Things I LOVE About Christmas!

I Love White Christmases,
and winter walks down the lane.

 

I love sweet little gingerbread houses all in a row,

and gingerbreading with those I love!

 

I love being a Christmas poster girl for

my favorite cosmetic line...yes, I am a Philosophy girl!

 I love being an angel with such beautiful angels. 

I love performing in the Tuachan Live Nativity

with Towns people, soldiers, centurions, 

shepherds, wise-men, Joseph and Mary!

I loved the feeling of peace and the closenes I felt

to my Savior that night...just being with these kids

lifts me up and helps to be more than I am.  

I'm greatful for their testimonies...

the light of Christ shines within them!

They are beautiful to behold...I Love them!

 

I Love Clarence Claus... He's such a jolly old man!

 Yes this is my dad, and he is the best
Santa in the World! He hiked the hills and found us
the perfect Christmas tree, and made old fashioned
wooden popguns for my cute lil' grands this year for
Christmas! "Don't shoot yer' eyes out kids!"

I love being with family at Christmas time...

there's nothing better than fond memories of 

Christmases spent with those you love.

I love my parents, I love my sisters and brother, 

I love my family...

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

'Tis The Season!

 'Tis the season for making yummy 

reindeer pancakes with little ones!

 'Tis the season for playing in the snow!  

There SNOW place like home for the holidays!

 'Tis the season for make beautiful orange
carrot bouquets. I'll bet Santa's Reindeer
will think these are extra  yummy!

 'Tis the season for making crowns 

and singing our favorite Christmas carol...

"Glo-ooooo-ooooo-ooooo-ria

Enoch's Chelsea's Day O!"

 'Tis the season for opening gifts! 

Yep,  Santa has been really good to us this year:) 

He brought us a new TV and we're delighted!

  It's been fun to watch our favorite 

Christmas Specials in full HD and eat

popcorn out of the old big silver bowl!

I LOVE "POPCORN JUICE!" 

THANK YOU TO MY CUTE KIDS 

& GRANDKIDS!!!

 Tis the season for sliding down the stairs

in cardboard boxes, playing marbles, 

enjoying my own special photo op

session with this cute girl...

and ewwing and awwwing over Uncle's 

boxed toy he created.  Both toy and packaging

are completely original...you definitely won't
find these in Santa's Workshop!

 Tis the season for Grandma's warm 

homemade bread right out of the oven, 

Grandpa tickles, a game of hungry hippos,

lots of hugs and loves... and a music box 

reminder of childhood Christmas memories!

 

This the season for coloring Christmas pictures, 

building with Tinker Toys, playing Frantic Ants, 

and a visit with grandma and "Auntie Candy Lady"

This the season for playing dress-ups 

with Aunt "D's"  Fabulous wigs!

Tis the season for family...

Tis the season for fun!

TIS THE SEASON!!!

My December Birthday Babes!

 Happy Birthday!  December 17th

I Love You!

 Happy Birthday!  December 2nd

I Love You!

Happy Birthday!  December 2nd

I Love You!

New York Holiday!

 I love (My Kids In) New York!
It sure is good to see these cute faces again.
Our twins celebrated their 8th Birthday
with friends at school and it was so fun
to go celebrate with them, and to watch one
of them earn the Dolphin Student of the Month award!
Happy Birthday, and Congratulations!

 We made yummy cakes, and cupcakes for the
special occasion.Yes, they both are big time
Pokemon fans...I am now a full fledged
member of the Pokemon Club myself!

 Opening presents was so much fun... 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU TWO!

 The roller skating party
with friends was extra fun! 

 Blowing out candles, eating pizza and cake,
getting lots of presents and being with
people you love is priceless!

 These two made a giant haul...

I've never seen so many Birthday gifts!

 I love these pictures...
they are professionally taken by my cute
little photographer, thanks little buddy!

 Here they are all dressed in white...
such an amazing sight!  Such an amazing day!

Congratulations to a couple of the cutest kids ever:)
Being baptized in 2 feet of water was not easy,
But they only had to be dipped once
and they came up smiling!  I love you both:)
So glad I could be there with you
to celebrate your special day.

 Such a fun party after the baptism.
Such a beautiful day!
The room was filled with the love of family and friends.

 I Love New York!
I got to drive across the Brooklyn Bridge...

 and see inside St Patrick's Cathedral!

 Rockefeller Plaza was beautiful, 

but not near as beautiful as those we got to see it with. 

I love them!

 New York at it's finest...
Times square, Park Avenue, Saks Fifth Avenue...
I LOVE NEW YORK!

 I loved playing inside Mario's World
with these cute kids, and dinner at the Texas Barbecue.
Life doesn't get any better!

 And I love Riding the Staten Island Ferry,
seeing the Statue of Liberty,
walking down the streets of the city
and trying to imagine how all those
Occupy Wall Street protesters fit
in that tiny little Zucotti Park?
(upper right corner)

 But the most sacred experience ever 
is to walk through ground zero and to remember
all who lost their lives in this place on that one
fateful day. There are no words to describe the feeling.
I just stand in awe and say a silent prayer.
Remembering... and giving thanks.

 So awe inspiring! We are so blessed!

 

My all time favorite place to stop for Lunch, 

the cart in front of the Fitch Building!  

Lamb and Rice Anyone? 

We have had the most wonderful time in this place, 

spending time with these great people. 

 I love them and will miss them dearly. 

We never know for sure when we will get 

to pass this way again,  so we take it all in 

and cling to every moment we get to spend together....

 

and then we fly home into the arms 

of these cute smiley faces!  

There is nothing more welcoming:) 

What a wonderful week it has been. 

I love my family and feel so grateful for the 

warm wonderful memories we have made!

I love New York Holidays:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I got to have some Thanksgiving fun with these lovely Ladies! We got together to make hot rolls and everyone brought an ingredient for our soup.  

It was a Delicious evening!

 

We spent a quiet Thanksgiving day in Parowan,

and got to visit with these handsome boys. 

One of them decided to take up cro-CHEY-ing!

Yes it was a Happy Thanksgiving:)

Every Year I Fall in love with Fall...

 Fall is my very favorite time of year!
It's fun to watch the joy on the faces
of little ones and even big ones too!

 Playing dress-ups is so much fun...
even the grown-ups enjoy getting into it!

 and yes, the Pokemon Trainers were out this year
catching little Pokemon on the loose...

 while grandma Dolly was home
making Halloween treats and having some
ridiculously delicious fun of her own!

 I love the feeling in the air, and the first
snow of the season. I love to see my breath
on a cool snowy morning.

 Jumping in the leaves is such a
fun treat for the kiddos...

 and so is the carving of spooky pumpkins...

and eating spooky houses, and enjoying
Silly Suppers with my loves!

 I love mingling with ghosts and Ghouls
and hanging out with crazy little monsters
and cute things that go bump in the night!

 

And I love visiting family and loved ones 

that we don't get to see very often.

 

The gifts of Fall are so precious!

 

I love first smiles! There is JOY in the season:)

I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT FALL!  

Every year I fall in love with Fall!