12/31/14
Happy New Year!
We love our New Year's party... snacks, family, games, together...
We hope your new year is wonderful! We love you!
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
December 31st 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/31/14
Happy New Year!
We love our New Year's party... snacks, family, games, together...
We hope your new year is wonderful! We love you!
December 30th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/30/14
The three youngest girls with new pajamas. Jules' says "Cookies help me sleep". Haha. She comes over to me and says that, too.
December 28th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/28/14
Michael wearing a new tie from Christmas... looking awesome.
December 27th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/27/14
Awesome puzzle from Sherri- 1000 piece Noah's Ark that even had some humor...we had fun putting it together.
Friday, December 26, 2014
December 26th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/26/14
Juliana got a new "Brain Cell" plush for Christmas from her Uncle Abram and Aunt Jen. She loves it.
Here's a link where you can see it better...
She insists on bringing it to bed. She loves it and it makes her so so so so happy, she says.
She's 2.
December 24th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/24/14
For my fellow Doctor Who fans... (aka Whovians) here are the 13 Tardises from last year's 50th anniversary special... these are our Christmas ornaments for our family from last year (Ginny got one too so we'd have the right number, even if she wasn't born yet...) but Michael just finished making them.
So we have 13 Tardises surrounding our Christmas Tree now.
:)
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, watch some Doctor Who episodes. They're pretty cool.
December 23rd 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/23/14
Tonight's dinner is brought to you by the word FREE. The oldest three were at a Christmas sort of party (where they had pizza) so we decided to use a Free Papa Murphy's punch card, a free Papa John's points, and the Elementary School kiddos' Pizza Hut BookIt Reading Rewards.
So we picked them all up tonight and ate dinner for free.
December 22nd 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/22/14
He sure is excited about sharing Elder Richard G Scott's talk, "Make the Exercise of Faith Your First Priority" for Family Home Evening.
The talk can be found to watch, listen, or read, here.
December 20th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/20/14
Virginia doing one of her favorite things... "reading" aka looking at books.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
December 19th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/19/14
Juliana wearing Benjamin's Mic-O-Say Brave headdress from Scout Camp.
She's adorable.
She loves anything Benjamin does.
What is she going to do when he goes on a mission and then to college????
December 18th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/18/14
You can't see the snow, but you can see this cuteness watching everyone else play in it!
December 16th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/16/14
This time we really can't tell who is drowning under Christmas bears.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Benjamin playing Carol of the Bells on piano
Benjamin allowed me to video him playing the song he just learned. He's been taking lessons almost all year, and he took beginning piano a few years ago.
I think he sounds great, but that's his mom talking. This is something he's really motivated to learn, and he is definitely progressing!
Enjoy! (and comment, he'll see them.)
Sunday, December 14, 2014
December 13th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/13/14
We performed "The Many Moods of Christmas" cantata with other members of our stake and friends. 105 volunteer musicians. It was fantastic!
Michael took this picture from the balcony where he watched with Samuel and Emilie. Last year they attended the dress rehearsal and Benjamin and Nathanael went to the performance, so this year they switched. Though Benjamin also got to bring Liberty, Timothy and Christopher, which made it a bit crazier.
Still a great day!
December 12th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/12/14
I know I had some kids around here somewhere... now where did they go?
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
December 10th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/10/14
Apparently Jesus' grandmothers are visiting.
They brought cookies and knitting.
December 9th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/9/14
Michael's not so healthy lunch... haha.
Actually, this was after lunch.
And he IS 18 now, haha.
December 8th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/8/14
Tonight for Family Home Evening we went and saw Jackson County, Missouri's "Christmas in the Park" lights. There's a whole campground devoted to a Christmas light display and it was a LOT of fun. On the way home we drove by Kansas City's Plaza area (near where Tom works) and their (also famous) Christmas lights.
It was a fun evening!
December 6th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/6/14
Every year (almost) since Tom and I got married and had kids his mom has sent us a Christmas bear. So we have bears with the years 1996 to 2014 on their feet. (we filled in the years she missed). So far, that's 19 bears! So fun!
The kids LOVE them and they are a fun part of our decorations each year. They are well played with...
December 5th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/5/14
This was at our ward Christmas party.
Nathanael, Samuel and Timothy are in the back row. Nathanael is in the middle in a red shirt, without glasses. Timothy is the shortest one in the back row. Samuel is on the end in the striped black shirt.
