Christmas Happenings

Tis the Season to be busy... fa la la la la... la la la laaaa...
However, things will look a lot brighter once school is out on Friday. Sure, we still need to work on Luke's thesis (BLEH on so many levels) but at least his semester stuff and his thesis proposal paper will be out of the way. For now, those are the things keeping us so busy... well that, and all our little trips.

ie. Tianna's doctor visit at the Uof U hospital on the first of dec..  Here she is being a good girl while waiting for the doctor, and then a picture of her swollen knee ( we're STILL praying that the procedure on the 21st removes this stinking swelling and it returns to normal!) Her limp is increasing by the day as she loses thigh muscle from not using her right leg enough.

and here they were just being super cute in the car together!

Anyway, back to our holiday happenings........
On Saturday, the 4th, we took the girls to see a LIVE NATIVITY that was in Nibley.  They loved it, of course. The spirit was so amazing inside that little stable.  Even though the real baby savior wasn't there, his Spirit was! It was  also neat to pet the donkey, the sheep and goats, and of course, the CAMEL! They also had a hay ride and hot chocolate.  It was simple, didn't take long, but was the best type of thing to bring the true meaning of the season into our life!

 We were joined by our friends, the Smith's

 I love how you can see Tianna's head. She watched in complete awe (but was a little put out that the baby was a doll.)

 Moses the Camel (funny side note... the achievement day girls in our ward came the day before us and Moses tried to make one of the girl's hair into a snack... so he bit her. Don't worry, she's fine)

We topped that weekend off  with a wonderful stake conference and then by listening to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional.  If you missed it, I highly recommend viewing it with your family.  http://lds.org/broadcasts/archive/christmas-devotional/2010/12?lang=eng

This last Thursday, I was able to participate with some other sisters from my ward in presenting, "The Women at the Well".... a musical production about the women in Christ's life. I'm so glad I had that opportunity!

This past weekend we went to Castle Dale on Friday night and left on Saturday after the Peacock Christmas party. It was a quick trip, but well worth it. It was also kind of nice to be able to be home for Sunday. (plus the above mentioned homework needed some love)

I had to have visual proof that Mike was reading out of the Bible

 Luke and his Mommy

We are now looking forward the the ward Christmas party, SCHOOL getting out, more parties and fun, the ward musical program, Tianna's knee injection, and then Christmas vacation beginning on the 23rd after work! Christmas, HERE WE COME!