Monday, January 1, 2024

2023

2023 was not my best year.  We'll just say that I took the year off.  I quit my job, I stopped exercising consistently, I gave up the fight against video games,  I asked to be released from my calling (I've never done that before). I slept a lot.  I stopped cooking dinner very often .  I went to the store as seldom as possible and avoided people as much as possible.  I think maybe it's time for some therapy.

The last week of the year was pretty mellow, but there were a few highlights...

Qyntn saved up and bought himself a gaming computer.  
He has his own little setup in the basement.

These 3 spent some fun time together at Huhot,
then saw The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the new Hunger Games movie. 

New Years Eve, Eve, we had some of Q's friends over for the evening.

On New Year's Eve we played games and 
watched a couple of movies.

Surprise!

The kids gave Ben and I these awesome images for Christmas.  They planned the whole thing themselves and it looks like they had a fun time at the photoshoot.  Well played kids!












Christmas Morning








Twas the Night or Two Before Christmas

 

Twinning at the family party on the 23rd. 

Loving the Holiday Spirit!



Boomwhacking Christmas Carols

The Nativity.  Baby Jesus was big this year.  

Twinning again.


Giggling through Christmas Vacation



Naughty or Nice Christmas Cookies?

 








Where in the World is Ben Now?

Ben's new job has him traveling the world again.  Lately, he's been in Cali, Miami, Mexico, Brazil, and Bolivia.  In Bolivia he got to fly a plane in a simulator and enjoyed the swanky restaurants. At the end of his last trip he headed to Mérida for another Hoop Camp.  








 

BYU Night of Inclusion

 

Sometimes dreams come true. 
Will hit a buzzer beating 3 point shot in front of a crowd of thousands.
The roar from the crowd was amazing!