Christmas and New Year's

Time seems to go by faster than I can get to the this blog. Christmas was crazy this year and so much fun. I "tried" to have my shopping done early because I truly do not like the crowds of "The Season" but of course last minute my darling daughter asks Santa for a Doll. I didn't know how broad that statement was until I got her a doll and showed her a picture of it and "No,that's not what I want." Then, I bought her one of the American Heritage Dolls at Target with the clothes and all; another picture to her and, "NO." So finally I became the smart mom and 3 days before Christmas I asked her specifically, what kind of doll do you want. "One that Eat's and Poop's" Luckily Target hadn't ran out of Baby Alive dolls and Jon faced the crowds again for the one she wanted. YES!!! Christmas Morning was a success. However, now I have two babies to change and feed, hmmmmmmm was this what "I" had in mind? This year we made cookies for Santa, and to my surprise Christmas morning the first thing they noticed was that Santa had eaten the cookies. "They cookies are gone," They both excalimed. So CUTE.

For New Year's Eve we ended up doing a last minute party with some friends and it turned out really fun. We just went out to Chile's and then came back to our house for games and to ring in the New Year!!! I have yet to wright down my New Year's Resolutions, but hey it is not too late on the 1st is it??? Goal #1 don't procrastinate :)

Happy New Year's to Everyone may it be prosperous and peaceful.

My Little Dancer

Last Saturday we went and watched Makenna perform at Festival of Trees. She was so incredibly adorable. It couldn't have gone better. She got up on stage remembered the dance really well and smiled so sweetly during the entire performance. OK, so maybe it is because I am a sucker for dancing; but really it was one of the cutest things ever!!! It was one of those moments when you just can't help but absolutely love being a MOTHER!!!!

Dean's Blessing and "GO BYU"

This week was another crazy big one for us. Jon's family came in and we had a full house. 16 of us were sleeping in our house. It was nice to see everyone and Makenna and Autumn loved having there cousins for four days straight. For Thanksgiving Jon's grandma Carol Cottle came and enjoyed dinner with us. It was really neat to hear what she was thankful for and to have her in our home; what a blessing!!! On Sat. Jon and I got to go to the big game with his family. It was so much fun, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, Goooooooo Cougars!!!! Four of us were BYU fans and three were die hard U fans. We had a good rivalry going on. The game was a nail bitter going into over time, but it was wonderful to see a win after watching them loose in our Stadium the years we attended BYU. It brought back many memories of Jon and I's college years and we loved feeling the spirit of BYU again!!!!

On Sunday, we were able to have the very special opportunity to bless Dean in our home. Jon blessed him naming him Dean Richard after his Dad and grandfather. After the wonderful blessing we heard some beautiful testimonies from the Grandpa's and KayCee and Tom. I love hearing the testimonies of family members and feel great Joy that we are able to unite and have those experiences.

Much love to you all for the Holidays with warm wishes of peace and remembering our Savior. The Church of Jesus Christ was brought forth in these latter-days to bring us peace in times of uncertainty and Joy in keeping the commandments. May we all see our blessings during the holidays and remember our Saviors life and live by His example. Merry Christmas

Autumn 2009

We had one of my favorite Halloween's this year!!! We didn't get to host a party which is always one of my favs, but. . . First, I planted pumpkins last April before we went out for the summer and it was amazing, but I grew the biggest pumpkin vine with about 11 pumpkins; being gone all summer. I was very impressed. So we carved our glorious garden pumpkins and I have to say they were the best pumpkins I've ever done. We even put candles in them. The girls picked out the pictures from the internet and then Jon and I copied them onto our pumpkins. Pretty COOL :) Then on Halloween Jon and I walked the entirety of Morgan City with the girls going from our house to all the businesses and back. The girls had a blast getting everything from soda pop to t-shirts. By the time we got back home they didn't want to go out, Makenna especially wanted to answer the door for all the cute little trick-r-treaters. She was adorable.
Since, then Jon went to a training in Boca Raton, FL. I was so jealous he got to lye on the beach while I was up at 2 AM with screaming sick children ;( Sorry for the complaint. When he came home he had a sales call in Cedar so we went down to our cabin and enjoyed a wonderful peaceful electronic free couple of days. Much needed for me. Now we are just getting ready for Jon's Family to come into town for Thanksgiving, we will be having 16 people stay at my house for the weekend. I am actually looking forward to it all!!!
To end I just want to say Happy Thanksgiving; there is so much for me to be Thankful for, my family, our health and abundance, I am very grateful to live in a free country which allows me the right to worship, vote, and be a mother the way I choose. No matter how screwed up the govt. may be I still feel very blessed to live here!!! And most of all I am grateful for the knowledge I have of the Savior that he lived and died for me and for the restoration brought to pass by Joseph Smith which allows the true priesthood to be in my home blessing our family continuously. I love the temple and have found a fire ignite within me to go as often as is possible. I am grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and feel the blessings that come into my life by following Christs example.
LOVE TO YOU ALL, and Happy Holidays

It's My Birthday Shout "HURRAY"

I hate to toot my own horn, but I have had the most wonderful birthday thanks to such a great family. On Sat. Jon took me shopping then to dinner and "Thriller". It was so much fun. I love dance, going to these shows always makes me wish I was in them instead of watching, but I enjoy both. Thanks Honey!!! Earlier at Dinner we went to Trolley Square's Rodigio Grill which was delicious, but the true highlight was seeing Memmo Okur who plays for the Jazz. We thought it would be rude to ask him for a picture, so you will just have to take our word for it. He sat two tables down from us. On Sunday my mom made us dinner and I was able to spend some quality time with the family. Thanks again to everyone who made it special; especially for the babysitting mom so I could go out!!! I am very very grateful. I am getting excited for Halloween, still need to go get trick r' treat candy. Hope you all have a great Holiday!!!

Disneyland Pictures