Martin Luther King Day...the Mormon Way :)

We were missing Michigan today...and our family tradition of going to the Detroit Auto Show.  We decided if we couldn't do our "Michigan" thing, we ought to do a "Utah" thing.  Had a really fun night seeing "Meet the Mormons" at Legacy Theater and then enjoying a bit of Temple Square and City Creek.

Celebrating Epiphany

Such a fun night celebrating "Epiphany" with the Farmers and Arancibias.  

(The Farmers have a tradition to celebrate it each year, and we were lucky enough to be invited to the festivities.  Found tiny figure inside a piece of cake, read a book together, played "Do You Love Your Neighbor", and each child got a special goody bag surprise.)

FHE: Anti-Nephi-Lehis

A memorable Family Home Evening where Dad played narrator as we acted out the Book of Mormon story about the Anti-Nephi-Lehis.  :)

Everyday Friends

Elizabeth and Paper

Whenever Elizabeth has "free time" she is writing or drawing or coloring.  Her paper consumption is off the charts.  :)  But, it's worth it when it keeps her so happily busy.  Today she colored this cute nativity and then we cute it out and assembled it together.

Here's where we found the printable:

Paper City Nativity Scene

He's Got "The Knack"

Disassembling his latest find...a $2 digital camera from the DI.

A pretty great hobby until you find out this isn't the only thing he's been disassembling. :)

He started a couple months ago with an old printer of ours, and we've gotten a couple things from the DI since like an old calculator that prints onto a roll of paper. (We've also found out he could tell all our night lights needed some "adjustments to the sensors" and he's taken care of that.)

Decorating the House

A few more pictures of decorations in the light...

Decorating the Tree

Puffy Foam Painting

So fun to give these kids a few tools and watch them create!!

Off-Track for the Holidays

This year our kids started year-round school.  We chose Track B, in part, because if it's long break from Thanksgiving until after the New Year.  I can remember being on this track as a child and thinking it was the most "magical" time!  As a parent, I am realizing how wonderful my mom was to make it feel magical when she could have made the headline "hectic" or "stressful" instead.  I hope that somehow this month I can figure out how to let this season feel "magical" for our kids.