Dec 18, 2005

December 18, 2005

I apologize for not getting a newsletter posted last week. We spent all day Saturday reformatting the computer since it was having problems, only to have it completely die on us Sunday morning. So, Bob has ordered a new computer which is on its way, and has temporarily set me up on the kids computer. So, I can put up news, but you will have to wait for our exciting pictures! Haha!

Anyway, we had a fun Ward Christmas party over a week ago. Marisa, Kayla, and I were asked to be in charge of the food tables, so we were very busy. It was a fun program which turned out to be a talent show. We were bummed, because if we had known we would have been in it! Oh well.

On Tuesday, I took my second final. It was a hard one. I felt I really studied, but didn’t feel good about the actual test. I am anxious to see the results. I also helped with the Missionary Zone conference luncheon. We had 70 missionaries, so it was a lot of work, but it went very smoothly. They were so grateful and then sang "We are as the armies of Helaman". That is so powerful to see that many missionaries looking at you singing that. Wow!!

We have had some bad weather, a lot of snow!! Our neighbor came and cleared our drive way at least 3 times this week. School was cancelled one day. We will definitely have a white Christmas this year!

Yesterday, Corey and Hal got to come down. They took Bob and the kids sledding and then we had a blast making chocolate molds. We had chocolate everywhere! That’s what we call heaven. Then last night we watched a wonderful movie called "Because of Winn Dixie". (Nina- I think Tara would really like it!) We also watched "March of the Penguins" with the kids last week. It was a fantastic movie!!! It was so beautifully done! I highly recommend it.

Alayna ended up getting sick last weekend. I took her to the doctor and found she had a really bad sinus infection and allergies. So, we have her on medicine and she is doing much better. However, this Friday, both Kayla and Tyler came down with bad coughs and were coughing like seals. So, they stayed home. This morning, Bob woke up with a mild case of what they have. So, I stayed home with the sickies and Marisa took Alayna to church.

Overall, we are doing great. Marisa made it to the top two in her class geography bee- she goes onto the next step on Monday. Alayna had a fun Christmas party at school this week with a fun book exchange. On Tuesday her class is having a pajama popcorn party. We are now on Ether in the Book of Mormon and getting excited to finish (or for them , find out what happens). We are also excited it’s the last week of school. We just hope to have everyone healthy by Christmas! Our Christmas cards will be on the way this week. We are a bit slow since we have had people sick.

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!

Lots of Love,
The Harts