Pictures of Christmas Parties

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Merry Christmas!! We hope everyone had a good one. It was a busy 4 day weekend!! It has been a busy month for us. We've had a Christmas party to go to on every weekend this month not that we were able to go to all of them but December is always busy!! I went to my Gma Pat's Christmas party on the 16th and it has been non stop since then! On Saturday night we went to my Gma's Christmas Party and on Sunday we had breakfast at my mom's before my sister and Bryan left to go back to Twin Falls. On Sunday afternoon we went to see a movie with my mom and my brother and sister in law. We got to stay home on Christmas Eve because of the snow storm. We played Bingo that night with Cody and Tara and their families and went to their house afterward to play Halo. Always fun to spend time with them!! We were supposed to go to Brigham to my Gpa's Christmas party but we didn't want to drive through the canyon in all the snow. And then today we spent most of it at my mom and dad's and then went to Brigham to see my Gpa and Gma Porter. It was crazy!! Not much time was spent at home but it was fun!! I am so grateful for all of my family! I love you all very much!! I love the true meaning of Christmas. I am grateful for Christ and all that he did for all of us. I am grateful for the gospel and what it means in my life. I am grateful that families can be together forever. What a wonderful time of year!!!

The Weekend With My Favorite Kids

This weekend I went down to Sandy to see my favorite kids, Noah, Elizabeth and DJ. I had my Grandma's Christmas party to go to on Sunday and Josh wasn't feeling well so my mom and I went down on Friday afternoon. So I got to spend 2 days with my favorite kids. We had so much fun. I miss those kids and love them so much!! We hung out on Friday night and watched TMNT. All 4 of us squeezed into Noah's bed with DJ the flopper and Elizabeth the kicker and one heck of a snorer! Needless to say, none of us slept very well. But I wouldn't have it any other way. Noah was getting so mad at her. Elizabeth fell asleep in the matter of minutes once we laid down and her head was turned toward him. He kept saying " her breath stinks and I can't sleep with her snoring next to me!". It was so funny! I was laughing so hard.On Saturday morning Elizabeth had a Christmas dance recital. She did so good!! She was the best dancer in her group. She knew every step and the other 2 girls in her group were looking at her for the steps. I am so proud of her. I love watching her dance!! She is so cute!!

Look how cute she is!! Elizabeth and her friend Maddie.

Elizabeth and her dance teachers. Elizabeth and her brothers.

Elizabeth's Christmas Dance

After the Christmas recital, I took Noah and Elizabeth to see Enchanted. It was such a cute movie and Lu loved it!! Then that night we watched Elf (All 4 of us again squeezed into Noah's bed!!). When I first started nannying those kids, Elf, The Lord of The Rings and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the one with Johnny Depp) were Elizabeth's favorite movies. We watched Elf like a million times. She could recite it and she was 3 years old!! I miss watching it with her. So that was fun. After Elizabeth fell asleep, I went shopping with Shannon (their mom, my cousin) at the mall. It was fun spending time with her without the kids. I had so much fun spending time with them!!

DJ playing with his Power Rangers he got for Hannukah.

Happy Birthday Tara

Today is Tara's birthday. We went to a surprise birthday party for her on Sunday that Cody just threw together at the last minute. He did such a good job, it was so fun. We had cake and played a mean game of Bingo. Josh won a Hot Wheels airplane.:) Tara got some cool gifts. It was so fun. Tonight we went to Blackstone for dinner to celebrate. It was so good. Happy Birthday Tara. We hope you had a good one, we love you.

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Tara put these on her blog a while ago and I thought they were hilarious!! Just click on the links below. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and we love you all!!

Here are the animals wishing you all a Merry Christmas.
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1341627782

Here is Josh and I wishing you all a Merry Christmas.
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1342780853

Lazy Weekend

We didn't do much this weekend. Just stayed home and hung out with the animals. We went over to Cody & Tara's on Friday night and watched the Jazz kill the Lakers. It was so fun. It is so fun having friends close by to do things with. They are always fun to hang out with! Nothing better than spending the weekend with the ones I love the most. Ringo likes to wake me up at 6 am no matter what day it is but on the weekends I make him wait for a couple of hours so I can sleep in. He is pretty good about it but if he starts to get too hungry or have to go outside, he will start to lay his upper body on my back or push into my back depending on what position I'm in. He never bothers Josh though!!! Just his mama!! It's a good thing he's cute!!

We went over to my brother's for dinner today for Sunday dinner. We usually go up to my mom and dad's but decided to have it at Jade and Brittiney's today. It was nice for a change. I love living closer to my family so I can see them more often. My mom and dad adopted a dog named Roxy. She is so sweet! She got to play with Jade and Brit's dog Daisy. Roxy

Roxy & Daisy playing tug-o-war

My dad and Roxy love each other. It is so good for my dad to have a bigger dog. They have two little pomeranians but my dad likes big dogs. He loved having Wrinkles live at their house. Roxy gets into bed and cuddles with my dad. She knows the way to his heart!!