Yeah for Christmas!

This year we had all the kids at our house for Christmas, well the 23rd and 24th mostly, Alli and Kyle were here the 19th to the am of 25th. Bobby started back to work on the 25 :/ sad. Someone has to make that electricity we use for cookin' all that food, and lightin' all those trees and lights! It was fun having the little girls for their first Christmas. My favorite part is having the family all together. Watching the little kids & the big kids play. The young men and women from our ward came and caroled for us, and brought yummy goodies that were a perfect addition to our Christmas eve.

The 2009 Christmas Gang

Brelee

Alli and Derek being goofy

Santa nailed it with Macys gift!

Christmas messes are the best!!

Playing with fun new toys!

Nate and G'pa

Cute boys!

Week before last I went to hang out with Kati and the boys. They are in "Joy School" (home based co-op pre-school) and the kids sang at a senior citizen center. It was so cute! I wish I had pictures, but I was video taping. They were sooo adorable!

Anyway, we went shopping and outside of one of the stores was this great wall with cubbies in it. It was a natural place for the boys to stick their heads through! I think we got some pretty adorable pictures!

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving was great! All the kids were home and my parents came down. We have so much to be thankful for, the list never ends. The things that are in the forefront of my mind are my wonderful hubby, kids and grandkids, family, Bobbys job that has allowed me to stay home with the kids-as well as travel to play Grandma. The gospel of Jesus Christ- encompassing the atonement, priesthood and eternal families. I can't even imagine my earthy life without these things, let alone eternity without my family and the gospel. I am thankful for the material blessings we have, but they can be replace or lived without. The last year was not without its struggles and hardships- but as long as we have each other and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, anything is possible.

I have a saying on my family room wall that pretty much sums it up- "We may not have it all together but together we have it all."

Grandma C and Nathan making rolls.

Home from the Turkey bowl- Dereks team went undefeated, the other boys lost 1 game.

I got the cool turkey football shirts at Old Navy.

Macy (she didn't go), Kyle, Steven, Derek and Chris

Nater loves doing dishes !

Yes- you are seeing men/boys washing the dishes- its tradition in our family :)

This year the girls did a craft, we made Christmas countdown blocks.

Last year we made ornaments.

Kati and Alli

Meghan helping Grandma B

Trav and Wes playing on the porch.

Grandpa and Nathan

The 2009 bunch

Derek, Bobby, Alli, Kyle, Meghan, Steven, Brelee, Chris, Kati, Nathan

Kathy, Wes, Grandmpa B, Macy, Grandma B, Travis

Kids say the funniest things!

Last week-

We were eating at the kitchen table.

Nathan (2) spilled juice on Wes' (5) pants.

Wes said "OH NO!! My handsome clothes!!!"

Today-

Paige: I miss my Mom.

Me: I know, your Mom and Dad are are a date.

Paige: YOU MADE THEM IN LOVE!

Me: I did? I don't think so.

Paige: You have unknown powers, you know.

Wow, cool... wonder what else I don't know...never mind - I really don't want to know :)

Happiest place on earth!

Kids go to Disneyland for *free* on their birthday! For birthday #5 Wes got to go to Disneyland , and I got to go too! What a great time! We stayed at Kati's Grandmas house, she is awesome! I wanna be like her when Im in my 80's! Chris, Kati the kids and I left here on the 13th of Nov and got back on the 17th.

Wes at the outlet Mall

Nathan

Travis

Rockstar Brelee

At the park in Calabasas

This is one fun slide!

Zooma Beach ( I think thats the name of it) has bees, and one did not like Wes stepping on it :/

The day at the beach was great, weather was beautiful!

Gardens of the World -Travis and Wes

First Disneyland visit! This is one HAPPY mousketeer!

Brelee at Disneyland

Shooting "Zerg" at the Buzz Lightyear ride (we went 3 times)

Wes becoming the newest Jedi Knight on his 5th birthday!

He took it very seriously - but was a bit too nervous to face Darth Vadar.

We love Mickey!

Wiped out!

The trip was awesome! Disneyland was serious non stop fun from open to close. The kids couldn't have been better behaved, Travis took it very well when they told him he wasn't tall enough to go on the"big" rides. "Its a Small world" was decked out for Christmas- elves, North Pole, and Christmas songs.

Favorite ride was Buzz Lightyear, scariest ride was Winnie the Pooh. I think we may have started a new tradition- G'ma goes with the grandkids to Disneyland :) Next time I think G'ma needs to provide costumes for the kids :)

Chris & Kati- thanks for inviting me :) It was great!

Quilty give away!

My friend Mary is having a quilty give away, go check it out! Her work is awesome!

www.mequilter.blogspot.com

Quilting for Jane

These quilts belong to Jane. I quilted them for her and just got round to take pictures.

Love, love, love this one! Its my colors! And Stars!

sshhhhh ... it may get lost in my sewing room :)

I quilted it with a small all over stipple.

This one I tried something different, stitch in the ditch on either side of the sashings. Then I did a medium stipple on the outside border and setting triangles with a free form flower in the center of the pinwheels. Can't really see the quilting from the front so here is a picture from the back.

I hope Jane is happy with them. Better get them to her before they find a new home in my sewing room :)