Hart Happenings

What a lovely holiday!  It was so good to see everyone and visit with you.  The boys always have so much fun playing with cousins and Alex and I have a blast watching them play.  Sledding was such a hit!  We should totally do it again before the snow melts!  I've been playing the music from Lauren, which we all love!  Thanks for sharing your talent!
  We were glad to be able to see both sides of the family this year.  Alex had siblings from out of town come to stay over the holiday and we enjoyed good time with them too.  Yesterday we grabbed some tire tubes from the Army Surplus store and Alex dragged the kids behind the van.  They loved it, but I was too nervous to watch much.
  I've been busy getting everything ready for Primary 2019.  It's hard to keep up with all the changes but we are doing our best.  We have a great ward who is all in and on board with what Pres. Nelson has laid out, so that makes my job easy, but we just want to make sure we are on top of it all!
  Alex is preparing to get 7 new deacons next week and is trying to meet with all of them before Sunday and get them ready for their new assignments.
  The boys are ready to get back into their routine, I think.  They've been looking at the classes that will be available for their Compass group, practicing for soccer to get going again, and getting after me to open up our chapter books again and start reading.  Speaking of books, they LOVED the ones they picked out with Grandma and Grandpa.  It is a wonderful tradition and they have been using them every day.  Here is a riddle from Ian's: "A man and his dog are standing on opposites sides of a wide river.  The man calls the dog and the dog immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat.  How is this possible?"  Let us know what you think!
  Our predictions for 2019:
-Jenn will have twins! (all of us)
-Thomas is going to become famous (Jack)
-Lauren and Nick will make another album (Ian)
-Jenn will feel better (Peter)
-Emma will convert 5 people (Jack)
-Joe and Lori get a new car (Ian)
-Thomas and Victoria will move (Alex)
-Grandpa and Grandma will have a mission call (Alex and Elise)
-Grandpa will go to the quorum of the 70 (Jack)
-Emma will get back from her mission (Peter)
-Victoria will be pregnant (Jack)
-Ruth will grow a 70 pound watermelon (Ian)
-major change in the temple infrastructure of the church announced (Alex and Elise)
-5 more major announcements from the 1st presidency (Jack)
-dad will get a truck (Peter)