Christmas is Coming

We have enjoyed some really fun Christmas events this month.  First, our ward Christmas party.  We really packed in the fun for that event.  It was a big dinner, followed by a fabulous nativity production put on by the primary and then Santa came.  It was a lot of fun for everyone and very well organized.  The greatest thing is that I was not involved in planning or carrying out any of the details.  It has been a long time since I have been able to relax at an activity like that.

There was an adults only party the following week with amazing appetizers and a white elephant gift exchange that was out of control funny.  I died laughing at presents like a

 stuffed blowfish, a leg lamp (a miniature of the one from the Christmas Story,) a deer head with antlers and all (the elders ended up taking it home for a tie rack,) and many other silly things.  I ended up with some tiger slippers and a feather sticker for my car.  Good times.

The kids also had their piano recital this month.  They did really well.  Our third child played Jingle Bells (with chords and all), her older siblings played duets with me, Joy to the World and O Come, O Come Emmanuel.  Richard missed the whole thing because the littlest were pills and decided to make noise.  Next time we will get a babysitter.

We are now looking forward to Christmas and having our dad home for two whole weeks.  We plan on partying hard!