2017 comes to an end

I posted most of Christmas break while we were at my mom and dad's for new year's, so this is just finishing out that visit and the holiday.

Because of traveling, we have attended church in 4 different wards during December (our own plus brother's and both parents here).

 We played games late into the night on new year's eve.

Honestly, we barely made it to midnight - some of us due to baby exhaustion, some because they are just morning people, and some because of age (old or young!) Those still up, watched the ball drop, had some sparkly juice, and went to bed!

Happy New Year! 2018!

 Football time!

Rolled ice cream time
They pour it with mix-ins, chop and stir as it begins to freeze, spread it flat, curl it into rolls.

 We each split one with a partner; it was surprisingly creamy.

Also surprising was the gamecock football victory!

Back Home - settling in, using new presents, and getting ready to go back to school Wednesday.

 Look what Rob made! (This one started as a dowel, but he made a few other things that day from branches or bits of wood he had.)

I helped Kaitlyn make chocolate eggs for the kids.

None of us were really ready for real life to start back, but it did anyways.