Our Young Women decorated cake for mutual, then had a cake eating contest. There were 28 contestants!
Scott was the second guy finished!
Here are the winners! A successful activity- there was only one casualty- one of the Young Men ralphed up all of his cake the hallway; they gave him a medal, too.
We had quite a windy day this week. This house is a few doors down from us.
Got a tumbleweed problem?Scott's sister Della got married in Virginia on December 27th to Mike Childress. They met at the school they both work at.
These are Tori's cousins- Bethany, Tommy, and Max.We drove to Utah and spent Christmas there. Here's Tori with her presents from Santa.
Tori got a pedicure set for Christmas, and I got pretty purple toenails.
Tori enjoyed hanging out with her cousin, Jace!
Tori, Bronco, Popcan and I all went to the "bobsled run" up at Fernwood campground to sled.
For New Years, we had our traditional fondue party. 
We went sledding in the dark on New Year's at Andy Adams park. Bronco was grabbing people's sleds and running away with them!
It was good to see everyone, especially Rebe and Tyler who moved to Rochester, NY this year! Happy New Year!
Victoria turned 11 on December 22nd! The Friday before her birthday, we took her friend Ellie to Old Chicago for pizza, then went to a movie- "The Tale of Desperaux."
Tori's actual birthday was spent in Utah at the Melville's house, where she had reindeer cupcakes. She got a PSP, piggy bank, a picture frame, jump rope, a purse, plenty of stuff to keep a kid busy!
Victoria had her Cantabella Choir concert this weekend. They were lucky to be able to perform at Denver University in the Newsom center. What a beautiful place!
The choirs looked and sounded very professional. It was quite impressive!
These three girls are friends, we all are in the same ward- Victoria, Lindsey, and Ellie.
For Thanksgiving we had Scott's cousin Michael and his fiance Jen down from Fort Collins. All the food turned out great, and it was nice to have family close enough to come!
Scott and Tori hit the ski slopes the next day at Loveland.
We had fun shopping for our tree, and listened to good Christmas music while we decorated. (not the junk like the song "A Very Special Christmas"- what is that mess?)
My elementary choir, the Strasburg Singers, performed at the town's Festival of Lights. I have almost 40 fourth and fifth graders in the choir!
