Ward Christmas Party

     Last night was our ward's Christmas party, and it was a very memorable party.  We drove to the church, set up a dish of by mom's famous ( well, at least in our family) cheesy potatoes, and sat down, ready to eat.  There was a girl sitting at a table all alone so mom invited her to sit with us. That is just the way my mom is, she will invite most everyone or anyone to sit with us if they are alone.  So the girl came over and we started to talk to her.  It turns out that her name was Honiva, and she was staying with the Jenkin's over Christmas.  She was born in Madagascar, so you would wonder why she would be way up here in Idaho Falls, The most UNtropical place on the planet.  Well, she went on a mission to Washington D.C., where she met the Jenkin's on their mission.  She came here and happened to be at the ward Christmas party.  It was really cool when we started to talk about the native stuff in Madagascar, which is really not at ALL like Dream Works portrayed it.
     We ate all of my mom's cheesy potatoes REAL fast.  I gave Honiva the hint to take my mom's potatoes, and she took them, but different ones later and she whispered to me " These cheesy potatoes have nothing on your mom's."
     After we ate, The Young Women sang 'The Jingle Bell Rock' and 'The First Noel' and then it was the Young Men sang one verse of ' Joy to the World'. It went Ok, but the funny part came when Parker(one of Gabe's friends) started singing when the piano wasn't playing.  Then we ( the Primary) got up there and sang 3 songs. After that one of Santa's helpers came in and had us sit on his lap. When we were getting in line, Brother Carvajal said "Naughty ones  first so you can straighten things up with Santa." Ashtyn, Who is really very funny Chugs to the front of the line and says," Naughty ones first! I am SO in the front!"  Here is how my conversation with him went. I assume you will know who is talking, but I will put initials, Just in case.
 (S)"How old are you?" 
(L)" I am 11"
(S) "What is your name?"
(L)"Lacey."
(S) " So, What do you want for Christmas?"
(L) " I really want a Cricut."
(S) " Like one of them lil' bugs?"
(L) " No. This Cricut cuts out shapes and you can glue them together and make really cool stuff."
(S) " So you wouldn't be happy if I brought you a grasshopper?"
(L) " No, we get plenty of those during summer, and, my little sister likes to pull off their legs."
(S) "I hear Grasshopper legs are good eatin'. Just like frog legs. Those taste like chicken."
 I was just smiling right there. Didn't quite know what to say.
(S) "So you want a candy cane?"
(L) "Sure! Thank You.
     That is pretty much all that happened at our Ward Christmas Party.









   

Hidin' it .........

      Tonight we played a rather vicious game of keep away with a little plastic fish.  I know this a Pathetic keep away prize, but we were all fighting for it REAL hard.  It was me, Hannah and Sydney vs. Molly.  Unfair matching, I know, but this was one fun game!  We were all running around and taunting the other team, waving the little fishie in the air.  We actually ended up in a big pile, all grabbing at the fish .  I won the game by grabbing the fish from under Molly.  After we fought for it for a little while longer, Hannah hid it under her legs and siad in whispery voice " I'm hidin' it!"
     Just one more funny from the George Household.

