This month has already had so much fun in it that I can't believe the best is yet to come! Our neighbors and good friends, the Grahams, also have no family close by and so we decided that for each others anniversaries we will swap kids so we can each spend a night away at a hotel. We decided to add in an extra swap because Trent's boss invited the wives of the employees who attended their strategic planning session this year to stay come join their husbands up at a fancy resort outside of Albuquerque. Trent attended this strategic planning session last time but Logan was only three weeks old so we ended up bringing him and Ethan. Not very fun. So it was wonderful to get to go alone with Trent this time.Trent's meeting was Thursday and Friday and I drove up Friday to meet him. We ate an amazing dinner buffet (Trent's favorite was the prime rib, of course) and talked for hours with his coworkers and their wives. The people we were seated next to were so fun and I seriously cannot remember having more fun talking to strangers! I guess they weren't strangers to Trent, and I had met three of those sitting near us before, but still for as much as I knew about them they could have been strangers to me ;).
We were invited to a Christmas party put on by some friends in our ward and we had so much fun at that as well. It was an Ugly Sweater Party with some games and a white elephant gift exchange. I have always liked going places with Trent (obviously ;)) but since we have had a kids I don't get many chances to be in public with him without our children. Being at these two events have reminded me how entertaining he can be when he is in a group! He had me and other people laughing at his stories, and no one would expect him to have been the kid to go to detention all the time so I think that makes it especially entertaining. Anyway, it was just good for my soul to spend some time with Trent and other adults and it just reminded me of a part of him that I haven't seen in awhile.
Isn't he cute with his cal-lick combed down? :) He hated it, but although I prefer his cal-lick, I think the bangs lend him some boyish charm ;).
Seriously though, I love this time of year. I feel like people are happier, Christmas songs are playing everywhere you go, and the love of the Savior is once again touching those who have drifted away during the year. It is just beautiful. I don't even want Christmas to come because then the season will be over. I generally dislike to be cold, but there is a warmth at Christmastime that overcomes the weather and permeates deep inside of me, warming me inside and out. I don't mind winter so much knowing that there is Christmas in its depths.
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