Christmas Recitals

Oh Sad Wreath

Oh sad wreath I am sorry this day

So many hopes and dreams all gone away

Wendsth thou from the Christmas tree I picked

Your branches and sprigs to shape and to flip

I tied, I twisted, I turned, and I shaped

But nothing could change the thing I did make

For not enough branches I had to create

All I could do was accept my mistake

Then I thought oh what a great plan!

For I could embellish and make you look grand

With berries and leaves and red ribbon too

Still no hope I could make good for you

Oh sad wreath you hang in the hall

Although mis-shapen and not right at all

I tried oh I tried to make you look nice

A mistake I hope I will never make twice

I starve my children

Kya cheering for Zoe to open the Tangerines. "Zoe! Zoe! Zoe!"

California

Here are some pic's we took from our California trip over Thanksgiving. We had a blast and did not want to leave the warm weather! But it's still good to be home.

Making sandcastles at Moonlight Beach near San Marcos

Daddy and the girls....so cute!

Grandpa Green with Jada. She was a little shy of him at first but by the end of the trip she didn't want him to put her down!

Grandma Green and Kya on Small World

Joe and Zoe on the rocket ride, her favorite!

Mia was exhausted by the end of the day!

Tracy was our awesome helper. We couldn't have survived without her! Thanks Tracy!

Jada was the big star at Disneyland. Everyone went ga-ga over her all day! Every where we went people were like oh! cute baby! Even on the tram on the way out of the park a woman standing off in line saw her and pointed saying "ah look!" But the best was when Joe and Scott were in line with her for Peter Pan and everyone thought they were gay!

Going in to Small World...love the zit on my chin? Nice...

Joe, Zoe, Mia, Tracy, and Kya on the teacups. Oh yeah and some random guy posing in the back as well.

I'm disgusting

A few weeks ago after Halloween and when the girls were pretty much finished going crazy on all the candy they got trick or treating, I was laying in the hallway (don't know why) going over bills, making phone calls and eating nerds off the floor {naturally} that one of the kids had spilled and the vacuum had yet to get them all up. I guess I figured I should not let the nerds go to waste, they were perfectly good strawberry nerds. The worst part is I didn't even think twice about it as I was eating them joyfully from the carpet. Oh well. They were still good.

Halleluia and Praise the Lord! Can I get an Amen?!

Today this woman came up today in sacrament meeting to bare her testimony. She is from Trinidad and is a former baptist. Needless to say she gave a very powerful (loud) testimony which I quite enjoyed and there were a couple of amens from the audience (well just one guy who was an investigator turns out). She testified of the Savior and of Joseph Smith. She told about how she prayed to Heavenly Father to guide her and help her understand the Bible so that she may teach her children. Who came knocking at her door during her prayer, the missionaries. She thanked them for coming by and sent them on their way. Six times this happened, she would pray and the missionaries would come. Finally she realized the answer to her prayers was not what she expected at all. What a wonderful testimony. When she closed the man in the audience totally started clapping really loud and saying amen. Everyone was a little frozen and maybe trying not to giggle a little bit. Instead of moving on as business as usual in the testimony meeting a member of the congragation thought it his responsibility to get up and announce through his testimony that it is not appropriate to clap at church. Ok duh so we all know that. The man who clapped it was his first time (obviously) coming to church and big deal if he clapped he didn't know. And now is probably turned off from coming back. Although African Americans tend to not be as easily offended so maybe it is all fine. I guess the problem is that I am offended and embarrassed. Testimony meeting is a time to share your knowledge of the Savior, the Book of Mormon, and the latter day Prophets. It is not a time to share your health log, war stories, or a time to lecture people on what they should and shouldn't do. And that's all I have to say about that.