December Tid Bits

 One of my former coworkers is an incredible photographer. The moon was big and bright and looking like a warm orb in what was actually a freezing cold sky so I texted him. He sent me this photo he took and I loved bonding with him in that moment over the majesty of it all.  

Hardly anyone requires cash anymore and every year I have forgotten to bring money to get into the Cheer and Dance Team Showcase but this year I was prepared with my cash. And not just to get in! But for snacks as well! Turns out they have moved to digital wallet- wah waaaaah. In any case, I was able to snag a good seat even though I arrived after it started. 

Gita has already expressed interest in doing dance team at the high school level and I think she's really going to thrive. She's definitely had fun doing dance team at the middle school.

It's so interesting how a warm sunrise can make a bitterly cold day feel a bit less harsh.

On my lunch hour I walk the mall to do a bit of window shopping and get away from my desk. I made the mistake of stopping in to Box Lunch and discovered these mystery pin packs of Disney princess macarons. A few boxes in and I was obsessed with getting them all- to the point I bought every last box they had. Turns out those last 3 were exactly the pins I was missing and I ended up with the full set! Sounds silly but it was a bit of fun I really needed. 

The office is cold but with the holidays I had the perfect excuse to wear a festive scarf and hat!

The people at work can be raccoons with the free food. One morning there was a huge bowl of avocados and someone took all the avocados including the bowl! Eventually the bowl returned, but I decided to form an alliance with the woman who orders and lays out the food. Eventually I got my avocado and enjoyed it with cream cheese on toast with some salt and pepper. It was fabulous!

Brent and I had a great time at his work holiday party. We were only there for about an hour and half which is my sweet spot. We chatted with a few people, ate the delicious food and headed back to our hotel for a quiet night (what we really needed in the middle of the hectic holiday season). 

Love getting a night to ourselves to just slow down and connect.

The food really was SO good!

With school out for the year I encouraged the girls to clean out their closets and drawers and donate items they didn't feel had a place in the New Year. I found Liesel in her room, sitting inside a drawer she had pulled out of her dresser... ahhh I love my ADD girl!

High on her priority list was to get her haircut and Brent helped make that happen. I will always miss her long, blonde locks but this definitely looks better than her grown out 'do!

The older two girls were busy with a Madrigal's performance at another church so they missed the ward Christmas party but we had fun anyway. There was also a service project putting together meal kits which was a lovely addition.