White House Carolers

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Thank you for taking Alexis, Kimberly, she had an amazing time.

Alexis goes to the White House

Alexis went with Kimberly to the White House. It was a very special event, only White House staff was invited. She had a great time. It's decorated so beautiful. The theme this year is A Red, White, and Blue Christmas. You'll notice Uncle Sam at the entrance. Alexis really wanted to try the gingerbread house, covered in white chocolate, who wouldn't.

The Capitol

The tree is absolutey beautiful. The tree and ornaments were provided by Montana this years, hence the cowboy hats, boots, and even a cowboy snowman.

The Capitol Christmas Tree

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Museum of Natural History

We went to the Museum of natural history. Yes, those are fish ornaments on the Christmas tree. We saw the Hope diamond, jewelry worn by royalty, completely stunning, and tons and tons of rocks and minerals. The amethyst is giagantic. The sign on the wall says, Please touch. We also saw an exhibit about the ocean and animal life. There was a squid on display that was bigger than me.

First Deposition

So on Tuesday, Dec 2nd, I went on my first deposition all by myself. I was responsible for the transcript and I even had to swear the witness in. I was really nervous about swearing in the witness, so I practiced a few times on Alexis, what a sport. I ended up reading it from my computer. When I asked the witness to raise his right hand I could tell how nevous he was, which made me not nervous anymore.

It was a workers' compensation case and one of the attornys was asking questions by telephone. Which made me a little concerned, but ended up being a good thing. They both spoke very clear. In the end all three attorneys ordered the transcript, 93 pages. Merry Christmas to me I'm paid by the page and the more copies ordered, the more money I make. Whew, I did it. I hope I won't be as nervous on my next one. I'm going out on my second deposition Monday. I hope it goes as well as the first one did.

NO MORE BRACES!!!

On Thursday, Dec 4th the braces finally came off. Alexis was so, so excited. Her teeth look amazing. Of course the first thing she did when we came home was pop some popcorn. It's been 8 months since she's had any, which is like 5 years for a 12 year old. Now she can eat all they chewy, gummy, sticky stuff she wants. She was also happy to be able to eat a whole carrot, corn on the cob, and an apple without it being cut into pieces. She still tries to clean the food from her braces and then realizes they're not there anymore.

Getting ready for Christmas

This is the extent of our Chirstmas decorations this year. We made the cranberry topiary for family home evening. We used toothpicks, broken in half, to the secure the cranberries, there were toothpicks all over the place when we were finished, literally. It was tons of fun making. I also was talked into finally putting some Christmas lights in our window.

Thanksgiving

Alexis spent Thanksgiving in Iowa and had a great time. She enjoyed spending time with her family in Iowa, had fun with her cousins, and rode a 4-wheeler all by herself at Grandpa Phil's. She was able to spend time her friend Taylor. She's moving to Texas, Alexis will miss her tons.
I spent the week at Kimberly's. We watched movies and had a great Thanksgiving dinner. We both have so much to be thankful for, wonderful friends and family. We'll be in Utah for Christmas and are really looking forward to spending time with family and friends.