Wrong Restaurant; Gentri Concert; Levi Smiling; Excells' Elf

The other day Spencer and Madison came over while the rest of their family went to see a play.

Glen had already left the house to go get the car worked on before they got here. I talked with Rebecca about ordering Costa Vida for the little ones for our dinner and asked if she wanted us to get meals for the four of them to eat after the play. She said yes.

I sent their order, plus my order, to Glen to order on his app.

After the car was finished, Glen went to help Dad with his new computer and then when he was finished he got on the app to order our Costa Vida food. 

He struggled and struggled with trying to order because "the restaurant changed its app all around and it looked so different than usual." He also complained "they didn't have my credit card information which I  knew I had already entered in the app." He was so frustrated!

I didn't know anything about any of that when I got a text from my friend.

It was at that point I began to wonder if there had been a problem...

A little while later, Glen called to say he had gotten to Costa Vida and they didn't have his order ready. He was so frustrated and pulled out his app to show them the order he had placed. Costa Vida told him he had ordered food on the Cafe Rio app.

Ooooooops!!!!

None of us like Cafe Rio and it was very frustrating. But, he went to Cafe Rio to pick up the food he had ordered. Into our house he walked carrying a sack that contained only four meals. He was four meals short.

He couldn't figure out why we needed eight meals when there were just the four of us here. Remember he hadn't been here when I was talking to Rebecca about getting the extra food.

Needless to say, Dallas, Rebecca, Brooke and Caroline were the lucky ones in all the mix-up because we then ordered their food from Costa Vida and they had warm meals from the correct restaurant when they arrived here very hungry after the play.

Now an update on the Jacob Thomas family who are all fanatic BYU fans. Jacob has instilled the great love obsession of BYU sports from Glen and is doing his best to pass that tradition on to his family. 

This was the pancake breakfast they ate on ESPN Game Day when BYU football was playing at Costal Carolina. The equipment truck getting across the country was a big deal as the news tracked its progress preceding the game. 

While Glen was all involved in watching both BYU football and BYU basketball games (which includes an hour of pre-game chitter chatter--2 hours if it is football--and 2 hours post-game hashing and rehashing every single move made during the game), I was off having some fun of my own.

I went with Dallas, Rebecca and Nani to the Maverik Center to watch the Gentri Christmas concert.

I was glad I had worn a jacket over my sweater. Rebecca noticed the camera and sound people were all wearing coats, hats and gloves, and wondered if they should have worn their coats.

Our seats were on the floor where there was plenty of spacing between each group of concert goers. The people in the upper seats were also very spaced out. 

It was so fun to be out of the house doing something out of the ordinary. Listening to the beautiful Christmas music was so relaxing and nice.

I had not realized what Gentri meant until the three singers came out and introduced themselves as Gentri--the Gentlemen Trio. Hence Gen-tri, using the first three letters of both those words. It was an aha moment for me.

I had been excited to see Mat and Savanna Shaw, one of Gentri's guests for the concert. I have loved listening to this daddy daughter duo ever since they put their first song on YouTube when the pandemic was getting started.

They have been a breath of fresh, hopeful air for me as I have listened to each song they sing. How fun for them to go from YouTube to performing on the big stage with a well-known group like Gentri. 

Because of the concert, we missed going to Bill and Jan Evans's traditional Christmas dinner with friends. But, like the true friends they are they hand-delivered us a Christmas treat along with a huge slab of prime rib from their dinner from the night before.

Glen enjoyed a couple of days' worth of meals from the prime rib. YUMMY for him!!

Carol Pope dropped by a Christmas gift from her and Tiffany.

I opened it up and found chocolate-covered almonds. That's my idea of YUMMY!! And a notebook for me to take notes during the Tuesday morning zoom class I attend that Carol teaches. 

The note made me laugh.

In Florida at the Jackson home (Klarissa's parents' home), Klarissa is having the children do some elf aerobics to get their day going.

Klarissa put up a post on how she's been doing with her pregnancy.

I told Klarissa she needs to send some photos of her so we can really believe she is going to have a baby. What a cute photo she sent after that request.

Here's a little update on how Ben and Haley's little boys are doing. Levi is getting bigger by the second.

Notice the addition to their nativity scene Kade felt was important to include.

Another day Kade rearranged the nativity figures to become a part of his car garage.

Haley posted some photos today of Levi smiling. He looks so adorable in the snowsuit.

The Elf on the Shelf is alive and well at the Excell home. I greatly enjoyed the recent antics of the little feller and the comment Lincoln made. Children are the best to give us a good laugh!!