Wow, it seems like a really short Christmas season his year. Thanksgiving was later this year, and with working and all-I have less to time to prepare! I did get the advent calendars from Trader Joe’s this year, before they sold out. Yay! We have been reading scriptures or other Christmas stories, or singing carols each night before bed. The kids have been able to watch a few Christmas movies while sipping on hot chocolate. We’ve attended Christmas parties. I planned the Relief Society dinner this year and it was a big success. I didn’t get any pictures-but we had beautiful navy, silver and white decorations, a big canvas of the Nativity on the wall and sparkling white Christmas lights around the room. We had spinach salad with white beans, red bell pepper and croutons with a tomato basil vinaigrette, rolls, cranberry-orange chicken, herbed roasted red potatoes and glazed carrots for dinner. Then we had people bring all kinds of cookies for dessert and we served hot chocolate with them. The program was beautiful-we had some amazing musical numbers and my dad did a reading. It was so nice. I’m glad it’s over though! I also got to attend a cookie exchange with ladies from church, and a surprise birthday party for a friend. It’s been a busy month. Here are some pictures of some of the things we’ve done as a family:
Decorating the tree
The Ward Christmas Party-Old Bethlehem style
Riding the Train to see the Christmas lights.
Hopefully we can squeeze in a few more fun things before Christmas! So far, it’s been a great season!
1 comment:
Cute post, Nik! It was so fun doing Dovewood Ct. with you guys on the Aker's train!
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