3D!

Yesterday, Emma and I met up with Grandma and Grandpa Dangerfield and Aunt Emily, Uncle Ben, and Cousin Adam. Those would be how Emma would reference them, so you are not confused. :) Anyway, we all went to see The Polar Express on IMAX 3D! Wooeee! 3D! I think everyone in the theater wore the 3D glasses, except for Emma. She outright refused. She is so stubborn, but she absolutely loved the movie, despite the fact that it was all blurry for her. I wonder if she even realized it was all out of focus. I never know what she is thinking... she's so crazy. ;) Emma's favorite part was the train (after getting past the initial shock of how loud and big it was), the reindeer, and the snow. I really loved the movie as well. I've seen Polar Express at least a dozen times, but it was just great all big and popping out. It was very well done. The animation seemed particularly impressive. Oh, and sadly Ben couldn't join us in our frolicking because he was busy being a good little medical student and studying very hard for the good of the family. .... hmmm... That was well put, I say.

So, of course, we went to church this morning. We are on the 11:00 block. It turns out we will continue to go at the 11:00 time next year as well. We only have 2 wards in our building, at 9:00 and 11:00. Ben says that the Bishop wanted to keep the 11:00 time and I guess the other ward wanted to keep 9, and logistically it makes more sense with sharing classrooms or something, since our ward is bigger to be the last ward out. Consequently, we will not be getting the earlier block. I think we are one of the only families that seemed bummed out about this. We were really looking forward to switching to 9:00. We are up anyway with Emma's schedule and all and the 11:00 time is right during lunch and naps, so Sunday's are always a little off. Oh well... it is nice to have a few hours in the morning to take our time and get lessons finished and whatnot. In fact, we had plenty of time to have German Pancakes for breakfast this morning, so we did. The German Pancakes we make is Ben's mom's recipe, which is wonderful. I love family recipes. Anyway, we hadn't had german pancakes in months, so I figure, it's December, let's eat something full of calories! :) And to add to the calorie-fest, I also made pumpkin bread pudding this evening for our Advent dessert. It tastes like regular bread pudding and pumpkin pie all mixed together. It was pleasing to eat, I must say, especially with whipped cream on top. Yum! I love Christmas time and how we can get away with eating all sorts of delectable desserts and candies. This is another reason why January can be so drab, because we all feel guilty and feel as if we need to eat extra healthy to make up for our bad eating the month before. Oh bother! ;)