Church Santa

Spoiler Alert for the young reader:

This past weekend our ward had it's annual Christmas Party. Of course Santa happened to make a visit and allowed the kids to sit on his lap and make Christmas requests. Here is the story, assimilated as best as possible from several sources:

Issac jumped up on Santa's lap joyfully and listed a quite extensive list of items that he wanted for Christmas including a toy plane, a real shotgun, and some toys. Santa replied that he would probably get everything he wanted. Next Kody made his way over to Santa and told Santa, "I don't want to sit in your lap." Santa said that was fine but asked him what he wanted for Christmas anyway. To which Kody replied, "A hippopotomus." Laughter ensued all around. Last Wyatt got up on Santa's lap and expressed his hearts desire to be given a Wii. Santa replied that he didn't know since Wii's are pretty expensive.

Now I ask you Santa, which is more realistic an expensive Wii for a practically 7 year old or a real shotgun for a barely 5 year old. Those crazy church Santas might make for an interesting Christmas morning.

Grown Up Christmas List

Ludicrous that Christmas is just over 2 months away.

My kids have been telling me what they want

and they are getting antsy to write Santa a letter.

And I can't help thinking about some things I would go bonzo over this year.

So here it is my very own Christmas wish list.

1. My basement to be finished. (Namely carpeting!)

2. A new digital camera. (Mine is on the fritz, hence pictureless blogging.)

3. One extra shelf for my laundry room.

4. New loaf pans. (Current ones are rusting.)

And now you get to weigh in.

What kind of camera would you get?

I love the Nikon D5000, but that's a cool $600-$700.

And I worry that the bulkiness of it and the lenses

would prohibit me from carrying it everywhere.

But I need a 5X opitcal zoom minimum.

And something that can take and load pics quickly

for those rapid snapping times.

Anyone have sometime they are in love with?

And hopefully closer to the $300 range.