Christmas 2015

Wow, December went by quickly - I guess that happens when you spend two of the four weeks traveling!
This is the nativity Steve got himself in Hawaii.  In case you cannot tell, it is inside a coconut shell


 While shopping at Aldi when we returned from Hawaii, we ran into this fellow.  William Hawkins is now almost 15 but we knew him best when he was 5 and lived with us for a few months while his mother was in the hospital.  He had two younger brothers at the time and they were sent to other homes in the ward.  A memorable event with William was that he helped us move Elise to Indiana and during the drive there, he kept asking "where are we going?".  He helped, in his little five-year-old way, haul Elise's possessions up the stairs to her apartment.  And, when we were all done, we all went to see "Cars".

Here are Steve and me waiting for Star Wars, the Force Awakens to begin.  Steve is catching up on his beauty sleep, as you can see  :)

MMCO (Mid-Missouri Community Orchestra) played at Parkside Manor to cheer up the residents.   

 I rounded up a group of extremely talented young musicians to play for the Candlelight Christmas party.  (l-r) Ethan Forte, Erica Lim, me, Grant Bradshaw, Joanna Yu, Amanda Bradshaw
 

 Christmas decor throughout the house

Christmas day.... 

Quinn and Joe

Sadie and Steve

Emily, Elise, Lucy, Noah

Steven with missionaries in background

Elders Estes and Peterson

Emily and Sarah

Tamara and Steven

My favorite gift from Steve - a dancing Charlie Brown!