Countdown to Christmas

It has been great having Kira home. Dad got up in the attic and we hauled her boxes downstairs where she is slowly going through stuff. I got some cute sweaters out of the deal. I am a product of my daughter's taste since much of my wardrobe is handed down to me from the girls. It is just a continuation of my sisters handed me down their clothes when I was growing up. It keeps me grounded. We sure enjoyed the Tabernacle Choir performance. It took 3 hours to get there. Kira and I began in SF and picked up Dad and Dallin at BYU. The drive to American Fork took an hour because of weather and traffic. Then we got on the Trax and that took longer but made Dad happy. We found Brooke and friends to give out some extra tickets and then found Kay and Grandma C. and sat with them. It is still amazing to me that I got to see the King Singers for free. It was wonderful to watch them again on TV during the Spoken Word on Sunday. On Saturday, McKay and Dallin went sledding with McKay's new stadium seat on skis. They went to Deadman's Drop in Woodland Hills. They came home and tweaked the invention and are ready to try it out again on Wed. Dad and I went to the temple together on Saturday morning...we don't do that often enough. We headed to the BYU bookstore to do some shopping and while I was waiting for some gifts to be wrapped upstairs, I saw Dallin waiting the book buyback line. It reminded me of Eli a little when his face lights up while watching his favorite part of Lion King. We waved and after he got done he came and found us and we got him something to eat while we visited. I do so like Dad working at BYU!. Saturday night we wrapped books for the Stake Fireside the next night while watching Matilda and discovered that we have never seen the end of that movie. The Stake Fireside was for all the bishops, high council and Stake leaders and spouses. We had a CES instructor talk about Numbers 9 and Hebrews 7,8, and 9. It was truly fascinating and we learned things about the temple we have never picked up before. Life just doesn't get better and we are looking forward to having everyone that can, be home.