Chilling's of December

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Hello to all :)  

The Chilling's of December have been filled with fun, beauty, blessings, thankfulness, family, friends, and reflection on the birth of our Saviour!  We praise God for all these blessings!  The pictures below capture some of our goings-on, but the upload process was having some major problems and they are very mixed up for the month.  

...our New Year's meal...it was just us, but was delicious and we had a very relaxed and fun day together....

....SNOW!!!!  We had snow here in Texas!!!  The kids LOVED playing in it and stayed out super late that night and was up early the next morning to enjoy it before it all melted...







...Diamond Painting Stickers...they are super cool and neat to do!...
...our run to Walmart saw us bringing home several Gingerbread Kits that were on sale for just a few dollars each.  The kids had fun putting these together while listening to an audio book...
...this is Jadon's...
...Jadon assembled this one and Janessa decorated it with Mom's help of piping the frosting on...
...Kirk did these two...



...fun, fun and fun scavenger hunt for these kiddos at the Rokey Christmas gathering.  Thanks to the ones who put this on!...
...a building contest with spaghetti and marshmallows at the Rokey Christmas gathering...another fun activity :)...

...G'ma and G'pa Meyer added to more of her horse and animal collection with her stocking items...
...sharing Papa Meyer's jerky and the chair...
...eating Papa Meyer's homeade jerky and eyeing each other...
...playing Parcheesi with family...
...the kids loved this Christmas breakfast...
...the kids helping with the live Nativity for First Blessings...
...a cute shepherd girl...
...and WHO are these two? :)...

...sweet girl, snuggles and Mittens...
...making some homeade soap...
...is he dead or alive?!  LOL, just konked out under the blanket and toasty warm ;)...
...two friends of the boys' from Kansas showed up as a surprise visit.  It was a great weekend, although it went too quickly...
...Ga-ga ball day or night...
...many, many games...



...someone is getting better at puzzles...she has struggled with this 48 piece puzzle but got it all by herself this time...

...Diego enjoying the sun and tree...
Hoping this finds everyone starting of the year 2021 well.  We will see you around in January sometime, blessings until then :)


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