SNOW

Zoe had her second basketball game Friday afternoon. Zoe and her team looked much better during this game, but they still lost. Zoe's awesome play was when she had the ball and drove to the basket, got fouled, and made the shot. It was sweet! She missed her foul shots, but it was fun to see her have that experience.




We have a working oven now! We looked into getting our oven fixed, but it would have cost as much as a new stove, so we took our friends up on their offer to give us a free stove that worked and was just sitting in their garage. Matt went to get it on Saturday and I am anxious to use it! We have had 3 stoves in this home and all of them have been given to us. We have such generous and wonderful friends!

My Mom and I took the kids to see the parade of lights Saturday night. It was warmer than past years, but it was also rainy. Noah was more interested in the candy cane that he received than the parade. Although, the miniature motorcycles caught his attention. My Mom treated the kids to McDonald's after the parade. We went to the McDonald's in Bucksport thinking that we would avoid the crowd, but a bus load of swim team kids were there, so we ended up getting our food and coming home to eat.

Matt and I volunteered in the children's area of the Creche Exhibit yesterday for 3 hours. Zoe, Emily, and Eleanor helped us. We left church after Sacrament Meeting, so my parents took care of Zach, Kate, and Noah after church. My parents volunteered after we did in a different part of the exhibit, so they brought the younger kids to the Creche with them. We stayed for awhile to look around and to listen to the children's choir. Zoe, Emily, and Eleanor were in the live nativity play twice and Kate was in it once. That wasn't planned, but they were looking for kids to be in the play and our kids were there, so they did it. Kate was such a cute sheep! The older girls were angels both times. Zach was bummed that they ran out of costumes before he got one, so he couldn't be in the play. He enjoyed watching it, though.

Today is a snow day! I have my kids plus 4 neighbor kids, so it will be a busy day! Most of the kids are outside right now playing. It is good snowman snow and sledding snow. :-)