i'm dreaming of a white christmas!

hello!! thank you so much for the christmas cd's (LOVED THEM) and the wonderful emails (although i do want to hear about the winter formal from the dude himself...hint hint haha). sounds like everyone is doing great!! merry christmas everybody!!! (merry christmas mr potter!!) i have to admit that i can't believe christmas is this week, it is rainy and GREEN here. haha so different than what i'm used to. it is gorgeous though! we had like a PINCH of snow a couple weeks ago but that was it. roll around in it for me :)

so we are having a white christmas is one respect!! we had 2 baptisms yesterday ([B] and [E]) and we have another on sunday. the Lord is blessing us with miracles!! here are some pics:

**[E] is an AMAZING 17-yr-old. she was not in the best situation in north carolina, and decided she wanted to do more with her life. so she decided to move up here to live with her aunt who is a member. she said she wanted to go to church and 3 weeks later she's in white!! she has an incredible testimony and will touch many lives. she had family drive up from california and utah so it was a happy happy occasion :)

**[B] started meeting with missionaries when i was 12 years old!!crazy huh?? in the past bit he's stopped smoking and drinking. his wife [O] is the sweetest woman (speaks mostly spanish). she has been a member for 17 years and said it has always been her dream for [B] to be baptized but she didn't know if it was possible. needless to say it was a happy happy day.

**these baptisms were both in the Lake wilderness ward. they hadn't had a baptism in TWO YEARS! so the members were all excited as well

did I already send you a pic of our Jesus tree? so we have this cute little tree decorated in pass along cards and i can't remember if i sent you this picture so here ya go.

also did you ever get that picture from that guy? it's hilarious.

also a funny pic after we went grocery shopping last week, the juice escaped its bag and rolled to the back of our HUGE trunk (did i tell you i drive a 2010 malibu?? we're cool that dat) and our arms were too short to get it so i crawled in. good times.

so yeah, [P] will be baptized on sunday!!! she is HILARIOUS. did i already tell you this story? (sorry if i repeat things) "why are all those boys walking around?" "they're passing the sacrament...we eat the bread and water to remember Jesus Christ" "and just the boys pass it?" "yep" "that is so WEIRD" haha. also "so [P], how did you like primary?" "it was okay, except they made me come up to the front of the room and they all sang this CREEPY song and pointed at me!!" ah she kills me. cutest girl.

we get to eat one meal with members on christmas day, so we're eating with the [S’s]!!! so excited. the rest of the day (10 - 7) we visit people and share a christmas message). christmas eve is normal day except no tracting and we're in by 7. thanks in advance for the packages!! you are so good to me. oh about calling, i think i will just call a little after 7 pm on christmas day (my time...so would that be 8 your time??). is that too late for you? that way we can use our cell phone (free night minutes). write me back and let me know if that works because i could always do another time if you would prefer. we're pretty flexible. it's just harder to call in the morning because we can't use our cell phone and most people don't want you at their house on christmas MORNING. of course i could buy a phone card and use the allens' phone early in the morning maybe. but then the bosters may not be there. anyway let me know!