December activities

It's beginning to feel a little like Christmas here in Tucson!


Chase loved that his yoga teacher, Miss Nancy, had a santa cap her cactus, ornaments hanging from the trees overhead and candy canes on a tree for all to take and enjoy! He also loved the Target gift card she gave him as a Christmas gift!

I had the opportunity to volunteer at the elementary school during craft day. (It was also pajama day so Ryan got to wear his new puppy pajamas from Aunt Patty!) I got to help Ryan make a replica of Santa's workshop!

He also made a very cute snowman ornament. It was a wonderful morning to spend with him.

My thoughts this week have also been with these sweet young ladies. They are in our ward and neighborhood and well, they are just about the kindest, sweetest girls (and family!) you could ever meet. They are moving for six months while their dad is deployed. (maybe that's just an extended vacation but I will miss them all the same!)

Those sweet girls have a very sweet little brother who we also love. Ryan cried and cried when we said good-bye. I think it will be fun if Ryan sends his little friend letters in the mail.

This week we received a phone call from the kids' dentist telling us Chase had won their office drawing by guessing the correct amount of balls in a glass jar. And what did he win? A huge bucket of balls all in a U of A tub! He received a basketball, football, soccer ball, volleyball and a kickball! Thanks Great Grins!

I spent this week spray painting the St. George temple. Ha! Of course not really. We purchased these models of the St. George temples for our Young Women as part of their Christmas gift (the girls loved them!). Here are the before and after pictures. I think they turned out really nice.


On Friday we had a Young Women board Christmas party. It was so much fun (although I was blessed to open some of the super fantastic white elephant gifts - I am sad to report all were stolen from me during the game) LOL... It was pretty fun and I love the candle I came home with. We also had a great time playing pictionary with Christmas song titles and then having to hum into kazoos the song in its entirety once it was guessed. I am blessed to serve alongside the most amazing women!