A Christmas Carol

Another busy week! I had something for choir Tuesday-Thursday night this week. Wednesday and Thursday nights were the lighting ceremonies at the DC Temple. Every year they invite ambassadors and congressmen to attend the lighting of over 500,000 lights at the visitor's center and temple grounds. It was a really neat experience! The ambassador for Vietnam was the guess speaker as well as the Pres of the Seventy, Elder Hallstrom, and Elder Marriott of the Seventy. They were great speakers and talked about the similarities of man kind and how we all have the similar tradition of families.

This is a picture of my choir buddy, Holly! I'm soo glad she's in the choir; it just wouldn't be the same without her.

I just love the brethren. I just can’t help but get excited when I see them and how they live their life. They are just a great example of pure charity and love. I hope one day Jeremy and I can travel around the world on our mission to share the gospel of love and peace to God’s children. How neat that will be.

Jeremy and I usher at the Ford's Theater and this weekend was the play A Christmas Carol. IT WAS AWESOME! The set was crazy! They had 2 spiral stair cases on each side and a suspended bridge that connected them which could be raised and lowered. The customs were just beautiful with every little detail imaginable. The part where the ghost of Marley appeared was awesome! He was in the picture frame moving around then all of a sudden was down on stage and Scrooge’s bed would spin and fog and lights...it was soo cool! As you can tell, I'm a big theater fan! I also just love the story. It was a touching reminder of the peace that comes with we freely forgive and allow peace and freedom to come into our souls through the great gift of repentance. It also emphasized the importance of loving our neighbors and having charity towards all men!

Saturday we went to the Georgetown vs Utah State basketball game. Some buddies on our ward went to Utah State so they wanted to give their support. I guess it wasn't enough b/c they lost. Nonetheless, it was fun to go to the Verizon Center again.

We got some more updates from law schools this week. Jeremy has been waitlisted, again, at George Mason. I hate this answer b/c it doesn't really mean anything. He wasn't rejected but still can be in the future. I feel it just makes us more miserable b/c we start to make plans with schools that we have been accepted at but then a wait-list school and through a wrench into everything if they do offer an acceptance later on. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to be flexible. He also heard back from Mercer in Macon GA and was accepted. We're gonna go check it out over Christmas break b/c I've only been to Macon once or twice for wrestling tournaments back in the day. So, we'll see. We're still open to the idea but feel Tulsa might have better opportunities for jobs afterwards. Who knows