first primary talk

Chris had the chance to give his first talk in Primary, the last Sunday in November of 2010.  He did really well – spoke clearly, looked at everyone, and smiled.  We were proud of him.  He even wrote it himself.  It was about service, and what we can do to serve.  He gave a few examples of ways we could serve others, and bore his testimony about service.  I should have taken a picture of him, but I forgot.

He also was able to give a talk while my family was here visiting, which was a lot of fun to be able to have them here for that.  His topic was "The Scriptures teach of Jesus Christ and His Second Coming". I love that he gets the chance to do things like this from the church!

Christmas cookies

Christmas cookies, a photo by sarahlw2383 on Flickr.

One of my goals for 2012 is to spend some time here, on this poor, neglected blog of mine. Please excuse me while I do a bit of catch-up in the midst of the current posts. We had a wonderful Christmas this year. My parents, brother, and sister came to visit (missed you, Jeff!) for Dave's graduation from his Master's program (yay!). Then we had a quiet Christmas break, and a wonderful Christmas day. Somewhere in there, we decorated some cookies. Hope you all had a very merry Christmas!

thanksgiving feasts! (kindergarten and preschool)

Naomi had a Thanksgiving “feast” at preschool; there was white bread, green beans, sliced cheese, turkey lunchmeat, and applesauce.  Pretty funny, but the kids loved it.  Naomi even asked for more green beans!  She made a pilgrim hat, and looked adorable in it.  Some of the teachers put on a puppet show about the pilgrims, and the kids thought it was a riot; they laughed the whole way through.

Chris also got to have a “feast” in kindergarten, but they asked the parents not to come for that.  They had three classes in one room, and I guess there wasn’t space for any more people.  It was one where everyone brought something to share.  He said he had a lot of fun.

family pictures 2010

katie (and me too, i guess - mostly katie, though!) started a photography business!  here's the link to the website: www.katiewillsonphotography.com.  She's been taking our family pictures for a few years now, and i love the way these turned out!  the ones with the sun flare are my favorite, i think.  i totally slacked on the christmas cards this year, so no one's really seen these yet.  consider this our family wishing yours a (late!) happy holidays!

Click here to see the pictures.

halloween 2010

Friday, the 29^th, our ward had a trunk-or-treat party.  They went a little crazy, and had three bounce houses, food (chicken salad sandwiches, corn dogs, chips, cookies, and hot chocolate), games, and prizes.  We had a great time!  We’re really feeling like part of the ward, and that we know most everyone.

On Halloween, we took the kids to a few houses around Jonathan and Katie’s house.  It was a big family affair, and a fun way to do it.  Chris was Batman, Naomi a fairy, Jacob was Mario, and Lily was Princess Peach.

preschool fall festival 2010

At the end of October, Naomi had a fall festival at preschool.  She got to dress up in her costume (a fairy), and have lots of fun stations.  After all their morning fun, another mom and I put on a class party for them.  Everyone takes a turn planning a party, and I figured it would be nice to get it done at the beginning of the year.  We had pizza, played a few games, decorated cookies, and made fall wreaths. 

our beautiful fairy

with her pumpkin

yummy pizza for lunch

her class all dressed up

lost a tooth!

chris lost his first tooth in the middle of october!  it had been loose for a while, and it fell out one night while he was wiggling it.  the tooth fairy was generous with the first tooth and left $2.  he's lost one more since this, and got $1 for that one.