Christmas 2010

Well, I figured it is time to post about Christmas. This year's Christmas we were all sick. So Neither John and i felt very good on Christmas morning so we didn't take a whole lot of pictures.

Christmas Eve was the best part about Christmas this year. All three of my sisters, my mom and my nephew Roland and his girlfriend Kayla came to our house for Christmas Eve dinner. It was a lot of fun. We had dinner and we did the Christmas program from the FHE book. It was very spiritual. The spirit was here so strongly. I am so very thankful for the birth of Christ and the chance we get to celebrate and share testimony about it.

Here is a picture of the table.


Here is a pic of all of us in front of the tree.


It was a really fun night. I am so glad that my family was able to come and share with us. (Sorry family for sharing our lovely flu with all of you.)

Christmas morning came and all the kids were excited to see what Santa brought. Abigail and John did not feel well at all this day and they mostly layed on the couch.






Now we are all starting to feel better but I think this will always be remembered as the Christmas we were all sick.

Abigail's singing performance - SANTA

Last night was Abigail's friends and family performance for her singing group. She has enjoyed singing this year and has done a great job. I took some video, but Wyatt kept bumping me so sorry it is bumpy. Then on the second video I had in the small stick and ran out of memory so you only got part of the song.







Then this morning was our ward Christmas breakfast. The primary did the nativity. Then Santa came and each of the kids got to sit on this lap. Wyatt has been so excited all month because he wants a train. So he went right up and sat on his lap and promptly asked for a train. Abigail wore a dress because she wanted to impress Santa (but she doesn't know what she wants). So Santa told her he would bring her a suprise.






Oh, we are soooo excited for Christmas!!!!

Gingerbread Houses

Last night for FHE we made gingerbread houses. I love the kits you can buy that has everything all ready for you. Makes it soooooo nice. My three older kids did the house and Wyatt, John and I did the train. Needless to say our house did not stand up for long. It fell over while trying to decorate. It was pretty funny. Even though this is a VERY messy project, I think it is up there on things that I love to do at Christmas time.

Piano Recital

This week my kids had their piano recital. It was fun. I started recording Abigail and the batteries ran out and then she decided she couldn't play unless I was seated next to her. Pretty funny what our nerves can do to us.

Abigail playing Frosty the Snowman
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Jacob playing Up on the Housetop


Joshua Playing Deck the Halls

Temple Square

This weekend we went downtown to see the lights on Temple Square. We first started our expidition out at the store and each of the kids got to choose a gift for the other sibling whose name they chose.

Then we headed downtown. We had a coupon for the Discovery Gateway so we started out there. Wyatt and Abigail loved it. Jacob and Joshua were a tad bored in some places but liked others.

Here is Wyatt running the shovel.



One of everyone's favorite thing was the real lifeflight helicopter outside. It even sounded like it was taking off.




Then we had dinner at Chuck-a-rama. We had free kids meal coupons there from Halloween. The kids love it.

Then we met my sister and her family and looked at the lights on Temple Square. This is always a fun time.






No trip is complete without view the Christus.

Congratulations John!!

Congratulations to John!!!! He passed his Master Electrician test yesterday. Now comes the tough decision of what to do with his life. Does he stay working where he is now or start his own business . . . stay tuned and I will enlighten you on what he decides.