Christmas 2010

Not much to say... the word Christmas explains it all! We had a great holiday with both families!! I forgot to take pictures at the Andersons house...I was so busy helping all the kids open their presents. I will have to do a second post with pictures from my moms camera. Lots of pictures!!

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

Things didn't go as planned this year, but in the end....we had an enjoyable holiday. We were going to go up to SLC for the holiday this year. Both sides of the family were going to be up there...so dinner with the Roberts family in Midway-and Dessert with the Anderson family in Bountiful.

First thing...there was a blizzard warning that weekend. YES...a BLIZZARD warning! We were a bit nervous to drive in such awful conditions, plus it was going to be super cold. Do we have REALLY warm clothes for that kind of weather? Not really, but we would make it work. We watched the weather and made family aware of our concerns of driving in bad weather with a van full of kids. We were not looking forward to the drive possibly taking longer than it already is either! The weather looked as if it was not going to change.

Secondly...I made the mistake (not really a mistake...but if I didn't look we probably would have still gone up there) of going through our finances a few days before we were scheduled to leave. LOOK HERE...we don't even have the money to afford to go! Hmmmm....that was a much bigger problem than the blizzard.

Long story-short, our garage door was broken, we had a few other surprises happen with the house, a blizzard was on the way, news of a possibility of 1 less pay check that month due to school costs, and me having a complete breakdown, we made the decision NOT to go up to SLC. We were bummed. My brother Beau had recently gotten married and was having an open house/2nd reception up there. I was excited to see family and friends and old neighbors that I hadn't seen in awhile.

What to do for Thanksgiving dinner?

Roberts ended up cancelling their flight to SLC and changing plans last minute too.

We went over there on Thanksgiving Day and ate Mexican food. It was really good! We then went to the movie theater and saw "Mega Mind." The girls were a little bored and so Lala and the 2 girls went to the theater next door and saw "Tangled" instead. They loved it! We met them back at the Roberts house for pie. Full bellies, good entertainment, good company. We had an enjoyable holiday.

Geary "surprised" by the picture being taken

Whit playing with the kitchen
Me and Krissy

Hailey in front of Movie Theater

Grandma Char and Lala before dinner

Mr. Parker!

Krissy & Dan outside the Theaters

Things didn't go as planned....but we had a great time!

Kid Pictures 2010

Just some random pictures of the kids. They all grow so fast! These are from November and December of 2010.

Parker and his juice box on the hungry hippo

peek-a-boo!
"Thankful" for my sister

I LOVE my juice box!

Playing at Nannie's house

December Cakes 2010

Only 2 cakes this month. So busy....but December usually is a busy month! Bret and Beau celebrated thier birthdays on the 15th of this month. I wanted to do something individual for each of them...but couldn't think of what to do. My brother Beau got married the previous month before, and there was a 1/2 sheet cake left over from his wedding. I had my mom freeze it so it didn't go to waste and had planned on using it for thier cakes. Much easier having the cake part already made and shaped in the right shape. I decided to do a "Harry Potter" book for Beau. He has read all the books and has been a fan since day 1. Bret was more difficult. You can't go wrong with tv or video games...so he got an x-box. It doesn't look like the "REAL" x-box, but you can tell what it is.

Hope you boys had a Happy Birthday!

I love you!

Not an "authentic" X-box.....but you get the point.

A Harry Potter Book....with writing from the actual book

The Boys with thier cakes.

Birthdays and babies

No fun pictures to go with this posting-bummer I know!

What are the chances of having 2 best friends throughout middle school and High school?

What are the chances that the 3 of you are still friends and talk regularly today?

What are the chances that your 2 friends are pregnant at the same time-and due within weeks of each other?

What are the chances that they both have their babies on the same day- with both going into labor early?

What are the chances that they are born on one of those friends birthdays?

Well it happened to me...so I'd say the chances are pretty good!

Congrats to my friend Stephanie who had a little girl on her birthday! Allegra was 5lbs, 14 oz born on December 7th.

Congrats to my friend Brynn for delivering a healthy baby boy on the same day!!! Tru was born on December 7th and weighed 6 lbs, 8 oz.

Congrats to both of you! I am glad that I'm still around to be a part of it. Love you guys!

Simple Prayers

Hailey has been quite funny with her prayers this Christmas season. We just had our nightly family prayer a few minutes ago, and it was Hailey's turn to say it. Most of the normal things were said, such as "bless us to sleep well," and "help us to be happy tomorrow." Lately though, she has been adding things about Santa Clause and "help us to not be put on the naughty list," which I think is a crack up!!! She just added in this prayer tonight to "not break any toys" and to "bless her to not wake up on Christmas eve so she won't see Santa." This girl is seriously worried about the whole Christmas thing!! What a funny girl....she's definitely on the NICE list!