Week 60: Remembering Jesus and Mom

Mostly just photos to record this week's happenings. Just a few small & simple things that made for a delightful week.

This picture is legendary. A story for another day. 

More fun at the office. Got caught up on a few things, but there's always something to do.  Our ward Relief Society had a Christmas dinner. Food was good, we sang Christmas songs, a few shared Christmas memories. Made me cry.  And .. there were three, two-point bucks in the church parking lot. I tried to get some good photos, but ...

Deer in the parking lot.

Sweet sisters from the Sunset Ward.

My mother would have celebrated her 79th birthday on Friday. In her honor, I made (or attempted to make) her award-winning Pecan Crunch to share with others. How I wish I had gotten to make it with her just once. In addition I scrubbed the corners with a toothbrush when I washed floors on Saturday. I love and miss you Mom.

Pecan Crunch

December 5 was also special because our grandson Preston turned 12 that day. We are grateful for Facetime technology that allowed us to "see" him that day.

We were delightfully surprised on Friday to have the Quillons (John & Lorraine) pay us a visit. We've missed them and so enjoyed spending some time with them this weekend. Elder Hadlock fixed a delicious steak dinner for them on Sunday afternoon.

So real looking.

Well, times about up. The rest of the photos are from the Tacoma Stake Festival of the Nativity.

Each year the members here fill the Stake Center with hundreds, of nativity sets, and displays about Jesus. It's just beautiful. We went Friday after work to view the displays. It is interesting to see all of the cultural and artistic interpretations of the birth of Jesus. If there's one thing we took away from it all, it's the fact that people and cultures all over the world acknowledge the significance of the birth and life of Jesus Christ. He truly IS the focal point of the history of the world -- and of God's entire plan for us.

The First Presidency's Christmas Devotional on Sunday helped top off another good week here in Tacoma. -- That and the Swiss Colony tradition. Our children will understand. Hopefully they enjoyed the Devotional and their Swiss Colony as well.  Life is good.

One of my favorites