.
4. My mom got Kate an ice cream maker and she is looking forward to making some ice cream. I think the rest of us are looking forward to that too.
5. Johnny and Kate were gung ho with missionary work this week. Since we live 40 miles away from the majority of our ward, there haven't been any missionaries in this neighborhood. So for several days, Johnny made cookies and brought cookies and Books of Mormon to the neighbors. They even went in to someone's home and had a religious conversation. 
6. Adam got a basketball and we have a good basketball hoop. He and I have already used it. We look forward to using it together.
7. Rachel spends most of her days building legos. I think she will be sad when school starts back again and she does not have the time that she has now.
8. Anya stayed with Rachel building legos most of her time. I really didn't feel like I has seen them much this past week because they were shut up in their room so much.
9. Joseph couldn't sleep much of the week. After one night of him waking me up four times between midnight and 3:30am, I decided that after that he would have to do school work and scripture memorization if he was up past midnight. He stayed in his room and went to sleep both nights after that.
10. Joshua was very excited when I brought him in to wrap the presents he made. I think he thought, I would not do so. He did a very good job at making his presents. They are actually pretty nice.
11. Arwen loves Rachel. One day this week, we saw her crying and she said it was because Rachel would not play with her. Another time, we were outside playing and someone came and told her that Rachel wanted her, so she dropped what she was doing and excitedly said, "Rachel wants me!"
12. We went to the ward Christmas party, and Susan went to see Santa. When he asked her what she wanted for Christmas, she said, "I want Christmas."
13. Something is bothering Sam. He was quite fussy and clingy most of the week. Sometimes when I held him, he would just scream and not be comforted. Hopefully, it is just his teeth.

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