Now that's a Christmas Miracle!!!
We drove by the Tabernacle Sunday night. It's so sad. The walls are still standing but it's an empty shell! Well, except for the 9 feet of debris inside!!!
The smell of fire was still in the air. Just so sad!!!
Be sure and listen to the song that I posted in the next post!
To Quote Linus Van Pelt: "That's what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown!"
Today was the Ward Christmas Party!
Santa didn't traumatize ALL the kids!
Some liked sitting on his lap!
Some asked for a ride in his sleigh!
I love the little kid sitting at Santa's feet!!!
When Santa first arrived a little tiny girl, I'd guess under two, ran up and gave Santa a hug! It was adorable!!! They had little bells on strings at the tables and when Santa got there a bunch of little kids took the bells to Santa!!! Hilarious!!!
Lots of crying kids!!!
Santa can be very traumatizing! I was traumatized by Santa once or twice!
One little girl gave Santa her letter! This isnt' the little girl, but it is the letter in his hand.
Someone happily sitting on Santa's lap!
More Trauma!!!
My second traumatic experience with Santa: My Mom was Primary President and for the Ward Party the Primary was doing "Twas the Night Before Christmas" The El Rancho Choraleers came to sing while the primary children acted it out!!! Santa didn't show!!! Guess who got to be Santa!!!! The pains of being the Primary President's daughter!!
More happy faces!!!!
Needless to say, when I first saw this Santa...I was actually a little scared! The whole issue with people in costumes!!! I softened up and took him home with me!!!
Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night!!! 
This is a picture from our first snow. It didn't last very long! Melted the same day. Eddie's happy that we got dumped on this weekend, but we don't have pictures yet, cuz we need batteries!
On Friday, our beloved Elder Ben Major wed Tasha Johnson in the MT. Timp. temple. It was one of the best sealings I've ever witnessed. There weren't a lot of weddings that day, so the sealer was able to take a lot of time. It was awesome!!!! We got to see Elder Perruci at the reception that night. He got married 4 months ago. Eddie gave him a very bad time about not inviting us to the wedding!!! 
On my way to California, the Camry hit 99,999 miles!
I was in Baker when it rolled over to 100,000! Great little car. It's taken us to Nauvoo twice and back and forth between California and Utah, and Pico Rivera and Reno a bunch of times!
This was in front of the house on the corner of 800 West and Center St. in Orem.
I didn't know the Who's dressed up for Halloween!
I loved passing this corner!!! Very festive!!!
This was my favorite costume at the ward party. Great Russell!!!
Cinderella! Her princess shoes even lit up blue!!!
This is little red riding hood. She had a crocheted cape with hood! Very cute!
This was the best!!! Pirate Mom and Dad! Little girl was the parrot!!!!
There's a family in the ward whose oldest boy is named Dash, so naturally they came as the Incredibles. This is Jack-Jack!
I went to Betty and Duane's for a while Halloween Eve. Adam and Tessa were a BYU football player and cheerleader. Very cute!
Tessa's a hoot!
The Queen Mum!
They went outside to go trick-or-treating and of course had to go and Ma & Pa's house first.
Trick - or - Treat!!!!
We have been up the canyon 3 times in the last week.
These first few pictures are from a week ago when we went to Heber.
Cool shot of the tunnel.
The colors are so pretty!
It was a nice little trip.
This is a house over by 400 West and 400 South. The first time I saw it there weren't any for sale signs for the pumpkins and I just thought it was a crazy halloween house.
Earlier this week we went back up to Heber. We actually drove through Wasatch State Park I think that's what it was. More cool colors.
The yellows, oranges and reds are so cool!
It was very pretty.
We stopped at the visitor center by a golf course and watched the ducks and geese.
They were cute. They do not like Tots!!!
Vibrant colors!
Today we had a High Priest social at Southfork! It was so pretty.
The weather was perfect!
We had delicious food! Cajun beans and rice!!!
The red on the mountains was so cool!
It was a pretty drive and it's amazing how the colors change in just a few days!
Welcome Fall!
