Ward Party

The Ward Christmas party was a hit! We had over a hundred ward members show up, and this week many were in the midst of finals and moving out of their apartments, so that was a pretty good turn out! The food was amazing, and the talent show was inspiring.

This whole night was bittersweet for us. We were having fun, but we also realized this would be our last ward activity in this ward, since we had been officially released on Tuesday. Up to this point, we had small discussions about how it didn't seem real that we wouldn't be coming back to this ward, no more partying with the singles, Chris would no longer be a bishopric counselor, etc. But no one knew we were enjoying our last activity with them, and we were determined to enjoy ourselves rather than use up our last moments in a melancholy slump.

After the talent show, a quickly thrown together nativity was presented, and Riley was selected as baby Jesus because of her raw talent! ...and perhaps because she had very little competition for the part... Chris and I were able to ride on Riley's coattails and were selected for Mary and Joseph. Riley was pretty fussy behind the scenes, but once she came out from behind the curtains and saw all the lights and everything looking at her, she was content to look around in wonder as the nativity story unfolded. Her favorite part was receiving her monkey toy and pacifier as gifts from the wise men.

It was a fun night. A perfect way to end our much loved singlehood saga.