Slices of Life - December 2022

Mike took Madeline to go and get her nails done at the salon and she was in heaven. There is nothing better than special daddy time. ​| Emma had both an Orchestra concert and a Jazz Band concert. She got to play with Ron Carter for her Jazz concert. He came to their high school to do a clinic with the kids. | Mike bought Madeline some new squishmallows at Costco and she came home and immediately lined all of them up with her other ones. It was so cute watching her play with all of them. | Emma is constantly borrowing my really good hair dryer and my flat iron. It was time for me to get an upgrade and to pass on my hair stuff to Emma. I choose the gold colored GHD linen this time. That way no one will confuse my stuff with their stuff. | I just love where we put the Christmas tree this year. At night when all the lights are off and the sun is going down, the lights on the tree just make the room look so magical. | My mom made some amazing Christmas placemats and Madeline loved being able to open that gift early. We can't wait to use them. | Mike always makes the best Sunday lunches for me. One of my favorites is when he grills tuna steak. I have yet to figure out how to do this one myself without messing it up. | We have already gotten more snow than we care to have and it's only December. | Madeline's cute friend Easton gave her a Christmas present and in the gift was a Barbie Doll. First thing she said to us was, "How did he know that I wanted a Barbie Doll?" | Madeline's hair was getting way too long. Instead of paying someone to cut a few inches off the end I decided to invest in some good shears and do it myself. I straightened her hair first and then chopped it. It was more difficult than I thought it would be. but it turned out well. | I put together 2 boxes to ship via boat for Peter so that he would have something fun for his birthday in 
April. There is this amazing lady that ships out packages to all the missions in the Philippines. | We had the missionaries over for dinner and shared with them a Japanese style meal and they loved it. | I love being able to video chat with Peter every Sunday. I am getting better at taking quick snapshots of our chat but sometimes all of the extra stuff gets displayed. Oh well. | I love getting Christmas cards from family and friends and we found a new spot to display those this year. We keep them up until January 1 and then we take them all down, along with Christmas!