1. murmuration
yesterday morning, when my family was looking at what santa brought us, we heard this crazy noise. it was so loud that it we heard it over the christmas music playing. we dropped everything and ran outside. not too far away was a hot air balloon overheard, and so many birds were chirping and flying from tree to tree. suddenly the fire in the hot air balloon turned on, and all the birds fell silent. thousands of birds were swooping and swirling over our heads. it was so crazy and so amazing.
the murmuration we saw looked like this, only on a little bit of a smaller scale.
2. church at the branch
church at the branch, like i have said, is always exciting. yesterday we only had sacrament meeting. it was full of musical numbers. first the "world renowned" priesthood choir sang "with wandering awe" (which will forever make me laugh after that one year daddy announced it as "with wandering eye"). then the primary sang "stars were gleaming." the morgans/morrills sang "rocking" and "o the holly she bears a berry" with their guitars. jon garate played his guitar and sang the basque version of "the first noel." finally don vinnucci played "o holy night" on the trumpet. it was amazing. i can't even tell you. it was one of the best sacrament meetings i have ever been to.
3. a christmas miracle!
when we were driving home from church, we found a strange raccoon thing with a santa hat on. we were going to turn around to look at it again, but we decided not to. because we decided not to, we were able to see a house on fire. that was a weird sentence. but. it was a really good thing! we turned around as fast as we could, dad ran up to the door to tell the family, and i called 911 to report the fire. it turns out it was something in the chimney that was on fire, and the flames we saw were shooting out of the top of the chimney. once we had stopped, the flames weren't there any more, just a bunch of glowing embers and some soot. we drove by at just the right time. if we had driven by a few seconds later, we wouldn't have seen the flames at all. who knows what would have happened to the house? it was a very stressful five minutes or so, but such a good thing that it happened!
4. church at the veteran's home
the yountville veteran's home is a part of the st helena branch, so this sunday we got to have church with them, as well. it's always a little wacky there, too, but so sweet. it was so nice to be there, to listen to some of their testimonies, and to sing "away in a manger" a capella with the mutzes!
5. grandma's house
we got to see grandma coco, too! it was fun to be at her house again. we ate leftovers from christmas eve, watched "mrs. miracle," and opened presents. it was quiet and nice. and fun. and happy.
6. skype with auntie maryn
we also skyped with auntie maryn! we opened presents together over skype. that was fun! she always gets the funnest things, like she gave us an inflatable shark...that flies!! it FLIES. and i got unicorn farts chapstick. yeah. be jealous.
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| did you know that unicorn farts smell like spearmint? sometimes they even smell like bubble gum! |
i would upload more photos...i took them with my camera, so the files are taking forever to load. still trying to figure it out... i'll try it again tomorrow.
yesterday was such a nice day! merry christmas everyone!
okay and now on to today!
1. sleeping in
i have been working early mornings and then going going going going going. it was nice to sleep in today, especially since i've had a killer killer head ache.
2. spending the day with my family
it's so nice to spend time with my family. i love being here with them. just sitting around the house is really nice. we don't have to do anything special to have a good time together.
3. "we bought a zoo"
this evening we decided to watch "we bought a zoo" in theaters. it was such a good movie! heart warming and entertaining, for sure. i definitely recommend it :)
4. bed time early
yeah. i'm going to bed now. so excited. sooooo happy. yay.
well, good night everyone! hope it was a wonderful boxing day!
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