Thanksgiving was great. Almost all of the Toone’s were there including Steve and Leeann’s family from Arizona, and Washington. Kathy had brought some fun crafts for the kids to do and Carson had made a piñata that kids loved! We had a wonderful feast, everyone brought something to share. That evening we went and played basketball and climbed on the climbing wall at the middle school. We headed home after lunch on Friday since Jared was on call at the hospital.
Saturday we put up the Christmas decorations including the crèche. We also went to Santaquin’s Light Parade, which for future reference, wasn’t really worth the effort of getting the kids all bundled up (a fire truck with Santa riding on top, a few police cars and maybe 3 small floats with lights). We are super excited for Christmas this year. We’re reading Christmas books, watching Christmas movies and doing our Advent daily activities and candy. Although we do include Santa in our celebration, we try to keep a strong focus on Jesus Christ's birth. Yesterday morning we went to the ward’s Christmas Breakfast and Thomas and Natalie sat on Santa’s lap. The twins were pretty nervous just to be in the line to see Santa and Amelia confided with Jared telling him “I’m scared”. Amelia’s new favorite saying is “Bah Humbug” after watching Disney’s Christmas Carol (with Mickey Mouse).
