I woke up Monday morning sick, sick, sick!  Beth was sick, too.  Then in the afternoon I picked Meg up from school because she was sick, too.  Stomach flu. Ew.  Lucky for me, Sarah took over for me as coach during my team's basketball practice that afternoon.  Cali and Chey said she did great and they were happy to have practice still!  I was happy to stay home curled into a ball.  Megan missed her team's game that afternoon and that made being sick doubly a bummer.  She was very sad.  Mariah had a game that night for Bantam.

Tuesday was better for all of us.  Bethany went to dance and to school.  Meg stayed home to regain her strength but she was through the worst of it.  I went back to practice with Cali and Chey for basketball.  That night for Young Women's we went caroling!  We had a big trailer with hay bales and we went around the neighborhood knocking on doors and singing.  It was COLD but oh, so fun!

Wednesday night Mariah had her choir concert!

She did great!  It was so fun to watch her and listen to the Christmas music!  Afterward, her artwork from her art class was on display so we got to see that, too!

Sarah and Savannah came to cheer on their sister and we took a picture by the traditional junior high tree!

On Thursday I got to go to another concert.  This time for Cali and Cheyenne!  They've been going early to school one day a week for several weeks to practice with the choir.  They've had a great time.  Their songs sounded great and they even sang Silent Night in German.  It was really neat.  Kevin and I loved watching our girls!

That night Kevin and Mariah had their last Mapleton league basketball game.  They won!  Again!  They finished their season 9 and 1.  It was a pretty close game, though.  They played with only five players.  In the last 2 minutes one of their players fouled out.  They went into overtime with only four players.  In the last two minutes of overtime, Mariah fouled out.  They went on to win with just three players on the court.  It was pretty exciting.

Friday I got to stay home and wrap presents.  Ben had been bugging me to do it.  Then when I finally did, he played with his friend Mason most of the time.  It was probably better that way!

On Saturday we had a piano recital and luncheon.  It was pretty fun to eat while we listened!  Sarah and Mariah and Cali and Chey and even Bethany played as well as some other kids from the neighborhood.  More and more Christmas music!  It was so fun!

That night we had our ward Christmas party.  It's always fun to eat with all the members of the ward and celebrate the feelings of the season together!  There was even a Santa Claus.

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