Happy Birthdays to Laura and Ryan

Two more special reasons to celebrate the season.

What a Great Christmas Get-together!

The evening started with everyone filling their plate with food and heading for a place to sit down and eat
Most were too busy eating to pay any attendion to the camera.

Ditto.

Ditto again.

Then it was off to the living room to watch the Christmas Pagent.

More Pagent watchers.

First, Samuel the Lamanite (Bob) told of the Jesus yet to come.

Then Mary (Katie) was visited by an Angel (Carly).

Eventually Joseph (Bill) and Mary (Katie) welcomed Jesus (Jack).

They were visited by shepherds (Camilla, McKinley, and Will) plus a sheep (Sarah).

The shepherds in another pose.

Polly and her sheep put in an appearance too.

Close up of the Angel (Carly).

Wise men (Joel and Alex) joined in also.

Katie holds Jack while Aex looks on.

Jesus #1 (Jack) in the manger.

Jesus #2 (Lily) was almost too big for the crib.

Jesus #3 (Bruce) in a safer crib.

Next came the program led off by McKinley at the piano.

Sarah followed next.

Then Joel.

Molly and Amanda followed with a duet.

Finally, the Lundberg girls and their mom sang with Bruce in attendance.

Singing of familiarChristmas Carols with Norda at the piano came next.

Some of the singers.

The next day Will played in the snow while part of the family went skiing at Beaver.

And, finally, proof that we really did have a White Christmas!

Many thanks to all who could make it to Logan and we understand why some of you couldn't make it this year - maybe next time.

Early Christmas

Since Ben and Courtney are spending Christmas in SoCal with her family we got an early start to Christmas this year.

Happy Day Paige!!!

Now that's a party, hope today was a good one too! Happy Birthday!!!

18th Ward Nativity Extravaganza

This morning we had our annual ward Christmas breakfast. This year the primary volunteered to join its quarterly activity with the breakfast so we were all treated to a wonderful nativity pageant complete with Samuel in Zarahemla and shepherds in Bethlehem. Marie was in charge of the music. It was great. She had all 16 of the activity day girls over to our house last Tuesday for a rehearsal. They made quite an angel choir!
The Sunbeams were the stable animals. Will was to be a sheep (with a real fleece from Aunt Jan like the other one in the photo), but when his friend Trevin refused to participate unless he could be a horse, I gave him a brown tunic to be a horse and then that was all willful Will wanted to be so he got a recycled star wars tunic and the two of them were happy horses. The two horses and the black and white cow (Jackson) started to buck during the final singing of Silent Night. As the cow was kicking up his back legs, his front arms failed to hold him up so he collapsed down on his face which gave him a bloody nose. He started to wail. Luckily his mother was quick to scoop him up and take him out.
Joel was the best singer and best out-fitted of all the shepherds. Notice the crook I fashioned out of a shovel handle, a curverd spare dryer part and some brown bag strips.
Sarah has a beautiful voice and a beautiful angel face.
The angel, the shepherd and the manger horse.

We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do . . .

. . . Christmas Spirit, How 'Bout You?


The gang's all here, ready for the 1st annual Grandkid Christmas Cookie Decorating Fest

Did Chance hear bells?

Working the magic.

Anybody know what Sam is doing on Monday?

This might be a clue.

Update Sunday 12/21: Check out the Logan forecast for today and Monday:

..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST MONDAY...
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND THE
CACHE VALLEY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING
AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 2
INCHES EXPECTED. THE BRUNT OF THE STORM WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. USE
CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

'Tis the season to hang out in the Post Office

On Monday I was able to stand in line at the post office for about 30 minutes then wait at the counter for a slow worker to process a package to England for another 20 minutes. Althought the photographer focused on some guy from Preston (don't they have Post Offices in Idaho) I don't know why, I was there longer.... (the dude on the right asleep at the counter) Happy Holidays!!!

Photo caption: Kent Gardner, of Preston carries a trio of Christmas packages to send out at the Logan Post Offce on Monday. (Meegan M. Reid/Herald Journal; A red-letter Monday)
http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2008/12/16/news/news03-12-16-08.txt

Tom is how old? (Hint: it started 12-17-64)

Many happy returns to Tom - it has been a great ride so far and we all hope it continues for a long time still. The whole family has really leaned on him for the past 15 or so years for their ski gear and we all appreciate his efforts. As you will see from the pictures, skiing and family have played a big part in his life so far so why change now? As the youngest sibling he always had someone there to help him along the way and now he is doing the same thing with the youngsters and those of us dottering along toward the sunset. How about a shout out for Tom and a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Tom all dressed up for his first Christmas.

Tom welcoming everyone to a New Years Eve party 12-31-65

Tom dozing off after a hard day playing or traveling.

Tom and Mary at Spring Hollow 1969.

Tom in Hoss Cartwright outfit at Christmas 1969

Tom and Mary as buddies at Spring Hollow up close.

Tom on ride at Opreyland 1973.

Bill helping Tom at Bear Lake.

Tom helping Alex at Bear Lake.

Tom at Beaver when in High School.

Tom and Shelly's engagement picture.

Alex at Beaver 2008.

Mac in powder at Beaver 2008

Sam racing at Brighton 2008.

Shelly at Targhee shortly after their marriage - she knew how to ski when he picked her out.

Tom skiing with the Posse on a groomed run 2008

Tom and family in back yard 2007.