it's begining to feel a lot like christmas! the first picture is of bart and i at the utah vs. byu game in provo the saturday after thanksgiving. this was after the game while we were waiting to say hi to jan jorgenson. i spotted this blue santa and just had to have my picture taken with him. the picture is blurry, but it's the memory that counts. i got all eighty of my christmas cards addressed, and started the outside of 41 of them...maddi is being a very good helper so far. AND WE SHOT DOWN A TREE WITH A GUN!!! well, bart did the shooting and maddi and i sat in the truck. bart (with the help of maddi and some binoculars) spotted this beauty of a tree on an oil pad and decided that she was the one. he was very proud of himself :) maddi and i decorated her this saturday and we like her a lot when the lights are off and the christmas tree lights are on...it reminds me a lot of my child hood. saturday we also went to the light parade with tom and mellissa. tom held maddi most of the time, he will make an excellent dad i think. it was freezing out there, but mellissa and i thought it was worth it to go, and the boys were nice enough to take us. all of my christmas shopping is done and i am ready to sit back and enjoy the holidays! i have a week off of work for christmas and i plan on doing absolutely NOTHING...well except for going to the park and baking and visiting family and friends :) it snowed for the first time this winter last night and today...it's very pretty outside, but hard to drive in. but the drive to work was worth it this morning, dr. dorr bought each of the assistants a pointsettia. he is probably the best employer of all time. i hope everyone is doing well! i'm off to hang outside christmas lights. stay classy readers, love the kapowskis.