Dagger

Bought a dagger today. Since Jill and Nick got shotguns I figured I needed a weapon of my own. Not quite as impressive as a gun but it will do. I had the choice between some Lord of the Rings ones or this King Arthur one I chose. Do you love it!!

Christmas Lights

I absolutely love my calling. I get to be one of the leaders for the 10-11 year old Faith in God girls. They are way hilarious. And we only do 2 activities a month. Nice.

Tonight, we walked around Christmas Tree lane so I told the moms to bundle their girls up. The moms thought I was crazy because they said it was sooo cold even though it was 50 degrees out. Silly Californians. Thought I'd share some highlights of the evening.

We found Santa on Christmas Tree lane!! Santa!! Santa!! We decided to sit on Old Saint Nick's lap. And of course, I made them take a funny pic. It was like a party outside this place. There were buses, cars and people crawling all over the place.

Nice and cozy right before we left.

The normal Santa shot.

Willy Wonka

Mike and I found this sweet candy store. When we walked in, we were amazed. They had every kind of candy you can imagine. And in the back of the store, they have the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory playing nonstop. When we went to investigate more, we found autographed pictures of all the kids in the movie all grown up. We also found a bubblegum dresser where you have to open the drawers to pull out the gum that is separated by flavor.

We went there because I had to buy candy for a Primary class I taught and bribed to behave. Works every time! I ended up getting suckers for those little suckers! But the suckers were cool because they were shaped like feeet.
Mike and I holding our goods. I have a Wonka Bar (disappointed that I didn't find a golden ticket though) and Mike has a piece of bubble gum the size of a yard stick.