Christmas!

So - Fall went by super fast - no Halloween (or at least very abreviated) because of the storm. We went trick or treating, but no one had power and it was dark and creepy! Didn't last long. Thanksgiving was terrific, but no camera :). We were able to enjoy the Live Nativity again this year - beautiful. My dear friend LeeAnne and a lot of others from our ward really stepped it up this year and decorated the inside to the nines! Lots of people from the stake were told about it and came and they had live music going on the whole time as well. It was fabulous. But no camera so no photos. You can see some of it on the Singer's blog though.

So Christmas came and we enjoyed it. Not very stressful this year - just nostalgic. Aren't these elves adorable? My sister-in-law made them for me a few years ago. I love them! This year they got a new home and made me smile everyday!

Mr. Elf



Mrs. Elf






Our tree and the aftermath of Christmas gifts! I just love the whole thing - but especially the music. I love the gospel messages hidden in the words, not that they were intentionally hidden, but we hear them so much we don't always hear the message there. I love the spirit I feel as I listen to it. I will miss that until next year - as always .



Hope yours was merry too!

Kathryn's Christmas Piano Recital

Kat's Piano teacher had her students play at a nursing home for their recital. It was very nice - we sang carols with some of the performers - Kat did a great job on her songs. I love to hear her practice. This is one of the reasons I hoped some of my kids would play piano ;)

Making Carmel Apples in the Fall

Yay! I have a new camera! I also downloaded some photos from Doris so that I can catch up a little. So - some catch up. Back in October we did some carmel apples and Grandpa and Grandma's house - it was very fun, seasonal, and New England-ish - the kids had a blast and so did the rest of us as we ate them and watched the candy slide back down to the cookie sheet after awhile.

Alaina and her creation

Kathryn puts M&M's all over hers



Garrett creates a monster (of course)

I'm pretty sure this was Garrett too . . .

Not sure who did this one, but I'm pretty sure Garrett didn't get to do all three -

It was just too long ago now, I don't remember who did what.

Those look like Kat's hands though.

Hard at work - So much fun! We love New England in the Fall! I don't have leaf photos this year. It was a really bad year for foliage because of the storms, but there were still a few pockets of pretty color. It's now January and the all the trees are bare (and some still broken) and there's no white to make it all look nice, but maybe we'll get some pretty snow photos before too long . . .