BECCA AND HER LOVELY FACE

Becca got her widsom teeth out on Thursday and today she looks lovely! I asked her if she was going to church tomorrow and she was wondering if the swelling would be gone by then. What do you think? Anyway, she is my beautiful little girl. It was kind of rough (as is normal for any wisdom tooth patient), but she is doing fine. She ate noodle casserole with us tonight.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECCA

Our cute, sweet Becca celebrated her 19th birthday on Saturday, January 10th. We were able to go to Firehouse Pizza for her birthday dinner then came home and opened presents and ate her birthday cake. She had plans with friends later that night, so we were happy to have her for the early part of the evening. What a wonderful experience to spend 19 years with her! Happy Birthday!!!

CHRISTMAS MORNING

Chelsie didn't feel well.

Becca got some snow boots.

Christmas morning was great!

Piano Recital

Christmas Piano Recital

Nathan and Rachel participated in their annual Christmas piano recital on Monday, December 15 at Bountiful Music. It is so fun to have our piano recitals there. They have this bright yellow grand piano and we think that is pretty interesting. We love Char, our piano teacher, and both Nathan and Rachel did great jobs. Nathan played "Joy to the World" and Rachel played "Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella." I was proud! Char did something she has never done before. She had an impromptu performance from her oldest students and had one group do a duet and another group do a trio. That was humorous and we all had fun. After the recital, we went to Bajio (our favorite place), and had dinner.

1st Grade Program


Chelsie's first grade class performed the annual 1st grade Christmas program Thursday morning. David went to work late, and Becca woke up early so that we could go see it. Rachel wanted to get out of school and Nathan got to see it at a school assembly. Carissa was still at BYU. The program was so cute! Chelsie was adorable! You had to be there!!!

Carissa and Becca are home for the holidays. It is so good to have everyone back and have the house full.


Family Night--Dec. 22, 2008

We decided to get our cookies made for Santa! We made sugar cookies and got creative. We have a plate piled high just waiting for Santa to come, and he is going to have to share with his Reindeer because he can't eat that many.

Hagberg Sibling Christmas Eve Eve dinner Last night we had our fun "adult" Christas party. Anne and Stewart were generous enough to let us invade their beautiful home, and we had a great time. We had Crab (of course), wonderful cheese ball and crackers, Chicken Parmesan, Carrots, Cheesey Potatoes, Chocolate milkshakes, and Chocolate Cake (good thing Chocolate starts with a "C").

This is my cake. It tasted even better the next day.

I had so much fun visiting with my brothers and sisters and their wives and husbands. I have fun when I am with them, and we only get together as adults about once a year. They really are funny people, and I mean that in a good way. Thanks, everyone, for a great night.

Merry Christmas!

KERN RIVER COMPANY PARTY

On Saturday, we went to David's Company Christmas party for kids. They held it at Discover Gateway in Salt Lake City, and it was fun! They have so many interactive activities for the kids to play with and we all had a great time. Kern River had a room on the fourth floor with beautiful sugar cookies and hot cocoa, and we got to see Santa. It was great!

STAKE CONFERENCE

I was "invited" to speak in Stake Conference about two weeks ago, and now it is only two weeks away. Of course I am nervous and every time I see the Sake President or one of his counselors, they seem to want to remind me. I wonder if they think I will forget something like this. Never fear, it is on my mind. I am flattered, but let's see how flattered I am around 2:00 on December 7th.

EXCITING PTA NEWS!!!

Okay! No cute pictures or anything really fun, but I wanted to update you all on what is going on in my life--just in case someone cares.

I have been asked to co-president our PTA. The former president just resigned because of personal reasons, and that left our PTA presidentless, so the principal approached last year's PTA president and me about joining together and helping get through the rest of the year. The bad part is that there is still a lot of the year left with a lot of big jobs to do, but the good part is that most of the really big stuff is done. I am flattered that they would trust this job to me, but also a little nervous about pulling my weight and being an asset to the PTA. Here we go again!