Our family newsletter entry for December 2010...great summary of a most wonderful month.
What can be said about December? There is just something magical about it all. Here are the highlights of a very jam-packed month for us:
• Two weeks off of work!
• First Presidency Christmas devotional
• The Festival of Trees in Sandy
• South Jordan Christmas craft boutique
• Festival of Lights in Spanish Fork
• Temple Square lights (it wouldn’t be Christmas without it)
• Mormon Tabernacle Choir and David Archuleta Christmas concert with the Wilkins
• Mini-concerts at the South Towne Center featuring Jon Schmidt, Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band, Peter Brienholt, David Tolk, Nancy Hanson, and many others.
• Kadence (with the Primary), Elizabeth, and David singing in the Christmas sacrament meeting, with David also speaking.
• The Twelve Days of Christmas, the seventh time I’ve done it for Elizabeth and once they arrived, the kiddies.
• Ward Christmas party, as well as a bishopric Christmas dinner together.
• Several work parties for David (LDSP, LDSP BYU, Telefund, and Annual Giving)
• BYU Christmas party with music, crafts, and food.
• Tithing settlement as a family and David taking his shift with the bishop.
• A Souper Christmas party at the Wilkins’, complete with gingerbread houses
• Illnesses all around (tis the season to share)
• Family dinner at Danny and Mary Sue’s for the November and December birthdays
• My birthday celebration, thanks to my sweet wife and children.
• Stake Court of Honor and a week later, pizza with the Young Men courtesy of our Stake Presidency thanks to winning the scout competition.
• Dinner with the Fransons
• Fun dinner with all the Jazz bloggers up in SLC, while watching the Jazz win
• Mailing, e-mailing, and Facebooking our 2010 Christmas letter and receiving the same from many dear family and friends.
• Delivering neighborhood gifts
• Collecting and delivering gifts from ward members for our annual giving tree. Helping out with Secret Santa shopping
• A fun visit at my aunt Sandy’s house
• Nelson Family Christmas party
• Grandpa and Grandma’s celebration
• Christmas Eve celebration with family and neighbors, with the Nativity and Twas the Night Before Christmas being the highlights
• Christmas day dinner at Dad and Donna’s with the entire clan.
• New Year Eve celebration at the Hunsakers’, with a lot of our amazing ward friends there.
• Preschool fun for both girls, including a field trip for Kadence to a local candy store.
• Lots of Noel movies, with the girls loving Rudolph, A Christmas Story, and Mr. Krueger
• A million Christmas songs, again, with Rudolph being the most sung
• Besides the usual assortment of toys, clothes, books, and movies under the tree, our family received a new camcorder and another Disneyland trip in February!
• Watching and feeling the Christmas spirit from the eyes of our beautiful children
• Especially feeling the love of Savior the entire month.
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