The latest news:
- Brian had surgery before Thanksgiving to repair the hole in his ear canal wall for the second time; the surgery went well but there have been some post-op complications with the incisions that haven’t been very fun for him and have made dancing difficult which is a problem when you have three dance classes in a semester.
- Mark has mono. Ugh! So now we are 2 for 2 with our children and mono; he’s having a tough time getting over it with finishing up the semester and working; Lauren feels lousy, too, so they strongly suspect she has it, too.
- Scott and I attended BYU’s Celebration of Christmas last weekend with all the choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra so we got to see Lauren play violin with the orchestra; we go to this concert every year and just love it because it’s a great beginning to the Christmas season.
- Last Sunday was tree delivery day for me when we deliver large trees purchased at Festival of Trees; that’s the winding-up activity for Festival week and it went off without a hitch.
- We managed to finish the Christmas decorating last Monday before BYU kids came up for dinner so we felt pretty good about that; so festive here!
- Friday was our annual Christmas shopping marathon; the yearly endurance event yielded the majority of our shopping done, so good job for us, although I was completely exhausted by the time we got home late Friday night.
- Scott played a piano duet at his BYU ward Christmas music fireside last night with a student in the ward; he reports that it went great.
- I sang in Alpine’s community choir concert, Joyful Christmas Sounds, last night; I’ve only missed two years that we’ve lived in Alpine and it’s fun to sing with my pals and do Christmas music together.
- And now for the weather report: it’s been snowing steadily since before I got up and it’s a winter wonderland out my window with a full blanket of snow on the ground and on the pines in my backyard; lovely! Glad I don’t have to go out in it…..
