Tuesday, December 17, 2013

          It’s hard to believe that Christmas Eve is a week from today.  This is the first time in nearly 30 years that we haven’t hosted the Family Christmas Eve Party at our house.  Wow—we will miss it and all of you.  Perhaps this is a good year to be away since it has been so cold.  I hope it warms up for next week.  The Christmas hymns playing in the temple today were more nostalgic than ever, but it was a warm cozy feeling and I loved hearing them.

          Three large buses and two smaller ones were here this morning so it was another busy day of temple work.  People just keep coming and coming and it is so great.

The palm leaves surrounding the our nativity dried up and blew away and were replaced by these beautiful poinsettias