November Gone Too!

I started to post a few days ago and it got lost somehow. Instead I got to work on my family Christmas newsletter. I posted it here too. Since postage has gotten so crazy, I went ahead and emailed it to those for which I have email addresses. I hope no one minds.

We are doing great. Today was a big day for the girls. They all sang at the church today. Anika had two cute songs that she sang with the other preschoolers. Kelby and Tegan had their big production they've been practicing for for months. They were proud of themselves and also glad to be done. They did great. Both had the words to the songs memorized and followed along great with the hand motions. Our biggest advice from last year was for them to smile and they both did a great job on that this year! Anika didn't know one song because it wasn't on her practice CD. So when it came on we were trying to get her to smile from the audience. She looked right at us and said, "I just don't know this one." The microphones picked it up and everyone thought it was SOOO cute.

Last weekend was the Christmas event for ladies that I've been working on for the last couple months. It went well...though we had a few gliches...like running out of food and having a LONG line to get food. Having 300 ladies there made everything take longer. I think that most of the ladies were happy to attend and had a good time.

I'm glad that is done because now it is time to focus on family and Christmas activities. We've done a few fun things like build a gingerbread house, go to the town parade, and make candies. The daily advent activity calendar has become an unnegotiable part of our holidays. The girls enjoy counting down to Christmas with activities.

Kelby and Tegan are in a Girl Scout troup now. It is on Thursday afternoons. They enjoy it and I'm excited to be a part of it too. I'm not leading or anything, so don't worry! It reminds me of when I was a Brownie. That means we'll start selling Girl Scout cookies in January!
I have to go to bed now, so I'll have to update more later. All is well here. I hope everyone is able to relax and enjoy the meaning of Christmas this season!