Babysitting and Feet

     For the past 2 or 3 weeks I have been working an a baby sitting box. The contents are; Match box cars, 2 coloring books ( one Princess and one penguin) a phone number book, a pen, a kaleidoscope, a plastic dinosaur
some mints,and a book ( in case I get bored).
     Last night my mom got me my first babysitting job.  It was from 5 to 8.  I was pretty exited, and I had a lot of fun.  When they came and picked me up, the little girls' parents came and talked to me.  They left me a phone number on the counter, told me that the baby was asleep and that when she wakes up make her a corn dog or something.  5 minutes after her parents left, the baby (Maggie) woke right up.  Her sisters ( Avari and Ellie, Avari usually called Ava) heard her while they were coloring. So I went and got her, and made her a corn dog.It turns out that Ava was still hungry after eating pizza earlier.  After that we went downstairs and played a couple rounds of hide-and-seek.  The 2 littlest obviously got bored with that very quickly.  They wanted to watch a movie.  Ava didn't so I braided her hair into piggy-tail braids.  It took us a while because we kept on debating on whether they were even or not.  The movie was very scratched so eventually, It would pause for a minute at a time.  We went back upstairs and colored some more. It had been there for 3 hours and their parents paid me 17 whole dollars.  I told them that it was WAY, WAY too much, but they insisted that I take it, so now I owe $2.25 in tithing( five from G-ma seventeen from them).
     Now, you are probably wondering why I wrote 'Feet' in my subtitle.That is because this morning I was on the floor, crossing my legs.  Hannah was laying next to me, so she grabbed my foot and took a whiff.  She pretended to die, apparently because my foot odor killed her.  I was thinking ' Do my feet really smell that bad?  They shouldn't, I took a shower yesterday!' Just wanted to share a funny thing that happened in our household.
     That is all I have to write because nothing else exiting happened yesterday. 

Hannah's Birthday

     Today is December 9th.  It is Hannah's Birthday, and what a birthday it was.  Today when we got home, Hannah had her friend Olivia over.  They were on the couch watching a movie.  Hannah and Olivia had had a birthday party with each other.  When Olivia went home it was time for some barbie cake decorating.  We decorated the cake and had our Grandma and Grandpa George over as well as Grandma Syndergaard.  Aunt Liz and Uncle Jay were there too.  A long long list of what Hannah got;24 tubes of lip gloss ( one fake 23 real) in 17 different flavors, 3 or 4 very cute outfits,a comb, a brush,clip on earrings,a pearl necklace, five dollars , and MANY, MANY,hugs and kisses.
     Mom also made a very good logical point at the dinner table tonight.  "Really," Mom said "This is Hannah's 5th birthday.  Her first birthday was the day she was born.  She was zero on on that birthday."  It makes a lot of sense to me.  I would say Hannah got a lot more presents that me but, I liked mine a lot better.
    That is how Hannah's Birthday went.   

Wal-Mart Singers

     We were at Wal-Mart today and there were 5 or 6 girls out by the Salvation Army coin bucket.  They were singing Christmas carols and ringing little strings of bells.  We donated some quarters then went inside.  all throughout the store Hannah was singing 'Jingle Bells'.  It was really cute at first but began to get annoying after 35 minutes of it.  When we were in the car, Sydney and Hannah sang at the top of their lungs.  Ya, after all of that singing in the store it got really annoying.
     Speaking of singing, Molly, Gabe and I are singing in the church choir. We are singing 3 or 4 songs.
     We are going down to grandma's to watch the finale of the Biggest Loser so I'd better go.
P.S. We are rooting for Danny!

Man, it is COLD!

     Well, today, yesterday and Friday have been bitter cold.  It wasn't even the Cristmassy kind of cold.  My definition of the Christmassy cold is nice warm house, sipping cocoa, eating Santa cookies and in front of a hot fireplace.  It is the harsh wind,mean clouds kind of cold.  The kind of cold I call below zero misery.  Lewis and Clark should not have charted this freezing cold state.  Sorry Carly,(who is my aunt in Vegas, and is coming up for Christmas and is wishing for nice weather here) I wish I could warm it up too.But forget the warm (or even nice) weather here.  When you guys come up for Christmas, bring lots of cold weather clothes because Idaho is stubborn when it comes to making people miserable with its cold, cold weather.
     To talk about something else, I am very full right now because my mom just made a really nice good Sunday dinner.  I've really got nothing else to do, so I am blogging.  Since I got this for my birthday, I have not stopped.  But now I have to, cause I have to go.  

Taylor Swift

     If you have recently read my blog, I posted about that iPod I got from Gabe.  I just loaded up like 28 Taylor Swift songs.  Molly recently put those on iTunes and since then I have been totally obsessed with her music.  Come to think of it, I'm listening to her right now.  My favorite song from her is Our Song.  I LOVE it!  I also just made some delicious fudge. That is all I've got to write so I am done with blogging today.