December 20^th, 2023

Hello everyone, and good morning to all of you. I hope that you all had a great holiday, for sure.

For Elise and me, we had a great party on the 19^th at our house, and this overjoyed us to see so many great friends that we haven’t seen in a long time. In terms of food, we had awesome homemade tomato soup, shrimp bisque, ham, and lots of other amazing appetizers…!

We also had lots of drink options, including a super punch made by Ken. Even though I couldn’t drink it because I am gluten free and alcohol free, everyone certainly enjoyed drinking the punch, for sure…!

In terms of the people that came to our party, it was certainly great. Aden, Causey, and Ella had their friends that already arrived to the party, sitting or standing outside in our front yard around our firepit, until it started to rain.

My favorite aspect of the party was that I got the opportunity to see two people that I haven’t seen and talked to in a long time. The first one is Jeff, who is married to Jenn, and the second one is Liz, who is one of neighbors that lives right across the street where my house is located…!  

December 24^th, 2023

Hello everybody, and good morning to all of you on “Christmas Eve” yesterday…! For us {the Spencer family}, we did cookie decorating + “secret Santa” at Annelliott’s House.

Mass at Saint Bridget church was amazing and beautiful as it always is, and there were a lot more participants in the mass “Christmas celebration” compared to other weeks. At the mass, we saw many of our friends that we hadn’t seen in quite a long time. First, we drove to church with Kristin and Madi, who both live in the house that is across the street from the house that we live in. Kristin’s husband was sick, so he stayed at home. At mass, we saw the Keaton family, the Negri family, and Robert’s family…! Tina Negri was one of the women that gave the eucharist at mass.

December 25^th, 2023

Hello everyone and good morning…! Today is “Christmas Day”, a super holiday that we all enjoy with Santa Clause visiting all of well-behaved children {Ha..Ha}. One of my favorite Christmas traditions is hanging all our ornaments on the tree every year. Another tradition is having our three daughters stay at the top of our stairs before they are “allowed to see what Santa has brought them”, and this year they had to wait until 9:45am before they could come down…!