We had a great time at the Ward Christmas Party this year. The big success was Gretta getting close enough to Santa to at least take her picture with him. Last year she ran crying out of the room, so this is progress.
Enjoy the pictures!
We had a wonderful trip to Boise to see my family. Gretta LOVES going to Boise. I had been telling her all week that on Wednesday we would go to Boise. The first things she said when she woke up Wednesday morning was, "Airplane, Nana & Papa". She was a little sad to find out that she had to wait until after her nap to go to the airport, but she enjoyed helping pack the suit case.
We went Christmas tree hunting in the forest on Saturday. It is a long standing family tradition. This year there wasn't much snow. In fact I think it is the least amount I ever remember. It made the hunt a little easier, but not quite as much fun. Gretta loved the snow and trying to make snowmen. It was nice to be out in the cold an have it feel a little like Thanksgiving and Christmas. The weather in LA is nice, but I miss the seasons.
We sure had a great time.
Gretta loved Halloween. She learned at least three new words the week of Halloween...Halloween, Party and her favorite Candy. I actually think she knew the word for candy before she just didn't have so many opportunities to say it before. The day after Halloween all she wanted to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner was candy. I knew that had to stop, so I got rid of the rest of the candy. Luckily she has a short memory about how much candy she got, so she doesn't realize she didn't even get to eat half of it.
It is fun to see her finally get into the holidays. This Christmas will be her third, but I think she might actually figure out what is going on this year.
The first picture is of my girlfriends from nursing school. I was invited to be on a panel discussion about trans cultural nursing at the BYU-I College of Nursing 50th Anniversary, so I made the trek back to Rexburg. Let me tell you that from LA Rexburg isn't the easiest place to get to. I think I saw most of the state of Idaho driving across it from Boise. However, once we got there I remembered how much I enjoyed my time at Ricks. The campus is really growing, but the Spirit of Ricks still seems present.
The other pictures are of Gretta's time with my parents and Grandparents. She really loves going to Idaho!!!
We spend a great day with my cousins from Northern California at Disneyland. Gretta loves being about other kids and she had a great time with everyone. If you ever come to Disneyland let us know. We would love to meet you there.
We went to Park City over General Conference weekend with my family. When ever we go to Utah in the fall we seem to bring snow with us. Last year in September we were in the worst storm I had ever been in in Utah and this year it snowed on us too. Gretta had a great time making snow ball with Papa Jack on Saturday.
We had a fun time all together. Gretta especially enjoyed all of the attention and spending so much time with family.
I am not sure about this??? Anyone who has seen Gretta is convinced that she looks more like Eric. Let us know what you think.
