Tauntaun Sleigh

Good morning from Hoth!  Or, at least that's the way Jingle Bell would like it.  In honor of the release day of "The Force Awakens," Jingle Bell has a sleigh here pulled along by tauntauns.  Oh, and yes, that's a Yoda ornament in the sleigh, which will of course go on Star Wars themed tree soon enough.

We had a Christmas party tonight at the Hunter house - the whole children's ministry staff showed up to  the party tonight, and Madison had the greatest time.  She was playing LIFE and other games, and apparently eating a lot of sugar, because she talked the entire time on our drive home, and during those moments where things started to get quiet, she'd begin singing Christmas carols!

Mommy and Madison got together today for some fun - they made Christmas cookies!  These were gluten free, and surprisingly good.  Of course, most any cookie is good with sprinkles on it.  But anyway, there were the star-shapes, the Christmas tree shapes*, and the regular circles as well.  And they were all quite tasty too!

We've been listening to the radio station non-stop, waiting to hear ourselves on the air in a pre-recorded conversation that took place two days ago.  They're supposed to be editing it to make it smoother and more radio-friendly, so who knows when they'll add that one to the mix.  In the meantime, we've had our fill of Christmas music on the air, listening in the car, at home, at work, all the time.  We've got their playlist pretty much much memorized, which is good and bad, right?

We got back late, and pretty much went straight to bed.  Meanwhile, the rest of the world has already seen "The Force Awakens."  We're pretty excited to see it, but at the same time were fairly busy so far. We'll see it very soon, and probably multiple times.  But we missed out on that opening night chaos, which is good and bad.  I guess the big thing is keeping Madison safe and healthy, otherwise we'd have shown up, and maybe in costumes too.  We will watch it, but will have to stay away from those who have seen it - definitely need to find a spoiler-free zone to live in the next few days...!

*Yes, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, they're actually called Christmas trees.  Just putting the noun "tree" on your candy bar looks so incredibly dumb that we're not buying it.  Literally and figuratively.