I absolutely love these natural Christmas trees that grow here. The little red berries are so festive and fun! There are trees with red berries everywhere. Some have leaves, some are just berries, some are trimmed like this into a Christmas tree shape. I would like to steal one to put in my house. I wouldn't even have to decorate it!
We said good-bye to one one of our favorite Elders who finished his mission and went home in time for Christmas. What a joy it was to work with Elder D.
We babysat our "honorary" grandson one evening so that his parents could go to the officer's ball. He was so much fun and really enjoyed Grandpa Elkins. His favorite toys were: the bears, the aerobic step, a bucket full of potatoes, a laundry basket, and a phone. We have become good friends with his parents and will miss them when they transfer a month before we do.
At the mission conference it is always fun to see some of our favorite Elders. Elder S was transferred back to work with us again as a District Leader and Elder R is the Zone Leader in another area now.
We were happy to have permission to spend Christmas with our daughter and her family.
It is so fun to be with family for Christmas. It was a nice day, even if the kids were wishing for a white Christmas.
Our oldest grandson turned twelve a couple days before Christmas and is ready to be ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood. What a wonderful blessing.
Soldier "Mom" gets a salute from her son at graduation.
Our oldest grandson turned twelve a couple days before Christmas and is ready to be ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood. What a wonderful blessing.
My sister sent these "stockings" for our Christmas. What fun.
We stopped by the DC Temple grounds. Unfortunately the live nativity display is only in the evenings but they left this camel just sitting around so we had to get a picture or two. We did enjoy seeing the creche displays in the Visitor's Center.
She is one of our LDS soldiers who just got transferred to Korea.
I can't believe how awesome that natural Christmas tree is. That's right up there with the bushes here that are shaped like Hershey's kisses, only cooler, with the berries!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the pictures of you with your favorite elders. Mission friends are some of the funnest friends in the whole world. I hope you get to keep in touch with many of them for a long time after your mission. (facebook has really helped me to do that!)
How sad that your friends will be transferred the month before you, but how nice that you get to spend all but one month of your mission with them. Just think, if you got transferred as often as your other full-time elders, you wouldn't have been able to be in their area half as long! I hope you can really stay in touch with them, as well.
I'm glad you enjoyed your Christmas trip as much as we did! Love you tons!
Which sister sent you those cute "stockings"? So adorable! I too and so glad you got to see Jenna and Jeff's family for Christmas. What a great blessing that it worked out that way. It was great to get to have a peek into your fun via skype that day! We sure love you!
ReplyDeleteIt was LaNetta that sent the bear stockings.
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