December has been quick and fun! We enjoyed time with Mindy, Clinton & Lizzy (they were here for a week or so). Zachary and Anna have been playing Junior Jazz basketball--fun for them to play and fun to watch. Anna had a number of dance performances including Festival of Trees, the Christmas recital, and at the Murray Care Center.Zachary, Anna, and Griffin are all in the school choir. Zachary and Anna both had solos in the Christmas concert and did amazing!
The Christmas piano recital was an enjoyable evening as well. It is very rewarding to watch the kids who practice and prepare well perform well. Our kids were happy with their performances, as were we. Zachary and Anna played a duet together as well as solos and Griffin was the opener with Jingle Bells. He played though his song several times because he liked how it looked to watch the hammers hit the strings.
Our ward party was Return to Bethlehem. Everyone dressed in appropriate attire and had a true Bethlehem experience. The boys were asked to be the wise men for the Nativity and the girls were asked to be the angels. Thanks to mom for all the great costumes.
We scored six tickets to a Jazz game so we drove downtown, had to park a ways away so we walked a bit and then took the train the rest of the way to the arena. We had a good time together. There's something fabulously festive about being downtown with the lights and snow and Christmas music.
