Oquirrh Mountain Ballet 2022

This was George's 2nd year as the Nutcracker.

This was Peter's first year performing the role of Fritz.  He was a natural.

Cannon was the Spanish Prince. 

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Greta the mouse sneaks a smile at us.

Peter had a quick costume change from Fritz into a mouse.  Way to be in character, Pete!

Greta is second from the left.

Greta on the far left.

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The dancers-- I'm pretty sure George's vest was fixed before the show started:)

The kids did great and as always, it was a joy to watch them.

Faith's Christmas Party 2022

 

Our younger kids owe a debt of gratitude to their older siblings who paved the way in creating fun party traditions and party formats.  Faith followed their example and had a great Christmas party with friends.

Our four esteemed judges.  Not suprisingly, Peter was very vocal in his opinions.

Peter volunteered to announce the winners.  Note Faith's face here.  So far, she agrees with the judges.

As you can see here, she did not agree with the overall winner.  Her team won structural integrity with the Tower of London (bottom center)

It was a good white elephant gift exchange.  

Braxton was pleased with his gift from Faith-- Captain America comic books from DI

Riverton High School swimmers

Lehi Aquatics swimmers.  

More Lehi swimmers

Faith searching for which gift to steal.

Faith was overcome with joy at her win in the white elephant gift exchange-- roaring dinosaur flashlights.  The facial expression comes with it:)

Jan (pronounced yawn) is a foreign exchange student from Switzerland.  He speaks very little English and he's basically a celebrity on the Lehi swim team.  They all LOVE him.  He's adorable!

Faith and Brinnley.

Riverton swimmers

Grover enjoys a good Christmas party.

Christmas Ball at Plumfield 2022

 

A Regency Christmas Ball at Plumfield (on Jane Austen's birthday, no less) was a sheer delight!

This wasn't everyone, because some had already left, but it was a fabulous group of people who were all in!  It was awesome!

This is another occasion I hope to see repeated annually!

Riverton 18th Christmas Breakfast 2022

 

Our ward Christmas breakfast was an absolute delight!  All these cute little girls found a table altogether.  

Greta was so excited to get these Snoopy pajamas at DI, so of course, we needed a picture with Karolee wearing her Snoopy shirt.

This was the first time our ward did a breakfast rather than an evening dinner.  I liked this so much better!

Aly and Greta are best little friends and I love that Annie is my dear friend as well.  We are currently serving in Young Women's together.

This Santa was the best I've ever seen.  What I liked best was he didn't ask the children what they wanted to get for Christmas.  He asked them what they were going to give for Christmas.  Brilliant! 

This Santa was very quick-witted.  He did a total burn on George about singing that had us all, including George, in stitches. 

Selfie with Santa.

What good boys they are!

The funny moment when Faith asked, "Santa, can I have a boyfriend for Christmas?"

For the record, Santa tried to deliver a boyfriend, but she wasn't interested. Ha ha ha!  She's a tough cookie.

We love our ward choir -- so many good people and we have such a good time.