With Whipped Cream on Top

For about a week the thing that always made the top of my list of things I was looking forward to was Willa was coming home. So we did both regular and fun things, but with Willa. It was like having whipped cream on top of everything we did this week.

-Final court of honor at church. This is adorable Arlon Sloop, who has worked with our cub scouts for the last 10 years, including when I was Primary president. He loves those boys so much!  And he doesn't know when to stop talking.

This was just an illustration of what it's like to have my two neediest kids home both needing me. Willa thinks it is HER turn now she is home! Griff always thinks it is his turn.

It's also an illustration of how many double chins I can make. Whoa Nellie!

We went to the temple to do baptisms together and drove home in the sunset to a great dinner at Prairie Village shops and a final farewell to the Leawood Foo's which is closing on Christmas Eve.

We went shopping together! We went to the SLCC Holiday party together! And we went to Evie's first piano recital together! Willa even agreed to babysit so Alan and I could have a date together.

We got to go to church together, which is my favorite thing together. We felt a little sheepish to invite people to our special Christmas service because our ward is special in a very ordinary way. We are quite humble in our gatherings, but it did feel special today. And having my favorite people there made my heart sing.