We've Been Busy!

Sorry we haven't kept the blog up to date lately. Kevin has been working in Los Angeles during the week and traveling home on the weekends, so Mom has been busy taking care of kids (and without the computer we put all of our pictures on) and Dad has been busy working. Here is a long blog post of some of our pre-Christmas activities that we have squeezed in on the weekends.


The Tree Farm


This year we went to a tree farm in Shelton with Uncle Brian and Aunt Susanne.

The finished product.


The stockings are hung.

We even pulled out good ole Bing. The girls love to turn on the music and dance with him.


Duncan Reunion

We had a great time at a family reunion a couple weeks ago. I mostly took pictures of the kids. The collage that appears after this post on our blog is a larger compliation of everyone involed.




Florek Christmas #1

Amanda and Jonah hosted our Christmas get together with my Dad and family. On Christmas Eve we will gather with the extended Florek family. There are not many pictures because most of the pictures turned out too dark.





Annual Gingerbread House Tradition






Christmas with Grandma Debbie and family

We gathered at Grandma Debbie and Jeff's house last night to celebrate the birth of baby Jesus. On Christmas Day we will gather at Taylor and Hailey's Great-Grandparents house, in Centralia, to celebrate with the extended family.


Ashely, Tabitha, Taylor, Amanda

Zachariah, Ashley, Debbie, Hailey, Tabitha, Taylor, Amanda

We wanted the main focus of Christmas to be on the birth of our Savior, not presents. So, we had a birth party for Jesus. We sang "Away In A Manager," Taylor recited her verse Luke 2:11, we read the Christmas story, and we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.

Singing "Happy Birthday" and blowing out the candles.



There were a few presents involved.




Brittney opening her gifts!

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