It’s my favorite time of year! Christmas trees, lights, stories, music, gift giving, candy – I love Christmas! Tonight we read a story reminding us what all of these things really mean – and I’m glad that we celebrate Jesus Christ in such a happy, loving, long lasting way. We’ve had some memorable holiday experiences and look forward to many more.
We enjoyed picking out and decorating our real and amazingly symetrical tree. Miriam, Ellie, and Enoch continue to enjoy re-decorating it on a daily basis. Bjorn and I were able to attend the high school choir concert/dinner a few nights ago, and were touched by their portrayal of the nativity. They used a real baby, and the whole scene seemed so authentic, it was easy to imagine we were there, watching them experience the Christ child.
We attended the John Schmidt Christmas concert last night and thoroughly enjoyed it for the fifth year in a row. I always appreciate good, clean, uplifting entertainment – and the kids really had a good time. We had to drive through a major snow storm, but it was worth it.
The annual Utah cousin party was at our house this year, so it was fun to welcome Marianne, Brian, Karen, and Steve into our home yesterday.
The holidays are so full of good times, good memories, good feelings, and renewed testimonies. We look forward to being with most all of you for more celebrating over the next few weeks.
Other than Christmas activities, life carries on normally! Auriana was sick all last week, but we don’t worry too much about her missing school. As usual, her teacher thinks she’s perfect in every way. On Friday during their spelling test, on which they have to write in cursive, the teacher said “you’re all getting lazy on your cursive, I can hardly read your writing – except Auriana, hers is perfect!”
Isaac has a new favorite thing – Ben10 (a tv show). He watches it, talks about it, plays it, and dreams about it. He’s also reading Harry Potter for the second time. He says it’s amazing how much he missed or didn’t understand the first time.
Natalie had fun working on her project for the 2nd grade invention convention. She and Bjorn spent hours building a server track - a wooden track that helps you set or clear the table while sitting in one spot. Her teacher (and I) was very impressed.
Enoch has a great time in preschool! He’s our first to ever experience it, and it’s been really good for him. He loves to say the pledge of allegience, sing the days of the week, and do show and tell. Miriam and Ellie have both grown up a lot. Miriam is very independent in a good way, and Ellie imitates everything we do and say.
Bjorn sang “What Child is this?” very beautifully in church today, and when asked to speak about Christ in sacrament meeting a few weeks ago he bore a very powerful testimony. I’m grateful for his testimony and for the way he shares it in our home with me and the kids everyday.
This is Bjorn writing now. I just wanted to tell you all how much more wonderful Christmas is in our home because of Becky. The fun and thoughtful things she does for each of us and for our neighbors and friends really make the holidays all the more meaningful and memorable. She took the time to create a book full of pictures and messages for our good friends, the Shumways, who may move away this coming Spring or Summer. She created a fun DVD for our neighbors, the Lunts, with slideshows of their kids and our kids taken from our funny PhotoBooth program on our iMac. I’m sure it will provide them with hours of laughter and many fond memories. She has also taken the time to make fun treats for all our neighbors, not to mention all the effort she puts in to make new stockings for the youngest ones, and getting a yearly ornament for each of the kids that represents something significant that happened in each of their lives within the past year. I could go on, but Becky won’t let me. ☺ We love the Christmas season because of the Spirit we feel so often and how it draws us together in our love for the Savior and each other.
We enjoyed picking out and decorating our real and amazingly symetrical tree. Miriam, Ellie, and Enoch continue to enjoy re-decorating it on a daily basis. Bjorn and I were able to attend the high school choir concert/dinner a few nights ago, and were touched by their portrayal of the nativity. They used a real baby, and the whole scene seemed so authentic, it was easy to imagine we were there, watching them experience the Christ child.
We attended the John Schmidt Christmas concert last night and thoroughly enjoyed it for the fifth year in a row. I always appreciate good, clean, uplifting entertainment – and the kids really had a good time. We had to drive through a major snow storm, but it was worth it.
The annual Utah cousin party was at our house this year, so it was fun to welcome Marianne, Brian, Karen, and Steve into our home yesterday.
The holidays are so full of good times, good memories, good feelings, and renewed testimonies. We look forward to being with most all of you for more celebrating over the next few weeks.
Other than Christmas activities, life carries on normally! Auriana was sick all last week, but we don’t worry too much about her missing school. As usual, her teacher thinks she’s perfect in every way. On Friday during their spelling test, on which they have to write in cursive, the teacher said “you’re all getting lazy on your cursive, I can hardly read your writing – except Auriana, hers is perfect!”
Isaac has a new favorite thing – Ben10 (a tv show). He watches it, talks about it, plays it, and dreams about it. He’s also reading Harry Potter for the second time. He says it’s amazing how much he missed or didn’t understand the first time.
Natalie had fun working on her project for the 2nd grade invention convention. She and Bjorn spent hours building a server track - a wooden track that helps you set or clear the table while sitting in one spot. Her teacher (and I) was very impressed.
Enoch has a great time in preschool! He’s our first to ever experience it, and it’s been really good for him. He loves to say the pledge of allegience, sing the days of the week, and do show and tell. Miriam and Ellie have both grown up a lot. Miriam is very independent in a good way, and Ellie imitates everything we do and say.
Bjorn sang “What Child is this?” very beautifully in church today, and when asked to speak about Christ in sacrament meeting a few weeks ago he bore a very powerful testimony. I’m grateful for his testimony and for the way he shares it in our home with me and the kids everyday.
This is Bjorn writing now. I just wanted to tell you all how much more wonderful Christmas is in our home because of Becky. The fun and thoughtful things she does for each of us and for our neighbors and friends really make the holidays all the more meaningful and memorable. She took the time to create a book full of pictures and messages for our good friends, the Shumways, who may move away this coming Spring or Summer. She created a fun DVD for our neighbors, the Lunts, with slideshows of their kids and our kids taken from our funny PhotoBooth program on our iMac. I’m sure it will provide them with hours of laughter and many fond memories. She has also taken the time to make fun treats for all our neighbors, not to mention all the effort she puts in to make new stockings for the youngest ones, and getting a yearly ornament for each of the kids that represents something significant that happened in each of their lives within the past year. I could go on, but Becky won’t let me. ☺ We love the Christmas season because of the Spirit we feel so often and how it draws us together in our love for the Savior and each other.
