We had a snow day on the 10th, so Erik's band concert was rescheduled for last Wednesday. I can't believe he's in the 8th grade and his final year of band in middle school! It was fun to see the progress of the band now that most of them are in their 3rd year of playing. And if violists are hard to see at orchestra concerts, trombonists are even harder to see at band concerts. I'll include videos of both of his songs for listening pleasure only. All you can see is his forehead. Not even his trombone, though you can see the trombone of the kid next to him, some of the time.
Even when he's standing, it's hard to see him!
Austin went to a Merry Mile XC runner party at his friend's house. The tradition is to dress kind of funny or festive for the mile run. Some of them were shirtless, and it was pretty cold that night! Luckily, we didn't have to support or watch in the freezing cold!
Austin painted on his candy cane stripes on an old pair of long underwear. Crazy boys!
We went to a luncheon for service missionaries and their parents with Victoria yesterday. It was nice to see some of the other service missionaries in the area. The couple over the service missionaries are in our very own ward, so that's convenient. The luncheon was at our building, which is also the Stake Center. A few days before that, we had the full-time sister missionaries over for their P-day to watch The Chosen and make cookies.
Serivce missionaries with Brother and Sister Christensen.
Same group, adding in the mission president and his wife.
Full-time sister missionaries.
Kade has gotten experience working in retail during the holidays. Lucky him!
Kade tried some liberty spikes for work.
Last night, Victoria's friend Payton and her family invited us to see the decorations at a fancy hotel just north of Plymouth. It was beautiful and also had a huge, real gingerbread train on display!
The ingredient list
There's a beautiful organ in the back!
It was fun to experience these activities to bring on the holiday cheer.
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