Sunday dresses and hair and shoes

 Elle got a new Sunday dress and some new Sunday shoes!  She requested that I curl her hair up too.

I think she looks particularly cute today :)

Here's last week's dress and hair.  

I used my wavy curling iron, but it made her hair look more crimped and poofy than wavy.

Oh well.  Live and learn.

She's quite fond of doing the whole "model pose" lately.

When we went to DSW to find shoes, we came upon these lovely babies:

 

If they were cheaper we might have gotten them just for fun. 

And here's Chris trying to play my violin.

 I've taken it up again recently.  My friend convinced me to play with her in the community "fiddle group."  We're the only ones under 50 :) 

Chris says if he had ever learnt, he would be a true proficient. ;)

(He says that about the piano too.  He plans to take lessons when we're done paying for Elle's)

Be of Good Cheer

Yesterday in Fast and Testimony meeting my friend talked about how she was feeling that it was unfair that all these crazy laws are being passed and bad is being called good and good is being called bad.  Then she said she remembered Alma and his people in Mosiah 24:8-15 where Amulon says he will kill everyone caught praying, but that didn't stop them from praying in their hearts.
She said it is the same for us. We can still worship God, and we can still respect the flag and acknowledge Christmas no matter what the world says is right.  I was really grateful for her insight.  Thought I'd share.

And because  I can't have a post without pictures, here's a cute picture of Elle with her hair all curled yesterday.


And since it's a new year, I'm taking pictures again of all 141 Primary kids. (not including the nursery kids)
Here are a few choice shots of the new Sunbeams:

Not too photogenic their first day.  Maybe next week will be better :)