We had wassail and egg nog to drink as we mingled before dinner. 
The choir came in caroling - Brian, Jessica, and I sang. 
The Smith Family sat at the head table and asked us all to be seated. Grandpa took our serving dishes to get filled up. 
We had Stringed Beef, potatoes, carrots, coleslaw, rolls, and sugar cookies for dessert.
During the meal Porter Rockwell even came to surprise us!
The Primary children decorated the tree and sang some carols. 
Then Joseph said it was time to dance and sing!
For the party I was asked to put together a fiddle group so we could all dance the Virginia Reel and Waltz. 
We ended up with 2 violins (Melissa & Barb Laney), 2 cellos (Rachel & Mark Elsworth), 1 flute (me), 1 guitar (Brian), and 1 clarinet (Courtney Smith). 
After researching for way too many hours of what music was appropriate for the time period (1843), I found that I had music we could use in Rachel's fiddle book from her lessons, and the Play a Song of America and Play a Song of Christmas series that I got so our family could play together since we have such a wild array of instruments and abilities.
It turned out to be a lot of fun for us playing in the group. We ended up playing Turkey in the Straw repeated over, and over, and over. . . For the waltz we played Ash Grove.
To end off the evening on a spiritual note, Bishop Walker spoke. He had the youth recite the Living Christ, which they had been challenged to memorize this year.
Jessica, Melissa, and Rachel each said a part. (Kevin was at Drum practice.) 
After the Bishop's testimony and closing remarks we sang I Believe in Christ.
After the party was over and they were cleaning up, Melissa and Barb wanted to play some more. So we just started playing through the music we had. It was fun!
A big thankyou to Grandma who did our 1843 hair dos. 
It was fun to dress up. It was fun to get to wear my dress from the Melodrama again. 
Melissa said she thinks she was born in the wrong era.
We played Silent Night and everyone sang along.
To end off the evening on a spiritual note, Bishop Walker spoke. He had the youth recite the Living Christ, which they had been challenged to memorize this year. Jessica, Melissa, and Rachel each said a part. (Kevin was at Drum practice.) After the Bishop's testimony and closing remarks we sang I Believe in Christ.After the party was over and they were cleaning up, Melissa and Barb wanted to play some more. So we just started playing through the music we had. It was fun!
A big thankyou to Grandma who did our 1843 hair dos. It was fun to dress up. It was fun to get to wear my dress from the Melodrama again. Melissa said she thinks she was born in the wrong era.
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