A Very Memorable Night!

We were invited by our friends Scott and Lindasue to attend the "First Presidency's Christmas Devotional," down in Salt Lake.  That, in and of itself, is such a wonderful opportunity and experience, to be in the presence of the prophet, and to hear their messages, but the evening was better then expected.  The First Presidency talked about remembering the meaning of Christmas and getting "lost" in the service of others.  To hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is always wonderful, but when accompanied by the orchestra was so amazing, and left you with chills!!  The rest of the night was just icing on the cake.

 

 This is where we sat!!

 We were able to sit with Scott's parents and extended family.  We were on the 5th row from the front, and surrounded my many members of the Quorum of the 12....what an amazing experience!!!  We were also able to ride the golf carts that take you from the Church Office Building, under the SLC temple, and over to the Conference center, the ones that take the First Presidency and 12 apostles to the conference center.
 

This was us just getting on the carts, and getting ready for our ride to the conference center...so crazy!!!!

 Once we were in our seats, we saw many of the apostles come in and sit in their seats, down in the audience.  Elder Bednar, Elder Holland, Elder Nelson, Elder Perry, were all sitting in the section next to us. Ryan said Elder Oaks was sitting there as well, but I never saw him.

  As we were leaving, Elder Nelson and Elder Holland, were waiting in line right behind us, to catch the next cart....so surreal to be so close to such wonderful men.  As we arrived back at the Church Office Building after the devotional, we got off the cart, and Elder Perry was standing there with some of his family, and Elder Nelson got off the cart behind us.  Ryan was then able to shake Elder Nelson's hand as he entered the Church Office Building.  What a very memorable night!!!  Thanks Scott and Lindasue, we had such a wonderful time!!!

We love the Aggies!!!

We love the Utah State Aggies!  We have had season tickets to the men's basketball games for a few years now.  It gives us something to look forward to during the very long and cold winter months.  The girls love to go as well....well maybe they like the thought of going, more.  Once they are there they generally get board, unless they have a slushy to keep themselves entertained. 

We have sat by the same family for the last two years, it is the family of one of the basketball players, and they actually drive all the way from Salt Lake to see the games each night.  The ones that sit directly behind us are actually the players grandma and grandpa.  It has been fun to get to know them better.  His grandma is so funny.  We have only taken the girls to two of the games this year, but the first game, she wasn't there.  So at each of the other games she has been asking us about the girls and how they are doing.  We promised her that we would bring them....she has been very excited to see the twins.  She got to know them last year, but they were just little then, and sat very nicely during the games.....This year we have discovered that we don't get to watch much of the game when they all go, it is a lot harder to keep the little ones entertained!!!  She was going to be in for a treat!!

  I had Ryan take some pictures of everyone before we left.....

Remie and Hallie

Getting ready to kiss each other....Remie is usually the one to kiss Hallie.  They both think it is pretty funny!!

Then we tried to get the big girls in the picture....as you can see that didn't work out so well.

My favorite is Rylie and Sydnie's faces!!

We eventually had to give up on getting a good picture of all 4, and just get a picture of the big girls.  Just another day in the Barfuss home....

Remie and Hallie never stopped crying or being little turkey's, but we did make it through the game!!  We may have to think about taking them in shifts.  The big girls one night, and the babies another....

 

All Better

 Ryan has finished working on our "little" leak.  The wall and ceiling look great.  The best part, is that he painted the wall and edge so nicely, that I didn't even have to do any touch ups....I was a little worried.  Thanks for being so handy, Ryan!!!!