Christmas

The Bible Study group I joined for the 2013-2014 school year had a very fancy Christmas tea, just the sort you'd expect from Newport Beach. 

I accompanied Jilly's first grade class to a production of The Nutcracker, and bought Ben and Gordon tickets so they could see it at the same theater at UCI. Evelyn had seen it in a previous year. Everyone enjoyed it. 

Gordon loved riding the bus with Dad. 

The University Hills ward Christmas Party. Jilly was afraid of Santa again. 

Gordon using the box Grandma and Grandpa Cows shipped their Christmas gifts in as his seat to watch "Whit Christmas." The kids have loved this movie ever since they were very small. 

Decorating the gingerbread house that Grandma Chickens sent us. 

Christmas Eve picture with our skinny tree. Uncle Dan spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with us. 

Enjoying their new set of paints. 

And a contract that Mom and Dad need to remember as the kids become teenagers. Mom told the kids the story of how when she was 10 or 11 she told Grandma and Grandpa Cows she wouldn't be a bad teenager and they wrote up a contract and had her sign it. Mom did remember as a teenager that she had signed it, and that helped her remember to not be a naughty teenager.