Someone wanted to sleep in the bathtub tonight

This small creek appears in our backyard after it rains

We very much enjoyed having Joan, Harmony, Nonna, and Nonno here for Christmas, and wish they could have stayed longer

Camden made a cool origami accordion box

My mom gave us her gorgeous nativity set this year. Too beautiful to not share, I took it over to the stake center this evening and set it up in preparation for the annual nativity celebration that our stake hosts for the community each year. The event is a pretty incredible gathering, featuring 800–900 nativity sets and many performances from local church and high school choirs and orchestras. The headline act is the Messiah sing-along on the final evening. Anyone in the area should be sure to check it out: apexnativity.org

Ember took me to her school gallery to show off her latest masterpiece. It sure is nice to have such great artists in the family. Can you recognize the inspiration for this piece?

Santa visited the kids at church today.

Frosty time

A cool silhouette on my way to bishopric early this morning.