Sunday School Christmas Program

 Why do we even try to take pictures of our children all together?  Hysterically funny.  I'm still laughing about this sequence of photos.

These were taken right before the Sunday School Christmas Program which was yesterday afternoon.  All of the children did a great job learning their parts and singing.

Messiah

My husband sang in our community's performance of Handel's Messiah this past Saturday.  We got gussied up and went out before hand to our favorite local place.  The 150 member choir sang with a 37 member orchestra.  It was pretty amazing and my husband loved it--learning his part, the practices, the tux and the performance.  I am sure that he will do it again.

My parents came up for the weekend.  They arrived on Saturday afternoon in time to make dinner and babysit the kids while we went to the Messiah.  We went to church and Bible Class together Sunday morning.  We put up our tree and baked cookies while we watched the Packer game in the afternoon.  They stayed to see the Sunday School Christmas Program and went home after dinner.  It was a busy, but fun weekend!  It went by too fast.

Bye Bye Northwoods

 Finally done this past weekend!  My dad hung up the mirrors which he had salvaged from a job site years ago.  I love how it turned out.  So much better than Northwoods!

Christmas Preparations

 I made it.  Cute, no?

 I always knew that Spritz were a Christmas cookie with German origins, but I Wikipediaed it this year curious to learn more.  Spritzgebaeck.  Awesome!

 Made some trees with Gus and Izzy.

Made this for my Mom.  Canning jar, 50 count light string, potpourri, coordinating cloth and lid.  Force it all together!

Meal Plan

1. Enchiladas, lettuce, fresh salsa
2. Mushroom Burgers w/ blue cheese mayonnaise, veggies
3. Pea Soup, bread
4. Chicken Wings, veggies, apples
5. Pork Chops, salad w/ apples, pecans and dried cranberries
6. Chili, corn bread