December 7, 2025

 Dearest Isaac and Lily,

You two are such amazing sources of joy for me!

  • Drove Eric's dump trailer to my mom's house and got her garden, ornamental grasses, pots etc all cleaned up and taken to the dump.
  • Picked up Sister Pan's daughter from the airport on Tuesday and toodled around Salt Lake with her for the afternoon before taking her to the MTC
  • Attended Joseph's Acapella concert at BYU on Wednesday.  It was SOOO fun!  Lily, I think you would thoroughly enjoy doing it!
  • Emmy had her choir concert on Thursday.  The Skyline choirs are so lovely to listen to!  And even though Emmy thought her choirs' songs were not the best song choices, they sounded SOOO good!
  • Emmy and I went to the Celebration of Christmas concert at BYU on Friday.  It was divine! Elder Christofferson was there, which was fun.  He was sitting on our same row, so we took a photo but didn't go bug him.
  • Saturday I played the piano at the Ward Party for the Primary nativity.  It was utter chaos but also super darling.
  • I had a sibling lunch on Saturday (Ben's Birthday), which was awesome!  I am so grateful for such awesome siblings!
  • I had an organ recital on Saturday as well. I made some mistakes, but generally felt I did well.  It feels so good to see myself making progress!
  • I got 92 jars of honey butter made to give out as neighbor gifts.  
Dad taught Gospel Doctrine today.  It's his new calling.  I love it when Dad teaches!  We studied D&C 138 and talked about how that vision teaches us about Jesus Christ and his Atonement.  It was lovely.

I love you to the moon and back!!

Mom

Organ Recital


Sibling Lunch

Can you find Elder Christofferson?

Choir Concert!

Joseph's Acapella group - Secret Chord

Dropping 阮姐妹 off at the MTC

Cleaning out Grandma's yard


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