Saturday, December 26, 2015

Christmas 2015 At A Glance


I love it when the presents are all wrapped and looking pretty under the tree. I just wish I had them there earlier in the season so I could enjoy this view more than a day or two.


We woke up to 10 inches of snow! It hasn't snowed this much in years.


Whitney gave me this sweet note/promise and the DVD of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (which I picked out and paid for but was "from" her).


Whitney made Randy this great Dad of the Year picture showing how he has won the title every year and has it locked up for next year as well.


I surprised her with this Supernatural poster.


Whitney made me these adorable miniatures of the photo cards and tags I make and little packages because I love them.


Landon pretty much only wanted money this year so he was happy every time he unwrapped another present holding a $20 bill.


Our kitchen and laundry room windows look like this, so pleasing.


The guys were out there shoveling for over an hour!


We made the scary drive to Salt Lake to Adam's house, and Andrew was already all set up watching Monster's Inc.


Their living room made for a lovely sight.


Everyone was gathering in the kitchen to load their plates as my parents looked on.


Lola got A LOT of food scraps and was trying to squeeze her face between my knee and the leg of the table to get some from me.


Andrew was beyond happy to get a new Woody doll.


Lori gave all the kids a notebook (chosen just for them) and a Sharpie. They were a BIG hit.


Whitney was using Lola for a table, so funny.


I got Lori a t-shirt with a quote from the oft-quoted movie Mean Girls, "You Go Glen Coco".


My mom grosses us out by wrapping up the cartilage from her recent
 knee surgery as a white elephant gift.


Amy set up the tripod and camera and we got 4 tries to get a decent photo,
 it's no small task to get both Lola and Andrew to look up at the same time!

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

12 on the 12th--December Edition

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  1.  I'm loving the ornaments hanging from our kitchen and laundry room windows.
  2. Michelle made this darling winter scene in a jar.
  3. Weird weather for December, no snow anywhere!
  4. Peep likes to share my Instant Breakfast.
  5. Randy played Santa for our ward Christmas party.
  6. We went to Pizza Factory for lunch.
  7. One of our advent stocking tasks was to go out to eat and to leave a big tip.
  8. Whitney and I went to the Dollar Store to find stuff for Activity Days.
  9. I dropped Whitney off for a fun night with friends (the other friends didn't fit in the picture).
  10. Landon was vacuuming and kept stopping to adjust the music he was listening to.
  11. I assembled Christmas cards while watching the movie White Christmas for the first time ever.
  12. I started book 5 in this series of mystery novels.