Karaoke revolution

Okay, since Joseph began the topic, I thought I'd add some numbers I think are impressive from the Christmas break.

1. 19.5"--That's how much snow we've had in December. 8" of that was on Dec. 1, but very little of it melted, so now we have a whopping lot of snow. It made miserable trips for everyone, but it also gave the guys something to do. They shoveled snow, tinkered with the snowblower, blew snow, cut down trees in the snow, etc.

Joseph and Tracy in front of Sarah and Janet's snow fort.

2. 1.5 degrees--Our temperatures for December have been 1.5 degrees below average. That was mostly at the beginning of the month. It was actually pretty moderate while the kids were all here. The forecast right now is for a cold day or two, then it's supposed to be above normal for awhile.

3. 10--There were ten of us here for 5 days. It was so fun! Thanks to all of you kids who sacrificed to be here with us. As we all get older and our family grows, that will happen less often. I hope we will have the blessing of being all together at least occasionally.

4. 10+2--While everyone was here, we drank 10 gallons of milk plus 2 gallons of chocolate milk. It's been a long time since we've gone through so much milk. We also ates lots of bananas, but I have no concrete record of how many.

5. 40 minutes--The 40 minutes we had to talk to Joanna went by all too quickly,She sounds great and we're thankful that she's doing well. Next year, we'll be talking to two missionaries!

6. 14--The ten of us plus the four missionaries gathered around the table for Christmas Eve dinner. Despite the turkey taking 2 hours longer than we planned to get done, it was nice. Fortunately, the elders had no other plans, so they joined us for pre-dinner FHE and a rousing game of Catch Phrase.

7. 7+3--Our first Scoresby Scamper was a rousing success! Thanks, Emily, for spearheading that. Seven runners finished and three walkers walked the 3.1 miles. And congratulations to Preston for finishing first and taking home the coveted traveling trophy.

Fashionable running gear?