remember this

This December has flown by. Dave has been extra busy at work and that has made things interesting. Our advent activities have not all worked out very well. There has been plenty of holiday spirit even if it wasn't how we envisioned it. I'll remember...

reading lots of Christmas stories like this new favorite...


sleeping by the tree...


and in Santa hats...


piling in the car to deliver neighbor gifts...



directing our ward's choir program (even though I'm not the choir director)...

my heart breaking for Dave playing his clarinet in the choir program and not a single note coming out and being so in awe that he totally kept his composure...

having a great Singing Time in Primary where we invited random people in from the hall so we could give them a gift of song with a bonus gift of chocolate and then later hearing from Emma that the kids in her class wanted me to know that they loved doing that....

and girls in pretty dresses...