This year I set up this tree in our bedroom. Duane thinks I am nuts but I really like having it in our room. I told him it's our night light for December. I love to just sit on the bed and stare at it. I guess it calms me. It is the tree we bought for our first Christmas after we got married. We lived in an apartment in Mesa and didn't have room for a very big tree. This one was just right. When we moved into our house we strted getting real trees but a few years ago I bought a big 7' fake tree. It is in the front room with all the family ornaments on it. But I still like to put up our first tree. The second photo was taken when the room was dark and so the glow looks a little strange.
This cute couple came to our ward Christmas party last Thursday and handed out goody bags to the kids. It was fun to have Mrs. Clause there to help Santa.
I was in charge of decorating again this year but they forgot to ask anyone to help me. All the decorations are stored at the other end of the building and some upstairs. I did a lot of walking and bending. Not fun when you're 7 mths pregnant. After it was over people took stuff down and set it on the stage, but guess who had to put it all away. Duane was at least there by then to help. My friend Mary had to work, but came and helped me for a little while. Needless to say I was a little sore afterward.
Wiley received his cub scout wolf patch last Tuesday. He was pretty excited. We had to rush to get all the requirements done, a mistake we will not make again :0]
Here he is trying to put on the mothers pin. He told me I could just do it myself, but they are supposed to do it so I held out my shirt for him. He was pretty embarrassed.
Latisha is loving this gift. Every year we do a white elephant gift exchange. I am listing a few of my favorites from this years party.
Shaylee entertained the kids with a game of Duck Duck Goose.
Okay this gift was awesome. Lanise was sure surprised when she opened the box and silly string exploded everywhere. This was Dylan's gift. He and Blake had some fun in the garage before the party started, so we all knew that we were in trouble. 
Latisha makes this squirrel look cute, but when Shaylee dumped it out of the box and all you could see was a blob of fur it wasn't so cute. 
This was my favorite. Zenica got a surprise when she opened her gift. It was alive. We played the left-right game with our gifts, so we passed them around for about ten minutes. This poor mouse probably had a concussion by the time she unwrapped him. This was all Latisha's doing. But he was pretty cute while in his cage. He was actually fun to watch. 
