Dec. 14th: Mary Kay Party! I love mary kay stuff and have been going through withdrawals lately, so it was fun to go there and get a few essentials. Although after Kenny saw the price, it was hard convincing him they were indeed, essential! :)
Dec. 15th: We had the missionaries over with a cute girl, Erica who is investigating the church. Kenny played with the kids in the other room while I sat in on the discussion with them. Her 3 year old son bit Brynlee in the calf really bad and left a good mark for several days. He is one scary little kid. But the good news, is she's getting baptized next week :).
Dec. 16th: Ward Christmas Party!! It was a fabulous event that they put on with the theme, "A Night In Bethlehem". Everyone dressed up, they had the whole gym decked out like it was back in time. Each family had a basket and 5 gold coins they could use to pick up some food to sample that they ate in Jerusalem back then. We all sat on blankets on the floor and enjoyed the people acting out the story of Christ's birth. I didn't get a picture of all of us, but here's Bryn dressed up before we left.
Dec. 18th: There's a lady in our ward that collects the little "Christmas Village" things and displays them in a room in her home with a big train set going through the village. We went over to the open house to see it and mix and mingle with other ward members. It was a pretty impressive collection! After that we went over to the Palmers and decorated gingerbread houses with them. Joslyn Pattee came with us too, but her doctor husband was working. Below, Natalie Palmer is on the far left, Joslyn in the middle, and me with no make up on the end. That's a story for another day...maybe.
I can't remember what day this was, but it was warm enough to jump outside on the trampoline. Everybody was warning us about the "horrible winters" here, but so far it has been better than anywhere else we've lived, except of course Texas.
And another pic off my phone...Tyler helping make sugar cookies.
Dec. 19th: For Family Home Evening we decided to go to Kirtland where they have a big display of nativity scenes from all around the world. We went and picked up Kenny from work, then headed out to Kirtland. (We got his car on the way home, and I went and did some christmas shopping all by myself which is my favorite way to shop!)
We discovered that downtown Cleveland was all decorated and lit up!
This was a huge display they had in the visitor's center. Some man bought it in bethlehem for real and lets them borrow it to display it at Christmas time. And a blurry Madi walking in front of it.
Along with all the cool nativities from around the world, they showed a short video (Luke 2) and there's a room where the kids can dress up and play. It was a fun night and I'm glad we went. I love living so close to church history places.
This is just random, but here's Madi getting tangled up in christmas lights. :) She sure is cute.
Dec. 22nd: All the kids in Tyler's Joy School put on a nativity program for us. The Lassen's hosted it, and it was a fun night, even with 2 of the kids (and their families) missing. It just allowed for more siblings to participate, haha. Tyler played the role of Joseph.
Here's a group shot of the kids. Only 4 are actually in the joy school. Tyler in the middle, and working to the right we have Julia Lassen next to him (whom he's going to marry) and of course she was Mary. On her right is Grant, and next to him is William. They are O'Neil brothers and we just love their family. Ty and William are really good buddies.
It's been a wonderful month with lots of fun, christmas-y activities.
This was a huge display they had in the visitor's center. Some man bought it in bethlehem for real and lets them borrow it to display it at Christmas time. And a blurry Madi walking in front of it.
Along with all the cool nativities from around the world, they showed a short video (Luke 2) and there's a room where the kids can dress up and play. It was a fun night and I'm glad we went. I love living so close to church history places.
This is just random, but here's Madi getting tangled up in christmas lights. :) She sure is cute.
Dec. 22nd: All the kids in Tyler's Joy School put on a nativity program for us. The Lassen's hosted it, and it was a fun night, even with 2 of the kids (and their families) missing. It just allowed for more siblings to participate, haha. Tyler played the role of Joseph.
Here's a group shot of the kids. Only 4 are actually in the joy school. Tyler in the middle, and working to the right we have Julia Lassen next to him (whom he's going to marry) and of course she was Mary. On her right is Grant, and next to him is William. They are O'Neil brothers and we just love their family. Ty and William are really good buddies.
It's been a wonderful month with lots of fun, christmas-y activities. 
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