Nativity

Every year growing up.

Before we could open presents from each other on Christmas Eve.

We reenacted the nativity.

My mom asked us to do it again this year.

I personally think we were a lot cuter when we were little.

But Look at those angels,  they are stinkin adorable!

And Joseph and Mary were marvelous parents.

And as per tradition, Nik was Caeser Augustus and the Donkey!

It was great fun!  So glad we did it

Oma Christel got her Christmas wish

Christel Auguste Flurer, 87, returned to her heavenly home on December 11th, 2011. Christel was, born December 13th, 1923 in Fischhausen Germany. She was the youngest of 5 children. She married the love of her life, Rolf Flurer in Germany.

They started their family in Germany, but decided to come to the United States to provide a better future for their children. Christel and her family moved to the United States in 1959. She was sealed to her family in the Salt Lake City Temple shortly after arriving in the U.S. Christel and Rolf raised three children; two sons and one daughter.
Christel remains a brilliant example of faith, personal strength and charity. She served in various callings in the L.D.S church and opened her home to everyone. Christel never hesitated to help those in need.

Christel is preceded in death by her parents and her husband. She is survived by her children; Heinz (Monika) Flurer, Joseph (Deanne) Flurer, Judith (Larry) Wilkins and her 9 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday December 16th at the Kenwood 2nd Ward, 3080 South 1765 East S.L.C., UT. A viewing will precede Funeral Services from 9:00 AM to 9:45 AM.

2nd Grade Star of the Week

Noah is the Star of the Week.

He made this poster at the first of the year.

He is really proud of it.

He pointed out that the poster is now wrong.

Since tonight at Karate, he just got his blue belt.

To me, this boy is a star all the time.

Sofia's Dancing Debut on the Stage

Sofia in her Stage Costume

 Sofia started taking Dance in the fall.

Every Wednesday there is a whirlwind of excitement as we ready ourselves to go.

To her real ballet class.

Her teacher is Ms Stacy and she loves her.

All day everyday we play ballet teacher, ballet class, dancing etc.

In other words she is obsessed.

That is one of the reasons we put her in a class.

 She had two performances.

One at the Festival of Trees 

and the other at their Dance Recital.

Her costume is so adorable, with the gloves, the yellow and the flower.

She got to wear makeup.

Luckily she had a birthday party to go to earlier in the day to break it up.

I LOVE this,  it brings me almost as much excitement and joy 

that it gives her.  It was so so fun.

Kristin (13) and Sofia after the Performance

She was spectacular. 

Kersten admitted a couple songs in that it 

actually was really fun to watch these recitals.

The kids are so so hysterically adorable. 

My brother Nik and his wife Lena even got her flowers for her performance.

Video of Sofia's Dance

I just filmed this on my point and shoot camera but you get the idea

Lights on Temple Square

Every year the day after Thanksgiving

We have a marvelous party downtown

with my husbands fam.

We eat amazing food 

hang at the Plaza

And see the glorious lights on Temple Square

In Salt Lake City.

bundled up family

 It is always crowded.

This year a bit bitter cold.

Magical.

This is one of my very favorite traditions ever.

I look forward to it every year.

Sofia by the pink lights

 Sofia is at the age where everything is 

wonderful,

magical,

and extra special.

She loved every minute of it.

She saw the Christus through the window of the visitors center

and insisted we go up there.

It was so packed we barely got up there.

The look on her face as she gazed at the statue of Jesus

made the crowds and hassle totally worth it.

At least for me

Noah under the "Red Tree" we got engaged by

Noah is older and it getting into stories of our little families history.

It was a big deal to him that this is the tree, we got engaged by.

They both wanted to walk around to see the nativities from around the world

just to see the cute baby Jesus'.

This was a marvelous night.

Ask Me about Dom

A couple weeks ago  on a tuesday,  my Sofia informed me that her husband Sal had died.  He had been her husband for a couple of months.  She would wax poetic about what they did together and that "he Love me".  I was horrified that my son in law Sal (who I always secretly thought was a trucker) had died.  He died of old age.

"He was really really old."

 She informed me then, that she had married Dom that afternoon in the Juna Temple.
I asked her to tell me about him.

"Well, He is a husband."

Like a husband is some kind of species.

She then explained that he had spiky hair that is dark.  He is tall and big.  He is a good dancer at a ball.  He loves to use keys.  And he likes to eat fish.

And he is really old.  He is eighteen.

Sounds like an amazing husband