12-7-08

Happy December all! This past week we enjoyed some cooler weather and put up the Christmas tree. Tuesday was the norm of Webelos for Gwen and Elder's Quorum for Jim. Thursday Gwen babysat two boys from the ward and it went longer than expected (their dad was getting his wisdom teeth extracted and their mom was with him) so Gwen picked up the babysitter for the Petersen kids and she was kind enough to watch the other boys until their parents were done. Jim and Gwen went to a Scouting dinner, where Gwen's Webelos leader got an award. And as an extra bonus, our friend Joe Aposhian was there with his family and he got a couple of awards, one being the "Silver Beaver" which is a pretty big deal. Saturday morning we had our ward Christmas party breakfast. It was long, but pretty good. Santa came (he doesn't usually come to our Christmas parties) and the kids really enjoyed it. Lately Reagan and John have been obssessed with "The Grinch who Stole Christmas" (Jim Carey version) and one of the newer guys in the ward was asked to sing, "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" at the party and she kept telling him to sing it "really mean"! He did a great job and when he was done, asked Reagan if it was mean enough and she matter-of-factly replied, that "no" it hadn't been mean enough :-) That afternoon Reagan helped Jim at Grandma and Grandpa's with some stuff and John went with Cake and Gwen to a holiday boutique Stephanie was doing with her pampered chef. That night Jim got pretty sick and everyone was in bed early except for Gwen who really enjoyed the quiet time and even got the floor mopped! Sunday was church and laziness since Jim was still feeling yuckky. The countdown is on and kids are wound up. Hope everyone is well. Love Gwen Jim Reagan and John