Our Weekend

Well this was a pretty good week. We got most of our Christmas shopping done through Amazon and I picked up a few things in town. I think I only have two more things to get. We leave for California on the 17^th and we are all excited to enjoy the Holidays with family. We haven’t been home for the holidays since before Savannah was born, so this will be her first Christmas with her grandparents.

We had a ward party Saturday morning. We had a terrific breakfast and some fun entrainment from many of the children in the ward. Savannah enjoyed watching the performances and danced to every song sung. The primary children were asked to get on stage and sing a few Christmas carols. Savannah isn’t primary age yet but she wanted so bad to perform something. We let her get on stage with RJ and she stood there through out both songs pretending she knew the words. It was very cute. I brought the camera but when we went to take a picture we realized that the memory card wasn’t inside. So much for pictures.

After the music Santa came. RJ’s eyes lit up once he walked in the room. He was so very excited and rushed over with two of his buddies to wait their turn in line to sit on the big guys lap. He told Santa he wanted the Mario Kart Wii and that his dad wanted it to. He also wanted Indiana Jones Legos.

Savannah wouldn’t go near Santa. She was perfectly happy watching him from afar. We however tried to get her up there for a picture. (A guy in the ward was taken photos of each child on Santa’s lap.) We finally got her up on stage but she wouldn’t sit on Santa’s lap, she stood by him and said Merry Christmas and then she was done.

Later that afternoon Jared took RJ and his friend to the library to see Santa again. I wasn’t sure if it was such a great idea seeing two Santa’s in the same day. But we had mentioned the event to RJ and I knew he would be upset if he missed it. He also said earlier that he forgot to tell Santa one more thing he wanted, the Indiana Jones Lego Wii game. RJ came home saying that that Santa was different. He stated that he wasn’t wearing his glasses like the first and he was scarier looking. I guess RJ didn’t talk to this one but did sit on his lap for a picture. His friend was indifferent and told RJ that there were lots of different Santas. RJ expected his answer and really hasn’t questioned it.

That night Jared took me to the Idaho Falls Nutcracker performance. I was excited to see the ballet. My remember might be awful but I remember seeing it in San Francisco many times when I was younger. (It might have only been once or twice, but it seemed like we went quite a few times) But anyhow, I have always enjoyed the Nutcracker so I was very excited to enjoy it again. There were so many little girls in the audience it made me very grateful to have a little girl and look forward to one day making the Nutcracker a tradition with her. Hope she likes it as much as I do.

The babysitter had both kids in bed when we got home, which was a real treat. Usually RJ is still up. Unfortunately, Savannah woke up several times in the middle of the night with a upset stomach. She lost whatever she ate that night. I know the babysitter feed them corn dogs or dinner but since I wasn’t home I really wasn’t sure what else Savannah ate that might have upset her stomach so much.

Needless to say we are all exhausted and are taking an easy relaxing Sunday off. Savannah is back to her normal self but we didn’t want to push anything. So that is an update on our weekend.