Joseph's Championship Football Team

Joseph played football for the first time this year.  The bigger boys are called "X-Men" (you can see an "X" on his helmet in the first picture) and are only allowed be linemen.  His team only lost one game the whole season and ended up playing (and winning) the championship game in heavy snow (as seen in the last 2 pictures).  Joseph is #33.

Joseph played guard on offense.

He sometimes had to block guys that were bigger than him.

He also played guard on defense.

That's Joseph directly above # 74.

This is the whole team after winning the championship game.

Nativity

Our stake has been doing an elaborate live Nativity for 14 years that now attracts thousands of visitors over its 4-day run.  The Nativity was scheduled from 6-9 pm on Monday, November 26th through Thursday, November 29th, but it took until at least 10 pm each night to accommodate all the visitors.  This Nativity was featured in the Church News on December 18th, 2004 (http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/46619/Visiting-Nativity.html), but it has grown bigger and more elaborate since then.  On Monday, I was one of the Three Wise Men and Alice was the Wool Dyer.  A fellow in our ward took this picture after we got into our costumes.

On Tuesday, I was the prophet and Alice took the following pictures.

Alice and Marci

Our neighbor, Marci Hansen, has been Alice's horse-riding buddy for several months now.  Alice finally found someone who enjoys horses and riding as much as she does and they ride almost every morning -- Monday through Friday.

Thanksgiving 2012

We had Thanksgiving dinner with Kristi's family and Suzi's family and Edna.  Teri's family had dinner at the Gardners, but stopped by afterward.  Michael's family is on a 2-week cruise to Hawaii.

Jackson's Birthday

On November 14th, we took Jackson bowling.

He got several spares and came within a few points of beating me.

Afterward, we had pizza.

Nikkail's Orchestra Concert

On November 13th, Nikkail had a concert and they played 4 pieces:

"Minuet" by Luigi Boccherini,

 "Badinerie" by Bach,

 Mozart's "Minuetto," and

the Hebrew folk song "Hava Nagila." 

Mary's Halloween Concert

Mary had a concert on October 25th and they played 3 pieces:

Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King,"

"Overture" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera,"

and "Pirates of the Caribbean" by Badelt.

And this is Mary and Nikkail -- in costume -- after the concert.