Christmas shopping fun

It doesn't get much more fun --when it comes to shopping than to find a bargain at guys---be prepared --and know that most of what we purchased this year--has a guys sticker on it-(and not just your white elephant gift LOL)
-and how fun is that? There are treasures there!!!!! (: Hayley found some great gifts for her extended family--Jacob party and I never am disappointed in what I find there--it is full of surprises --every time I go back

Christmas tree fun

Christmas trees have needles that point upward-reminding us to look up to Heaven for help and love and to Thank for our blessings


another good thing about Christmas trees is a place to dance around--to Christmas MUSIC
we danced and danced the other night--just for fun...

Fresh air...and skiing

Seems like when the inversion hits SLC , it motivates me to head up to alta and ski and see sunshine. The lines were short..(probably cause the air was so cold) but the powder and snow were GREAT--no wonder that Ut is known for the best snow on earth--*at least that is what we claim.

a "New take" on gingerbread houses

I got such a kick out of a phone call last week--Kaci called to tell me that they had gotten the gingerbread house in the mail and had decorated it--she said to look at my email for the pic and I laughed out loud when I saw an "RV-gingerbread House"

* very cute--so appropriate since your home of 2011 for a bit of time was an RV--what will you all think of next--you never cease to amaze dad and I with your creative juices and we love it and we love you....

Dinner date

When we got to the Hunters home the other night for our annual Stake Pres Christmas dinner, one of Pres Hunters daughters Anestasia asked me if I was excited for the dinner to which I replied yes
It is a dinner we always look forward to--good company and good food and we stay like 3 hours and eat appetizers and soups and rolls and salads and dessert and just visit and be social -its fun
and we enjoy our association and friendship and working along side the Hunters, Mchenry, Hall and Hankin families. Our lives our richer because of the shared experiences with each of them

Ballet

how I love to watch any of my grandkids in any of their activities--I had the chance to watch anna in ballet class --oh how I enjoy that--almost or equal to watching them perform on stage--they are so disciplined and word so hard stretching and leaping and learning the combinations-of positions and they don't talk much --they just 'do' (what the teacher says) and they are so graceful --(arms and legs)
they learn the french words--and terminology of dance positions. Anywho with all that said
I just admire them for what they do--I myself and not that disciplined to exercise for 1 1/2 hours at a whack once a week (with a five min break). watching this class was really a treat.

Performances of the Christmas Season

the first performances of the year started with Hunters Program--oh how that set our spirits in the mood for a joyful holiday--I'm tellin' ya this group of singers were absolutely darling &sweet




Abbie is the fifth on in on from the left
bottom row

during this Christmas season one performance we were able to attend and enjoy was listening to two gifted pianist named Joshua and Lindsey Wright --they played a duet then Joshua played
they happen to sit at our table for desert and we got to visit --they are such nice folks
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other performances the Holiday Season has brought- opportunities
for many wonderful Musical performances that touch the heart--our list has included:
1)abbie in her Nutcracker dance
2)Kennedee in her Nutcracker dance
3) Abbie and Anna playing recital songs at their home (we missed the actual recital)
4)Sterling singers (300 member choir) at the libby gardner hall-wow magnificent
5)Abbie singing with her classmates at a school
6)mom performed for the neighbors at a cookie party--Oh Holy Night on the accordian-We also heard from other neighborhood singers--perform that day including Alisa Murray on a winter's night. and Jackson smith sang too and Sarah Davidson and Hannah murray each on the violin.
7) heard the murray high school madrigals at the ward Christmas Party-
8)but the best will be Family home Evening --the performance of grandaughters dancing and the family singing (performing ) Christmas together.
during this Christmas season one performance we were able to attend and enjoy was listening to two gifted pianist named Joshua and Lindsey Wright --they played a duet then Joshua played
they happen to sit at our table for desert and we got to visit --they are such nice folks




in this picture Joshua is talking to a young boy--who is very gifted at piano too--he is a concert pianist at age 9--he and Joshua are friends and that is how the 22 ward came to have Joshua come...google on youtube Joshua wright http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNxbHFmPY8Q
when you paste that--it brings up choices--click on amazing man plays two pianos
and you'll see what I mean about his talents, or go to his web site www.joshwrightpianotv.com