Christmas Card

Fire

On Thursday December 15th, vandals set our church building on fire. The most severe damage was done on the south end of the building which consists of the primary room and classrooms upstairs as well as a few offices. Two teenage kids were arrested a few days later. It was so sad to see the pictures of the blackened interior. Sunday we met in another building where we will continue to meet until our building is repaired.

Marker Christmas

We moved the Marker Christmas party up a couple weeks to accommodate having the Williams family there with us. Friday afternoon we got together at the Garden's retirement home and put on a short program for the residents there. Many of the grandchildren had a musical number prepared. We sang carols and passed out candy canes.
We had our usual Marker family dinner and sing-along. The children enjoyed playing with each other. Uncle Kevin taught the boys "Marker Ball" a game he made up. They had a great time together playing all sorts of games including "Ninja", Risk, Killer Bunnies, and Cranium. The ornament theme this year was music. We sang songs, shared a scripture and story. All the kids were excited about the big sleep over at grandmas house and watched the Polar Express.
Saturday morning, after breakfast we gathered around the tree for our gift giving. In the afternoon the adults went to see Sherlock Holmes in the theater. On the way home we drove around the park to see all the Christmas lights and houses.

Christmas Carols

This year we had a few friends over at our house to sing Christmas carols. We just had hot chocolate and a few other treats. It was so much fun.

Light Parade and Santa

We made it to the light parade for the first time since we moved here. It was short and sweet. The kids were excited to go visit with Santa and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. The city had hot cocoa and dounuts for us all and the line went really fast. It was a lot of fun. When we came home Khora said, Santa is so nice. He will bring you what ever you want, except skunks, they are too stinky! Apparently Khora is wishing for a hamster. Don't know what brought that on but there you go. Isaac wanted a snowboard and a baseball bat, Jacob, mindflex and a mit, Afton told him a bunny. Bonnie did really well for her first meeting with the big harry guy. He reached out his hands for her and she went right to him. So cute.

Ice Skating

Last week we went ice skating for FHE. I forgot my camara so I had to make do with the phone. The kids had a pretty good time, but only lasted an hour. The girls used the granny crutches as Isaac called them and were able to go around the rink pretty well. The boys fell quite a bit but had a great time. We might have to go again sometime.

Just A Little Bit Creapy

The other day the kids were playing around with the google eyes and they just had to show me their neat trick. Words fail me!!