Elle and Silas = Peace?

i made this video for my talk on sunday about peace (we are in the advent season). my point was to show how little peace i have at home. just thought i'd share my collection of crazy moment with the kids.

well, we lost the contest again, but i felt like we had a better showing this year...at least we came prepared. our theme for gingerbread house decorations was a snowball fight. anyway, john nelson documented the whole thing, so just click here to find out more.

we got everyone together for our staff christmas party at mom and dad's house on tuesday. pope brought a nintendo wii and i got addicted. too bad i only got to play for five minutes. we had a gingerbread house contest and exchanged white elephant gifts. we got some "josh and laurel" napkins left over from their wedding...yipee! here's a crazy picture...too many kids!

on monday (yes i know it is friday) brooke and i took the kids to "A Very Veggie Christmas" at the church @ pinnacle hills. we had a really good time. i bought the tickets on monday afternoon and we had pretty good seats. after intermission we moved even closer to the front and directly in the middle. too bad the second half of the show took forever! there were at least three solos and they were slow. i think the show was designed for five or six year olds. anyway, the kids had a great time...bob, larry, pa grape, jr. asparagus, mr. lunt...everyone was there. it was a great memory. elle even thanked me the next morning...one of her sweeter moments.