Going the Wong Way!: 2021

Left Side:Leesa Scott, Delana East, Laurie English,

Melanie Messam, Carolyn Apsley,

Rose Klokow

Right Side: Muthu Alletto, Colleen Norris,

Sherrie Anderson, Alisha Petty

The beginning of December we had our Relief Society Christmas dinner. We had Taste of Aloha cater it and afterward we made some small gifts to be taken to an orphanage in Haiti.

Left Side: Patricia Bond, Melanie Ferguson, Venuue
Shanthakumar, Cory Isileli, Rachel Ward
Right side: Karlena Gonzales, Kristin Masters,
Rachel Richards

When Bishop Martin moved a year ago he gave

his counselors in the Bishopric, the executive

secretary and ward clerk (Jason) a card thanking them for the time they worked together and said he was "Thankful for the 5 Guys he served with". He then enclosed a 5 Guys gift card.

So we used the card one night for dinner. It was quite good.

We tried to recreate the picture from 2010 at 5 Guys.

The first Saturday in December we had a baby shower for Jenny. I made cupcakes and this is the only picture I have from the shower. It was at MarySue's house, we played some games, opened gifts and had snacks to eat.

Benji Anderson, Will Higley,
Jacob and Henry Cutler

It snowed back in October, but had nothing in November. Finally in December we began to get a few more storms.

We put up the lights outside before the snow and they were beautiful. I love the first real snow.

Grandma and Grandpa Wong had our names this year for Christmas. They did the 12 Days of Christmas for us and it was so fun!

MarySue did an AMAZING job on the gifts. 12 days of fun gifts!! This was the first day. We got a popcorn movie night.

3D Puzzle gift

We had a snow day where the kids couldn't get to school...9 heavy inches of snow. Took Jason and me about 3 hours to clear it and that was with the snowblower!

Unfortunately Covid has turned snow days into Remote Learning Days....they still had school, but at home. So we met up with Catheys in the afternoon to go sledding.

A puzzle gift

For the 12 days gifts we got a box of small games.

This was one....put these in your mouth and

then try to say something Others have to guess

what you're saying. We look lovely!

As part of our Christmas break we went to Cubbys to try it out.

Coloring books gift

Exercise continues. With the cold weather we decided to try the mall for walking. It is so much warmer and much easier than walking outside on the snow and ice! Here is Sherrie Anderson and me walking while Marcia was out one of the days.

Ginger Bread house gift

Hot chocolate and mugs gift

Sugar Cookie kit gift

Eating out gift.

The first Monday of Christmas break Jacob had Elias over to play video games. On Wednesday his mom called to tell me he had tested positive for Covid. UGH!

We were tested on Friday, Christmas Eve, and came back negative. We told my family and they felt ok with us coming anyway for Christmas Eve with the negative tests.

Jacob had fun playing video games with Ryan. Matthew was sick with a bad cold/flu and didn't come. He was sick for over a week.

Dinner was great! Had fun visiting with everyone.

Afterward we read/acted out the Nativity with the kids. Then we played Christmas songs on bells Joy brought.

A cake for Joy's birthday

Christmas morning. Waiting to see if Santa brought anything.

Stockings

From Gr and Gr Wong

From Gr Safsten

Surprise Dad!

Jump rope from Jacob

Finally! Some new pajama pants!!
Very needed!!

Jason wanted a Frost Guard for the 4 Runner.

Jacob got a new jacket. You can see it was the HIT of the morning. Look at the excitement in his eyes!
Actually THIS was the hit of the morning. A new computer!!!

He loved it!!

Due to Covid we were unable to go to his Dad's house so we spent the day at home. In the afternoon Karen and Daniel came by with some food and visited for a few hours. This was good for my mental health state. Continual time at home is not always good for me.