All the boys, Christmas morning, smiling real big and wondering what is in all those presents around the tree.
We’re at this great stage in life where all of our kids still completely believe in Santa. I thought it would be fun to ask them what Santa brought this year:
Scott:
Mars Mission Command Station (Legos). A T-Rex puzzle that glows in the dark with bones. Candy in my stocking. Mini race car. Dinosaur dig. A Wii Remote. A coloring book.
Dallin:
Gorilla Jungle Play thingy. Mars Mission Space Ship (Legos). Another Mars Mission thing. Dinosaur dig. Coloring Book. Wii Play (with remote).
Tim:
Race Track. Mega T-Rex. Allosaurus. Thomas the Train cars. Geotrax train cars. Coloring Book. Wii Remote. Super Mario Galaxy.
Matthew:
Da Da Da Da Da Da
???:
Umm, actually, Santa didn’t bring this one did he?
Somehow, Santa was able to find a Wii for all the kids (and me too!). We must be pretty lucky I guess.
January 6th, 2008
Yesterday was our Ward Christmas Party. Our ward had quite the party too. First of all, everyone got a train ticket to the Polar Express. When you came, you went through the train station (complete with ticket takers in costume) and exchanged your ticket for a boarding pass. Then you got on the actual train (the hallway) and listened to the conductor for a bit before arriving at the North Pole. Once on site, there were an unlimited supply of candy, donuts, hot chocolate, and pretty much anything you can think of sweet that you could dip in chocolate and make yourself sick on. In addition, all the kids got to go around to various activities of making snowflakes, cookies and getting pictures with Santa.
Then came the program. There was a mini train on the stage that took a few kids to Bethlehem. (The presentation was “The Polar Express to Bethlehem”). After the train stopped along the way to see the shepherds and the Angel, it made a stop right outside the manger. Gayla and I somehow were persuaded to be Mary and Joseph.
In addition to just sitting and looking humble, we got to sing a song too. Gayla’s mother played the piano for us. We went up to the mics and started to sing. After the first line or so, Tim came running out on the stage. I didn’t see him at first but Gayla did. He looked at me, the circled around behind and came up on Gayla’s left side. He kept trying to give Gayla the wrapper to his candy cane. I would have kept a straight face if Gayla didn’t start laughing (Well, at least I think I could have). Gayla started to chuckle a little bit and then I missed a couple notes too. It took about a page of music before someone finally grabbed him off the stage. We maintained composure for the most part after that but there were still a couple places where I started to smile a bit.
Anyhow, we had a great time and I think things went just fine in spite of Tim’s comic relief. I still have no idea how Tim made it past the stage doors and the stage crew and out onto the stage though.
December 2nd, 2007