Christopher is in the middle row with the black shirt and pacman ghosts. Liberty is in front, but you can only see Liberty's ponytail.
They were singing for us.
We didn't stay long due to sick baby girls, but we were glad we were there!
December 4th 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/4/14
Bluejays in the backyard! with everything dormant for the winter, it's easy to see the bright colors! We also took pictures of a woodpecker.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
December 3rd 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/3/14
Nathanael and one of his favorite books from the library.
It really does kind of look like him, doesn't it?
Hee hee!
December 2nd 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/2/14
Ginny is T R O U B L E like all 10 month olds are. She can go anywhere, do anything, and thinks she's hot stuff! Here's she's ready to chase something else after figuring out the child lock (it wasn't locked) on my cabinet that holds all my storage containers and lids.
Who knows how soon she'll be running! We love this tiny little sweetheart.
December 1st 2014- A Daily Valencic
12/1/14
Michael and another birthday card. I love the colors on this one. We love the love from family far away!
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Saturday, November 29, 2014
November 29th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/29/14
It was a beautiful day today so we went to the zoo as a family. As part of our trip to the zoo, we decided to wear our matching shirts from Halloween. We had the missionaries over for dinner and we finally got a picture of all of us wearing them, at the same time. Yay for Minions!
November 28th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/28/14
Happy Birthday plus one day to our Michael. He is now an A Dult. We are so proud of him. He has completed his Eagle requirements and is just waiting on his Board of Review. He has grown into a young man we are happy to claim as our son. We love him.
November 27th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/27/14
Poor Michael doesn't get a birthday today. Or does he? He gets a lot of favorite foods and the whole country is taking a day off for him.
Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours!
November 26th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/26/14
I could post about making 12 pies today but I won't. I could post about the many phone calls I fielded today but I won't. I could post about 10 kids needing my help today but I won't.
Instead I leave you with this...
This is Juliana with her favorite doll. Both grandmas says she needs a BABY. She loves her zombie.
(Zombie, from video game cartoonish Plants Vs. Zombies... not anything gross.)
I could post about making 12 pies today but I won't. I could post about the many phone calls I fielded today but I won't. I could post about 10 kids needing my help today but I won't.
Instead I leave you with this...
This is Juliana with her favorite doll. Both grandmas says she needs a BABY. She loves her zombie.
(Zombie, from video game cartoonish Plants Vs. Zombies... not anything gross.)
November 25th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/25/14
Three of my monkeys.
That about covers it.
She's being trained well.
November 24th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/24/14
Ginny thinks a winning smile will get her whatever Dad is eating. It sometimes works.
This time it was a tiny taste of ice cream.
November 23rd 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/23/14
A puzzle we're working on... Samuel kept trying to get this done and we finally did it, with Nathanael and me helping him.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
November 22nd 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/22/14
Juliana playing with our family picture magnets on the fridge.
She liked pointing out family members and then rearranging the magnets.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
November 20th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/20/14
She is so not sure what Benjamin just did to her... she can't see anymore!
November 19th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/19/14
Ginny is right on top of the music...
She's just climbing over the viola to get to the trumpet?
Or just using both for her support.
Troublemaker.
November 18th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/18/14
National Geography Bee! (Local level...) 14 kids participated at our local level of the Geography Bee. Nathanael and Samuel both were in the top ten, and then Nathanael was one of the last two and got 2nd place.
I am so proud of them!
Monday, November 17, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
November 16th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/16/14
Today Grandma Valencic got an armful of Valencics. These are my 3 kids in 3 years... Timothy just turned 8, Liberty just turned 5, and Christopher is 6 1/2. The kids loved having time to play and talk with Grandma. She came for Timothy's baptism and went home today. It was great having her here to visit.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
November 15th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/15/14
Today Timothy was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was baptized by Benjamin and confirmed by Tom.
November 14th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/14/14
Liberty with a Laura Carrot Mask. We had a Veggie Tales kickoff party... they are starting a new series only on Netflix called Veggie Tales in the House... it was so much fun!
November 13th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/13/14
Apparently it was a slow day in the Valencic household... either that or we were too busy to take pictures, other than of "Super Sucker"... here he comes to save the day. In lots of flavors.
November 12th 2014- A Daily Valencic
11/12/14
Benjamin reading while holding a sleeping Ginny.
I love my kids.
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