Christmas is Almost Here

And boy are we ready. Spencer has the new Super Mario Bros. game on his wish list and he is constantly talking about it (constantly)! Well, today I was telling him not to wish all the days before Christmas away too quickly because it's sad when it's all over. The Christmas tree will come down, we'll stop playing Christmas music, etc,. And he just replied "yeah, but then I'll be playing Mario and nothing else will matter." So, I certainly hope Santa has Mario in his bag of presents.

The one new thing we've done this holiday season was going to the community 'Breakfast with Santa.' I was very impressed. It was put on by Uintah Recreation. They had live Christmas music, games, face painting and Santa and Mrs. Claus. All three of my kids thoroughly enjoyed it.

This past Tuesday, I went to Enrichment. I really didn't want to go because dresses were required and it's hard to put on a skirt when it's so cold outside. But I absolutely love the ladies in our presidency...and I wanted to support them. I was so glad I went. They put on a really nice dinner. Afterwards we went into the sacrament room for the program. Sister Marshall played many of the Christmas hymns while a brother in the ward read about the birth of Christ from the scriptures. We sang part of the songs and then another sister sang Silent Night as a solo. The spirit rolled over the whole congregation as a mighty wave and it was truly magnificent. I needed to feel that. And now that I have felt it, Christmas can come. I have the Christmas spirit!

And so the countdown goes on. Only six days left. Are you ready?