Some of our many December happenings...

I know it's the middle of January, but I haven't blogged about our December yet! I love the month of December, it's always jam packed with concerts, parties, school projects, light seeing, family stuff, decorating and trying to squeeze in all the traditions! It's crazy and I enjoy every minute of it. Our Stake holds a Youth & Bell Choir concert for the community every year...it's always amazing! I love feeling the energy of the youth and the singing, the bells, and the speakers are always great! This year Jay was one of the speakers and he was sooo cute as a little deacon among the big boys! He has awesome stage presence and he loves being in the spotlight! (he always brings a tear of joy to my eye!) I always try to get a family shot to include on the Christmas card...I neglected to send out cards this year! (just lazy...I have no good excuse)

I love Ally's face in this shot! None of the fam was into having their pictures taken! The night before the concert Britt and I went shopping hoping to find a little something for her to wear...our budget was almost nothing! We went into Macy's and were looking at the sale rack and we found this cute dress and it was only $12!!! SCORE! We both at the same time said it would be so cute with her red cardigan! She looked adorable (the youth were asked to wear black& white with red or green)

This is a picture of Britt's HS choir...there are 3 members of the church in this choir and with out consulting each other they all showed up dressed modestly with sleeves! It was my favorite part of this amazing concert to see these YW truly STAND OUT...there was a sea of shoulders and those 3 awesome young ladies stood out in a good way! It was pretty touching, being that I had recently got released from YW...I was so proud of "my girls!" What great examples they are of being a Daughter of God! (again I got a little teary eyed that night...shocking I know!!!)

This is at our Ward Christmas party. The Primary children always put on an adorable Nativity. Ally was the first voice of the Angel...you can see her on the front row on the left! She truly was an ANGEL!!!

Lots more December happenings to come...it's my goal to have them all done before February! Some of them just deserve their own posting!