Christmas Fun

Christmas is in full swing at our house. We have our presents wrapped and under the tree, Christmas cards are almost ready to be put in the mail, and we have been running around like CRAZY all week. It seems like our calendars get full so fast this time of year it's hard to take time to really enjoy the Christmas Season. Here are are a few things we have done this week:

There is a Christmas light street not to far from our home that we love to visit each year. It reminds me of the street in Utah with the twelve days of Christmas, but this streets theme is cartoon characters. Most of it revolves around Disney, but Spider man is swinging across the street along with some Charlie Brown and others too.

My phone didn't take the best pic's, but you can see some Madagascar.

Last Tuesday Avery was able to participate in a Live Nativity put on by the Red Rock Stake across town. This is the first year we have gone, and it was amazing. They had a large room filled with nativity display's from across the world that was beautiful, and Avery performed on this stage with her violin group between each performance of the Nativity.

They let us sneak out and watch the last performance for the night, and they did such a beautiful job. I was so grateful that we were able to have that special evening to feel the spirit and really remember why we celebrate Christmas. I also loved that there are very few at her violin studio that are LDS, but everyone stayed to watch and had a great experience. What a great missionary tool.

The Elders Quorum was in charge of the ward Christmas party last night. Micah has a great presidency that he is able to work with, and they did a fantastic job. I do have to admit that the Sunday prior to the party I was a little nervous. They had the great idea of making graham cracker ginger bread houses and it was such a hit. Everyone at every table young and old were very involved in making a house, and they all turned out so well. It was fun to see everyones creativity.

The Primary sang a few Holiday songs, and there was more than enough food for everyone. It's always better to have too much than not enough I suppose. Abbie was mentioning to me that this was her last time singing with the Primary. So crazy that she is growing up so fast. They did a great job.  This next photo is random, but Aliza is always making us laugh so I wanted to include it.

This week alone I had a Holiday book club dinner at our home, did a Student of the Month luncheon, and then preparing for the the ward Christmas party and service project it has been a crazy week. Adding Avery's performances and our regularly scheduled lessons, meetings and youth activities I'm so glad this week is over.

Our Elf on the shelf Fredrick Hansel came to visit for the month starting on December 1st, and our holiday count down box is in full swing. It really is a wonderful, but crazy time of year.