On the First 16 Days of Christmas...

10 days of school down, and only four left to go. Whoo hoo! And yikes! Only four left and a whole lot of Christmas Prep before all the kids are home all day long.

9 hours of sunlight. I can't wait until the days start to get longer again.

8 days left until Christmas. Eli keeps a constant vigil over the countdown snowman on the table.

7 days snow over due. We have a family bet going to see when we are going to get snow. Not just a dusting--it has to cover all the grass at our house. I guessed the 9th. It snowed, but not enough to win me the prize. Eli's day came and went. It snowed 8 inches while we were in Draper on Drew's chosen day, but when we got home---nothing. Dave is pulling for the 19th and Isaac for the 20th.


6 month old penguin. Pretty much the cutest thing around.


5 Dancing Elves!


4 Christmas work parties. The advantage of Dave having lots of clients is I have eaten well this week.

3 Hundred mouths to feed at the Ward Christmas Party of which I was in charge.

2 missionaries. Nana and Bubba have started their missionary service. They have spent the last two weeks in training. Now they are patiently awaiting their visas and studying their Spanish. Their blog is thesullivansinspain,blogspot.com.

1 choir concert. We took Drew and Isaac to Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir this morning. The highlight was watching the excitement on Isaac's face. I love that life holds so much wonder for him.