And Christmas is coming.....

Which for us means lots of parties---

There is the annual Hall Almost Annual Adult Christmas Party on Dec. 2nd--

I know.  I am so cheesy,  I asked Gary if it was "too cheesy'" and he replied, "Of course, but that is what people expected from you so do it."  So I did.  For some reason over the years, the invitation has become a part of the whole tradition.  I don't want them to be at all the same or "traditional," so I guess after so many years, you are going to end up doing a snowman sooner or later.

Then, we are having a neighborhood caroling party on the first Monday of December which will end up at our house for cookies and hot chocolate.  (After all if we are cleaning the house for one party, why not add another into the mix two days later?)

Then later in the month, we are hosting the GIRLS Christmas Party which is a traditional party of 12 young adults with Down syndrome which are all on the same Special Olympics team.  The older ground of girls have been doing it for years and have added some of the newly young adult girls over the past few years.  It is our turn to host this year, which should be so fun.

I mention all of those things, because I spent most of last evening, getting the invitations ready and general plans for these activities to make sure that we are ready for all of this Christmas fun.  It mostly worked as a distractions since both the BYU football team and BYU Men's basketball team lost their games and didn't play well for most of the games.  Sometimes it is hard to be a fan!!!  On a positive note, the BYU Women's Volleyball team swept their match on Saturday.