Jolly, our teddy bear elf has come back and is as inconsistent as ever. But he did have a couple of fun things planned for us. We made cinnamon rolls, had our ward Christmas party, took family pictures, made chocolate chip cookies, and watched The First Presidency Devotional.
Friday night, at our ward party, we had a variety show that our family participated in. We were 'lip syncing' a family favorite from my childhood, 'The Christmas Dragnet'. It was going relatively well until the cd stopped working right at the climax. We just stood on the stage for a few awkward seconds and then I yelled out "Then Grudge believed in Santa" and we ran off the stage red faced. Rudger was in tears because he was going to be Santa at the end. Luckily, the real Santa was coming to read a story to the children, so he got to be Santa's very special helper and that totally made up for it :) We then came home and watched Vintage Christmas cartoons.
Saturday was an errand day for mom and dad. So the kids stayed home and Netflix, I mean Corbin, babysat. The boys were certain we bought Christmas presents, which we did by a few stocking stuffers, but Amazon is taking care of Christmas this year. We also cleaned the basements. Yay!
Sunday was a much needed day at home, after we got home from church. Although we did sneak away for about 11 minutes to take our Christmas card pictures. Also yay! And I've even already ordered them. That right there makes me feel like I am totally on top of everything!
Seriously the very BEST month!!
