Parties and Plays

We are skipping church today. My family Christmas party is always on a Sunday at 1 p.m. This just happens to be the day. We have several more parties this coming week, and then the next week is Christmas! I can hardly believe it snuck up so fast. Even though stores have been talking about it since October, I have not let myself get too worked up about it. Now I can because there is snow on the ground and I am finished shopping.
The biggest event of the last week was our ward party. The kids got to see Santa:
Yep, I had to sit on Santa so Kayler would sit there…the Santa looked a little scared…lol.



Hallie had her wildest dreams come true when Valerie B. asked her to play the role of Mary in the nativity for our ward party. Gavin got to be a Shepard. He was scared to death. He cried a lot at the practice when he thought nobody was looking. My sweet little nephew Kolby was baby Jesus, except he started to cry during the performance, so we had to replace him with a “surrogate baby Jesus.” It all turned out perfectly! Valerie worked SO hard on it, thanks for asking my kids!!! The meal was delicious, entertainment great, tons of people showed up from our growing ward, and best of all, my dad and mom came to help with Kayler so I really got to enjoy myself for once!






So, Happy Holidays! Be safe in the snow, have fun with your families, friends, neighbors, and truly enjoy this time of year...it doesn't last long enough!