Christmas Devotional

I'm going to do something that I said I wasn't going to do, and that is play a bit of catch up. The month of December has flown by. As I look at the posts, I realized that I entirely skipped over Thanksgiving and my birthday, and if I don't do a bit of catch up, Christmas and December as a whole will be going into oblivion. So here is to December!

I'll start off with the Christmas Devotional. It was such a crazy experience because I had been planning for it for weeks. The idea was the B. and I would go together with some friends, as I had scored four tickets. The tickets are really hard to come by on most years, but this year I was just able to order them online. The issue arose the evening prior to the event. My sitter all of a sudden dropped off. I tried in vain to look for a replacement. No luck. B. had to stay and care for the kiddos. I even tried to give the tickets away, but on short notice, nobody seem to want them either. What to do? What to do? I ended up going as the third wheel. Good thing my friends are pretty awesome, otherwise, I would have missed a really great experience. 

At the Conference Center, ready to hear the message of Christmas. My favorite was about being a good recipient. Great perspective always, Elder Uchdorf. 

Here is the First Presidency, getting ready to speak.

It was a great night. The weather was not too bad, and the Temple looked beautiful.

The lights at Temple Square are so fun. I missed B. terribly though. I wanted oh so bad to hold his hand. It would have been such a romantic evening had he come...

As great as it was, the best part was coming home to this smile!

Next year I'll try to get 6 tickets, and I'll have a back up sitter so that B. can come with me.