Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Dear December,

Can the rest of your days be as fantastic as the first was?  I would appreciate it.  We started the day with David and Karen at the parade.  It was awesome.

Karen and David live so close, we just walked from their house.  The weather is unusually warm after all.

We got there early and found a good spot to wait for the parade to start.

We brought yummy breakfast and games to keep us occupied.  The other three were first time parade goers, but I knew the greatness of what was coming.

There were fancy stepping bands.

Excellent balloons of all kinds, including, Mr. Potato Head himself.

There was the loudest band of the day.

And the Batman.

This guy caught a ride on the roof of a golf cart at the end of the parade.  His legs were too long to fit inside, naturally.

Ian Kinsler rode by and even waved at us!

The balloon handlers delighted the crowd by running in circles to spin their charges.  It's one of my favorite parts of the parade.

Another highlight was the entertaining singing of "The World Famous" Cowboy Band.  Always fun to have the ole Alma Mater around.













Seeing as today is the first of day of your great month, we were able to begin our Advent calendar.

This is a very special, home-made one just for the Hubs, who absolutely loves having this kind of calendar each year.

He was very excited to open the first envelope.

Inside he found that each day will hold a scripture reading to focus our hearts on the birth of our Savior, and a song that we will dance to... right in the kitchen!













A pretty wonderful start to the day, I would say.  But not even close to all that this marvelous day had in store for us.  The afternoon held a prayer meeting at our house.  I got to gather with a few of the girls from our newly marrieds group at church to pray for our hubbies.  It was a great time and something we plan to do on a regular basis.

After the ladies left, we had one last adventure to go on before the end of our festive day.  Our city did their annual Christmas Tree lighting, which also includes opening up Santa's Village.  We enjoyed getting to be part of our new community.

December, you've got two happy campers on your hands.  We have had a most excellent day and are looking forward to what the rest of your days will hold.

All tuckered out but ready for more,

Tim and Sarah