Ward Christmas Party

At our annual Ward Christmas Party this year our kids had lots of parts in the program!  It was so fun to see them up there proud of what they were doing!  Calum and Armin both sang "Gingerbread Christmas", Calum was a baker and Armin was a gingerbread man.  Myrna made him the cutest costume!  Then Calum was in a skit about the ghost of Christmas past, present and future, the Activity Day kids wrote it themselves.  It was cute! The boys also sang "Once There Was a Snowman" with the Nursery kids. Emry was Mary in the Nativity with the rest of the youth.  She played a beautiful Mary!

After the program was finished we sang Christmas carols to call out Santa!  This is always a huge highlight for the kids!  Armin was right up there and sat on Santa's knee, he told him he would like kittens for Christmas!! Hopefully he's not too disappointed, we do have a cat who is pregnant and will likely have her kittens in the next couple of months, maybe we can convince him Santa was a little late!!  Calum wouldn't sit on Santa's knee but he did stand there and talk to him.  He also had to run outside to see if his sleigh was on the roof.  When he didn't see it he told me it wasn't Santa, but one of his helpers.  He noticed one of the dad's in our Ward was missing and had himself convinced he knew who Santa's helper was.

The meal was yummy as usual, the roast beef and gravy were to die for!  We weren't asked as a Ward to bring any desserts, that was a bit of a bummer!  I always love seeing everyone's best desserts spread out on the table!

My dad and my mom, Mark and Owen came to the party.  I was so happy to have them there!  I love spending time with my family and enjoy their company when we are together.  Another Christmas event marked off!  The School Concert is tonight and then we are finished with outings!  Christmas will be here before we know it!  I love this time of year, the busyness of the season.  The songs, the lights, the food!  Such a wonderful time of year to remember the birth of our Savior!

The Sounds of the Season

I just absolutely love this time of year.  The lights, the sounds, the smells!!  Everyone seems a little more kind to one another too!  Just a magical time of year!

Emry and Leah have been singing together a lot lately.  Their voices blend so beautifully together.  Jared has been accompanying them on the guitar and that too sounds so beautiful!  They sang for the Senior's Centre last night as entertainment for their Christmas Party.  There was such a special spirit about them.  They sang "What Child is This", "Silent Night" (my absolute favourite) and "Away in a Manger".  All three gave me goose bumps.  There is something about singing about the birth of our Savior that touches deep within my soul.  Such a wondrous night to have the Savior of the world born to bring us hope and peace.

I look forward to listening to the girls sing, they truly are filled with the Spirit of Christ.  And listening to Jared play the guitar is wonderful, I think it is my favourite instrument to listen to acoustically!

Again, such a magical time of year!  My favourite time of year!

Basketball

Last night Emry had her first Basketball game!  Though they didn't win, or even come close, they had fun and tried their best!

Emry was definitely a little timid but she started to move around and get open more by the end of the game.  She wasn't quite sure what to do with the ball when it was given to her and couldn't get rid of it fast enough!  Her skills will continue to grow as she practices more and her confidence will also increase as she asserts herself more.  It was nail biting to watch my girl out there on the court!  You don't realize just how vicious girls can be until you see elbows flying back and forth landing in someone's face!! OUCH!

Emry is number 15

Emry is having so much fun with these girls, something she just doesn't have in Champion.  She is playing on the Vulcan team because Champion didn't have enough people to make up a team.

I look forward to watching the rest of her games and seeing her grow and mature with each one.