What Shall We Give?

Growing up, one of our family's greatest Christmas traditions took place on Christmas Eve. We'd gather around, read the Christmas story from the Bible, and then think about what we could give to Jesus as a gift of service on Christmas Day. We were taught that giving of ourselves was much more important than giving presents.

I really like this latest Mormon Message that talks about the same thing. I hope that my children will one day come to understand and embody this truth as well. Merry Christmas.

Year-end letter

Have you written your year-end letter yet? Me neither. I'm working on it though- if only in my head. However, I saw this Year-End Letter Song on Jay Leno a couple nights ago and thought it was too true not to share. Hope you don't get any letters like this this year:

Halloween

Alright, I know I'm a week behind the game, but here are our little monsters dressed up for Halloween this year:And here's Maddie's real costume. She only wore it for a few minutes.

And the jack-o-lanterns.

Happy Halloween!

Easter, etc.

Like most of you, we had fun participating in several Easter traditions this year:

Easter eggs:


Easter animals (and reptiles):





Easter egg hunts:



Easter Bunnies (some less creepy than others):



And Easter dresses:

It was a fun Easter weekend, but I'm glad we've got a year to gear up for the next one.