december favorites: 2 0f 3

Before we headed off to San Diego for Christmas, we took in plenty of activities here in Vegas.

We had a good time going to Christmas parties. I think this season we saw a total of 4 santas. Booker got a little skeptical of this one, so he didn't go talk to him. Lincoln was super shy, but got up the courage to talk to him after the 3RD TIME of going up to him. Luckily this Santa was patient!

Watched this little girl go from a little spark plug one day:

to sicky girl the next day: (this is the first time she ever wore piggy tails. sooo cute!)

to totally sick the next. we took her in and it turns out she had pneumonia. poor, sweet girl.

here she had just eaten the ONLY thing she would eat all day..a smoothie and weirdly enough we thought she looked like hitler.:)

we saw booker put into plan his drawing he made. the box is a box full of styrofoam peanuts with a string attached...dumping on his dad. and it would have worked perfectly if lincoln hadn't pulled the string too early! I love how he brought this to me and said, "mom, let's do this"..so cute.

booker turned lincoln into a robot complete with a remote control. these two are too much!

and booker and ben had a "man date" to the las vegas bowl where BYU killed Oregon State. They had so much fun that I bet many more will follow.

Next up: Christmas Activities.

december favorites: 1 of 3

What a busy month we have had. A fun-filled, crazy paced, family filled wonderful month and this is where it all started. We made a quick trip up to see my family at the beginning of December and had such a blast. Our days were filled with games, reading, movies, playing, eating, laughing, and wrestling.

Here is our serious game of UNO going on:

Definite snuggling took place:

Did we say wrestling?:

Showing grandma our reading skillz:

What a fun trip with so many fun memories. Thanks grandma and papa, meg, em and kev and sweet channing.

time to catch up.

here is quick recap of our last 3 weeks in 6 quick pictures:

thanksgiving: We went to good ol' Battle Mountain for our thanksgiving feast. We had such a great time and loved spending every moment with our family.

Craft Show: Yay! It's done. After every waking moment spent on sewing, cutting paper, sewing and did I say sewing?! What a fun and great experience it was!

Cute kids: everyday i am so thankful for them, for the joy they bring to my heart, and the smile they bring to my face.

New pj's: We always love getting packages in the mail. Thanks papa and grandma.

Maizie turns one!: what a sweet little lady..a fun day of presents, cake and celebrating our happy little girl.

gingerbread making party: We didn't have enough going on so we decided to have a quick play party for the kids and had so much fun making them!

Next to come: a quick recap of Maizie's birthday and a quick recap of our fast trip to seattle. Happy December everyone!:)

happy thanksgiving.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING...

from our house of turkeys..

to yours!:)

my family...all of them!

And of course the last thing I will write about for this special month is the thing that matters most to me..my family..all of them. I feel so blessed to have such a supportive, happy, active, and loving family that I have. I believe that we are sent here to earth to be tested, and that the family is the most special and sacred of all relationships here. Home is a place that is a training ground for the rest of life, and I certainly had and have some great training!:) I have been blessed with parents who are open, honest, supportive, faith-filled, loving, patient and always worried about me. I was blessed with siblings who are supportive, fun, loving, and always the best of examples. I was blessed with Beej's family who have always been sweet, supportive,service-oriented and loving in all of our crazy adventures, and who would give us the shirt off of their backs if needed. And I have the best sister and brother in laws a girl could ask for...I guess the best way to describe them is to say they are true friends. I'm so thankful for eternal families and that as we all work together in this life to better ourselves and those around us, that this greatest of all relationships, our family, can last forever. I couldn't imagine spending a second without them now or ever. I love you all!

my friends.

one of my friends posted this quote and it couldn't be more true....

"Sisters, we are all in this together. We need each other. Oh how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young. And hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old. It is a sociological fact that women need women. We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other. These friendships are a necessary source of sustenance. We need to renew our faith every day. We need to lock arms and help build the kingdom so that it will roll forth and fill the whole earth." -Marjorie Pay Hinckley

I couldn't make my list of things I am grateful for without adding my friends near the top. I have had incredible friends throughout my life who have lifted me, strengthened me, helped me, guided me and loved me and helped me be a better friend myself. Whether I have found them at church, as my neighbor (hi michele!), playing ball of any kind, at playgroups, etc...I am so grateful for ALL of my friends and the great joy they bring to my life. YOU have made my life better by being in it.

sufficiently busy.

I am so thankful to be BUSY! And with what? Well...

*Thanksgiving in Northern Nevada....check.

*cutting, sewing, gluing for craft fair.....check.

*christmas cards waiting to be done and sent...check.

*dessert for booker's thanksgiving party...check.

*logos and designs being thought up and drawn out....check.

3 kids excited with holiday spirit..check.

Yep, I am busy....and loving it!