1. New Year's Day - Arianna is painting a Monet canvas, so the grands brought their crafts along to paint, too.
2. Josh's birthday - "Daddy, me & you like deer hunting, right?"
3. One evening I took the grands to the library for a pickle event. Besides pickle tasting, they made a pickle craft. Bet you can't guess this one's favorite color.
This one got the color right...
...but he has his own style of posing for photos.
4. Richard spent the majority of the month working on replacing the frame rails of the Pete, instead of hauling loads, since the rates are ridiculously low. Trucking is not very profitable right now.
5. In the middle of the month, we took time off to drive Richard's parents to their winter home in Pinecraft. (They didn't go as early as normal because Mom Miller was recovering from a serious illness.) This was a first for the family- that they allowed us the privilege of a quick FL vacation. They did good at sitting back and letting us handle things, and we had fun!
Getting settled in. It was super nice for us that some of Richard's sisters had already cleaned the house over Christmas.
Besides family time...
...and cruising Pinecraft in the golf cart...
...we were able to hang out with some Europe trip friends. We could not believe how many just happened to be there at the same time- it was not planned on ahead. 
And we enjoyed fish dinners from the FL Haiti benefit auction, too. Something else we didn't plan; we just happened to be there at the right time.
For inquiring minds, yes, strawberries survive in checked luggage and make delicious pie back home.
6. Avery's 6th birthday party was a horse theme. She's been [unsuccessfully] asking for a real horse.
A mermaid tail blanket is a fun gift when one is 6.
7. Our puzzle of the month was a more challenging one, that was missing 2 pieces.
The perils of buying cheap/used puzzles from thrift stores. 🤷
My Swiss chalet Lego set (that Jeremy gave me for Christmas) is complete -as long as I don't allow the grands to play with it. Pieces have a way of mysteriously breaking off when little fingers are here.
8. Pizza & Game Nite at church was fun.
Happy Salmon was popular with the youth
9. Teaching a Home Ec class in cheesecake making.
It all started at a Pampered Chef party where the consultant said she thinks everyone should become an expert at some item and I set out to become "the cheesecake lady of Antrim". It's a little hard to teach because ovens are different but make such a difference in the finished product; my best advice is practice makes perfect -find what works for you. Honestly, I'm kinda bored with cheesecakes and we're so tired of them that they don't get eaten here anymore, so I'm thinking of moving on... scones maybe??
10. Jeremy got complimentary tickets for Disney on Ice through work, so some 'big kids' in our family escorted one little person to the show. I'm not a sports fan, but the one sport I understand & actually enjoy watching is ice skating, so 🤷
Cotton candy with a Mickey crown set PopPop back a couple jingles, but we're suckers for indulging our grands.
It was so fun! I'd like to go again next year.
11. And I saved the best for last... I am the proud auntie of this precious baby boy! My youngest brother's 1st son. There are so many reasons that this makes me happy and I can't wait to go cuddle him. Welcome to the family, Samuel. For this child [we] prayed and the Lord has given [us] [our] petition which [we] asked of Him. 1 Samuel 1:27
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