Zoo Trip

No Kunz holiday would be complete

without a trip to our zoo.

Christmas Morning Mess

Thanks to all for the wonderful 

Christmas presents and wishes.

Christmas Morning and Gifts of Service

Merry Christmas to all!

Christmas Lights

On the way to delivering Christmas goodies

we came upon two amazing houses.

Cars were lined up for blocks

just to pass slowly by and gaze

at this Christmas display. 

Wow!

This house had a sign in front telling us

to tune our radios to a certain station

and when we did

we realized that all the lights

blinked and flashed in time with the music.

Wow!

Omahans can really celebrate!

Christmas Eve Dinner

Another yummy meal with the Senior Missionaries

and our young Sisters.

Followed my singing and games.

We slipped out a little early

so that we could get to all our

family traditions.

Surprise Outing

Have you noticed that your kids never want to do anything

that you ask them about ahead of time?

It always sounds "BOERING" to them.

Right?

So we told our kids that we had a surprise day planned...

First we went to the General Dodge House.

This is an old restored victorian home

built by one of Omaha's

famous founders...

which they throughly enjoyed.

Then to lunch at Ho Huts, their favorite restaurant, 

(we knew they would like that part of the day.)

Next the Union Pacific Railroad Museum...

with lots of miniature trains

and fun things to learn and do.

And, yes, they enjoyed that too.

Great day!

(Thanks mom and dad.)

Christmas Cookies

My big grown up kids requested

that we make sugar cookies and decorate them

as one of our holiday activities.

I was thrilled to make that happen.

Such creativity...

such concentration...

and apparantly

very good too.

Click on the picture to enlarge and

see if you can find:

a shark

Abraham Lincoln

a kitty face

an ear of corn

an angry octopus

 and a little man sitting on the potty...?

I promise I gave them Christmas cookie cutters!!!

Yummmmmmmmm....

RM Visits

Brandon Shumway and his beautiful bride, Sirisha,

stopped by after attending a baptism

here in Omaha.

It was so fun to talk with them.

(These are two people very much in love :-)

Later on we were surprised to see

Nathan Heyborne and his sweet mom

at the Trail Center.

All these wonderful people

moving on so successfully

with their lives.

We love them very much! 

Annual Gingerbread Display

Every year the Trail Center

and the Kanesville Tabernacle

host a Gingerbread Festival.

It's amazing what can be done with gingerbread

and other eatable goodies.

This year's theme was

"The Joys of Childhood."

My favorite was this Snow White cottage.

It was absolutely adorable.

Can you see the little fly buzzing over Sleepy's face?

This was titled "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed."

Can you believe this is gingerbread?!

These two houses show what happens when you build

on a firm foundation and a foundation of sand.

We finish with the Kirkland Temple.

What a fun tradition,

 and according to our numbers

a whole lot of people

 make the festival a part of their Christmas activities

each year!

Christmas Zone Conference

One again it is time for our Christmas Zone Conferences

which would not be complete

without the traditional

"White Elephant Gift Exchange."

The pictures speak for themselves...

Enjoy!

(I think it is a good thing that President Kunz

ended up with the sling shot)

(real fish!)

(didn't we see this already?)

(homemade by Sisters...so cute)

(the entire Old Testament on tape)

Merry Christmas to all.