CHRISTMASING IN ST. GEORGE...

The beautiful St. George temple, all lite up to symbolize the

light of Jesus Christ...so gorgeous as Fall and Christmas

come together.

The nativity that sits out in front of the temple.

I have been spending as much time as possible at our sweet

St. George home. It is still Fall there, warm temps and the

leaves are still falling from the trees.

Our little Sophia loved getting tossed into a big pile of leaves,

I tried it too but my land was a bit of a thud! We have a very old

Mulberry tree and she is dropping those big leaves beautifully.

Our sweet little Jonah

We sure do love this little guy that has come into 

our family, he's such a handsome, sweet little boy.

I have so been enjoying the weather here in St. George, it's

20 degrees warmer than where our Bicknell home is, so it's

still Fall here but with Christmas going on at the same time!

It's kind of funny to see palm trees decorated with Christmas

lights...but it's awesome!

The old tabernacle, built by pioneers. The whole block around

it is decked out with Christmas lights, wow, it is so fun to walk

around under the lights in warm temps.

In the hot summer, they have a water park here that our grands

love to enjoy, but now it's all about Christmas. Way up on the hill

you can see the big "D"... that stands for Dixie, that's what it was 

called because the pioneers raised cotton here.

A front shot of the old tabernacle, they have 

a different Christmas program here every night.

I have so enjoyed going to several of them.

Over at Temple Square, they have many very

beautiful displays, here they had nativities from

all over the world.

This too is on Temple square, in the summer and fall this spot

is full of so many roses, here it's all full of lights, so pretty!

There is a life size nativity set up out in front of

the temple, music and spoken word plays as you

stand there taking it all in, very spiritual.

Ron and I went to the lighting ceremony, they

had a speaker and choir, then the lights all went

on at the same time to lots of oohs and ahhs.

Out kids came down and we all enjoyed walking 

all around looking at the beauty of the St. George

temple grounds.I can still hardly believe that we

are so blessed to live just 2 blocks from this most

beautiful temple!

I found this sweet little painting at a thrift shop, I just loved

because I love snowmen. I added a ribbon and hung it on our

front porch.

I hung this red berry wreath on our front door,

added a big silver bow and reindeer and red

glittered letter...JOY... from the wreath.

I have only decorated one house this year, our

St. George house. This is our little tree from

outside the window.

And this is it from the inside, it's only four and

a half feet tall but we love it, much different from

our 9 foot tree at the other house!

The only thing missing is the cat that I used to
have that loved to climb the 9 foot tree and hid
in it's branches!

I hope you are all having a wonderful December...
slow down and simplify and be sure to remember
who and what Christmas really is about!

Sending all my love and best CHRISTMAS wishes
to each and every one.

ALL MY LOVE