Merry Christmas!
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| At the BYU Christmas party - Zachary was so excited! not |
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| At our real estate company's Christmas Party |
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| At our Ward Christmas Party We also had a dinner at the Lion House for Immigration Lawyers (while the kids watched "Wreck it Ralph" at a theater in Salt Lake), a dinner with the Communications department at BYU, a Bishop's breakfast at the Stake Center, a High Council party at our house, etc. |
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| Megan and Zachary went to an awards ceremony for the District level of Reflections |
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| Zachary got 2nd place and Megan got Honorable Mention for their photography in their age groups - way to go! |
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| I made this tree skirt - with a lot of hot glue:) |
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| Our real Christmas tree with all our presents |
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| I made pepper jelly (with jalapenos and red peppers) for high councilors and neighbors - yummy! (My first time making any kind of jam/jelly). I also gave M&M bags with a spiritual thought to all the bishops, candy canes with another spiritual thought to Zachary's classmates, "Snowman Soup" in bags to Megan's and Joshua's friends (Megan mostly made those), etc. |
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| Joshua made this jewelry box for Kimberly and this chair in woodshop - great job! |
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| Megan decorated this box as part of a present to her friend who likes stars |
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| Joshua and Megan skiing at Alta |
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| Zachary skiing at Alta - he's good at turning instead of snowplowing |
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| Zachary in the lodge at Alta |
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| Beautiful snow on the trees Dec 18 |
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| Beautiful sunset from our backyard while Mom and Dad came to visit |
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| We had a nice dinner at our house with Mom, Dad, Kirk and fam, Carleton and fam, Cordell, his girlfriend Laura, and Canyon - Courtney came later when it was over - this is a white elephant gift exchange we had after dinner |
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| We also played a fun "Minute to Win It" set of games - this was a fun game of trying to get the red nose to stick on your nose without using hands (until the end :) |
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| We also had a good time going through all 32 boxes sent from Grandma Vivi and Granddaddy that Mom had packed up in Texas and Uncle Chris delivered - it made quite a mess - thanks to Jodi, Robyn, Mom, etc. for helping clean it up! |
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| Here's a picture Mom took while staying in San Antonio to help sort through Grandma Vivi and Granddaddy's things that wouldn't fit in their new place - don't they look amazing! |
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| Here is a beautiful chest and two chairs (one behind the couch) that we inherited from Grandma Vivi and Granddaddy - thank you! |
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| We also inherited the nice brass-topped table for Eddie to use by his chair. We love all the other mementos we received from them, which will keep them close always - love you! |
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| On Christmas Eve Zachary helped make sugar cookies and cupcakes as last minute neighbor gifts and to eat:) |
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| We had a fun Christmas Eve dinner with Eddie's family |
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| We also played games and did a nice Nativity Scene |
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| Emma with her littlest cousin - Emma loves babies:) |
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| Cute Christmas Eve jammies |
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| Merry Christmas! Opening Santa's bag on Christmas morning... |
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| Zachary got a guitar from Santa, and also other fun presents like a Karate class, science experiments, books, games, etc. |
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| Can you tell what one of Megan's favorite patterns is? She got a nice piece of luggage and purse from Santa, along with clothes, a Paris bag with fun Bath & Body soaps and perfumes, roller blades, an art kit, an iPod touch, etc., as well as nice friend gifts of Paris art and jewelry, winter hat and gloves, etc |
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| Joshua got his heart's desire - a "Go Pro" from Santa, along with his Hurley sweatshirt, his first razor, wall art, iPod touch, etc. |
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| Emma loves her little piano from Santa, as well as her Discovery Toys block and books, baby cell phone with keypad for texting, laptop toy, purse, things to go in her purse, etc. |
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| Mom, Dad, Canyon and Cordell had fun opening presents, too |
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| Here we are in the middle of Christmas - Eddie likes the chair massager, leather bag, and action camera (like "Go Pro") that he got. |
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| Courtney and her girls came to open presents, too. |
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| After opening presents - one of Emma's favorite was her phone. I like my homemade jewelry box from Joshua, frame collage that Megan made for me, the nice Bath & Body lotions and soaps and camera from Eddie, etc. Most of all I'm grateful for our Savior and for a wonderful time we've had with family! |
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| We had the most delicious Christmas brunch at Kirk and Jodi's house after opening our presents |
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| One of my only pictures of Mom - while she was talking after our yummy brunch, right before we played some fun games |
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| Here we are, not quite expecting a photo, about to listen to Kirk's new piano |
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| It was too cold for skiing the day after Christmas, so Eddie, Joshua, Cordell and Canyon were the only ones brave enough to ski (the had also gone on Christmas Eve - die hards:). The next day most people went to Rock Canyon Park to go sledding - I stayed back for a much-needed nap:) |
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| Here they are ready to go down together on our many sleds/tubes |
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| Mom got a nice picture of the temple close by to the sledding |
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| The next day after a wonderful breakfast with Allan and Summer at her family's house, some of us went sledding again, and I finally went, too. The weather was much better and the snow was even better for sledding. Eddie and I are about to go down on a double tube together in this picture. |
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| Mom and Megan about to go together, with Eddie in the background. |
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| Eddie, Kimberly, Megan and Joshua |
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| Mom was ready to head home to CA when she fell down our stairs - it was too dark and she missed the hallway! We are so sorry it happened and gave her a broken nose, wrist, and a vertebra! She was so brave and positive about it all, sure that she must have avoided a bad car accident that could have happened, or some other bad thing, and was glad that she had no permanent injuries. She got out of the hospital on New Year's Day and drove home the next day. We know her faith has blessed her, as well as us! |
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| Model of Nauvoo Temple used as decor at the Stake New Year's Eve Dance. The theme was "Stand Ye in Holy Places". Joshua and Megan had fun at the dance after we had a nice visit with Mom at the hospital and a fun dinner at Winger's with just our family. |
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| The top of the temple with draping above - some of the draping over the gym held 2013 balloons, which was a lot of fun for the kids to have drop on them at midnight. They also enjoyed dodgeball, foosball, ping pong, board games, dancing to "Just Dance 4" wii game (ours) projected on a large screen for everyone to dance to, and hugs and kisses (on the cheek):) Happy New Year! |
