We have been getting all our Christmas decorations up in preparation for my parent's visit next week- the trees are up and the Penguin tree decorated, the lights on the house look great(thanks Kevin), and the kids are watching A Charlie Brown Christmas. My parents are coming for Niall's Baptism on Dec 8 and to enjoy a bit of the Christmas season with us. As we were reading scriptures last night, the passage we read in Alma 7:7-17 began by discussing the birth of Jesus and his mission on Earth and then went on to teach the doctrine of Baptism. I was fascinated and touched that the passage we happened to be reading addressed these two important events we are preparing to celebrate.