Pledge Class Christmas Party Yankee Swap Party Jackson and Nicole won the dress up contest!
Camilla and Jordan got married! I turned 23 My cake was really really hard to cut, it was the combination of the regular cake and ice cream cake I think.
The cheese fondue didn't melt quite as we expected Good company and good conversation, what more could you ask for? Jackson decided to shave his mustache and neck today in an attempt to channel Abe Lincoln, hopefully I can convince him to shave the rest before we fly home!
Today Jackson came home from school and said "Let's start a new Christmas tradition! So we did, we listened to Christmas music on the radio (we are still looking for our cds from the move) and we cut out paper snowflakes. It took us a couple of snowflakes before the 2nd grade skills started to kick in, but we had fun!
Tonight we went to the last Creche exhibit ever. It was amazing, Creche is Nativity in french ( I think ). This is the 25th year our ward has done this exhibit. They feature around 1000 different nativities from 111 different countries. We made a slideshow of our pictures (it is kind of a fast one). It really was awesome and I am sad they will not being doing it again but so glad I got to go at least once. One of my favorite creches was the french santon village one, it was amazing. "A santon is a small hand-painted figurine cast in terracotta or a similar material that is used for building nativity scenes. Santons are a traditional product of the Provence region of southeastern France. A maker of santons is called a santonnier. The word "santon" comes from the Provençal "santoun," or "little saint." They became popular during the French Revolution, when the churches were closed and the larger, traditional nativity scenes in churches prohibited. Smaller figurines began appearing in homes, and quickly gained popularity." (From wikipedia)
There was so much more behind the Santon Village nativities but I don't think I could summarize it all here. Anyway it was amazing.
Cara and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. To show how excited we are for the Christmas season, we have been practicing a short song and dance. Enjoy!! http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9631473791
These are some fun jewelry pieces I have found on etsy lately, aren't they beautiful? Although I don't think I would ever actually pay 128 dollars for a necklace!
The only "mountains" we have seen out here These wood cut out things were all around the town German children fountain I think this is supposed to be the pied piper This store was amazing, it is about 10 football fields worth of christmas decorations Dept. 56
We have had a really fun Thanksgiving weekend. We had a great dinner with my sister and her family and another family from the ward. On friday Jackson woke up early to take advantage of the Black Friday deals. We went to the outlets and then drove up to. It was settled by German immigrants and they have tried to keep a germanic feel in the town. It was really fun, they had german restaurants and german chocolate stores all over the place. Frankenmuth is also home to the biggest christmas store in the world, Bronners. It was amazing there were so many things everywhere.
Pledge Class Christmas Party
Yankee Swap Party
Jackson and Nicole won the dress up contest!
Camilla and Jordan got married!
I turned 23
My cake was really really hard to cut, it was the combination of the regular cake and ice cream cake I think.
The cheese fondue didn't melt quite as we expected
Good company and good conversation, what more could you ask for?
Jackson decided to shave his mustache and neck today in an attempt to channel Abe Lincoln, hopefully I can convince him to shave the rest before we fly home!
Today Jackson came home from school and said "Let's start a new Christmas tradition! So we did, we listened to Christmas music on the radio (we are still looking for our cds from the move) and we cut out paper snowflakes. It took us a couple of snowflakes before the 2nd grade skills started to kick in, but we had fun!
The only "mountains" we have seen out here
These wood cut out things were all around the town
German children fountain
I think this is supposed to be the pied piper
This store was amazing, it is about 10 football fields worth of christmas decorations
Dept. 56