December 2025
I got behind on December because my computer doesn't want to work with the platform I have the blog on. It's an annoying problem EVERY single month, but changing would require work I'm not ready for. Gwen and Emily had been requesting we do an elf on the shelf non stop for years. This year they doubled down and I was adamant about not doing it. Instead we started a new tradition of a month of advent activities. We had simple ones like watching a video together, playing games, going on a walk, and serving others all the way to visiting the temple with cousins and hot cocoa, sending letters and goodies to family, made ornaments, decorated gingerbread houses, movie nights, band concerts, orchestra concerts, piano recitals, and more. It was lovely. I truly think it was one of the sweetest things we've done together as a family. It made us take time each and every day to be with one another, which can be difficult during the fast pace of the holidays. We will do this every ...