Christmas

We had a good Christmas. I always love going to church the Sunday before Christmas, and this year church was great. The bishop and a counselor spoke and did a great job.There was also lots of singing. I especially enjoyed singing in the choir this year. Christmas was a lot more fun with Camille, even though she didn't know what was going on. It snowed several inches Christmas Eve, and we decided to go sledding. We packed up Camille and went to Rock Canyon. We didn't stay long, but it was a blast. I would like to make it a tradition, but I don't know if we can count on having snow every Christmas Eve.

In the evening we went to Brian's aunt's house for a party. Santa came, but we didn't get a picture of Camille with him. Maybe we can get one from someone else? The activity included visiting Brian's Grandpa in a physical therapy center where the kids dressed up and did the Nativity. Camille got to be Baby Jesus. She did pretty well until about this point when Brian took the picture.

I kind of thought Camille would sleep in on Christmas morning since she was up much later than normal, but she was excited and woke up earlier than usual. It was okay though because I was excited, too. I know people complain about how Christmas isn't special because it's too commercial, but it is still my favorite holiday. I really enjoy the Christmas spirit of charity, peace, and love. Maybe that's why I start Christmas shopping in September. 

Camille opened this present pretty much all by herself. It only took 10 minutes.

After we saw what Santa brought and opened presents here, we went to Kaysville and spent the rest of the day there. It was a nice relaxing holiday.

Camille Giggling

Here's another video of Camille giggling. Just a simple rattle is all it takes sometimes. When she starts to get really tired or hungry, this is what happens...

Cookie Bake-off

Janet and Jacob came over for FHE Monday night to make cookies with us. Brian had to take some to work for the student Christmas party, I had to take three dozen to the RS meeting Tuesday night, and we needed some just to eat. We made chocolate sandwich cookies, spritz, and chewy ginger cookies. I also got stuff to make peanut blossoms, but those will have to wait...if the kisses last that long.

Spritzing

Janet masterfully handling her KitchenAid

We ended up with an odd number of cookies, so we made a triple decker.

Yum!

To lessen the effort of rolling them into balls, we made some huge cookies. Those big ones are probably like 500 calories each. Yum!

The Royal Baby

As you all probably know, Prince William and Kate are expecting. If you didn't know, this post probably isn't for you.

It's exciting news. I feel a little bad for Kate; she can't get her extreme morning sickness treated without the whole world going nuts about it, and I'm sure they didn't want to announce it yet. Despite that, it's still exciting. Why? Maybe it's exciting because it's something happy in the news rather than normal depressing stuff. Or maybe watching the royal family is a form of escapism. Maybe we're just hopeless anglophiles.

In honor of the royal baby, I'm setting up a contest. Leave a comment with what you think the royal baby will be named. You can guess one girl name and one boy name. I've included a royal family tree to help. The winner gets a piece of gum.