Monday, December 22, 2008

The 9th day of Christmas

ON THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
your true love gave to you-
nine ladies dancing...

Here are some canes used by the ladies to help them walk home after they were out dancing all night.

Too funny! We got candy canes tonight!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

The 8th day of Christmas

ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
your true love gave to you-
eight maids a milking...

Here's some milk I got from the eight maids-we think they must have been milking some brown cows!

Tonight we received a gallon of Chocolate Milk. DELICIOUS!!!
Looking forward to Sunday breakfast! Mmmmmm.

The 7th day of Christmas

ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
your true love gave to you-
seven swans a swimming...

All of the swans have flown south for the winter, but here are some of the bubbles they used while theyy were swimming.

Last night we received Mr. Bubble, bubble bath!
This has been so fun, we love all of these great gifts!

A nice trip home

Yesterday our family took a nice trip home to Sandy. Mike was already down there working, so my dad so graciously came to pick up the kids and me. The weather was awful. It was snowing so hard, and it took nearly 2 hours to get home. However, it was actually a great time for us to spend with my dad singing christmas songs and planning what we would do over Christmas break. The kids did well, only fought a little, and Zack won the game of who could last the longest without talking!

It was so nice to be home. I miss my family terribly, and as soon as we pulled in the drive way my eyes filled with tears. I want to be back there so bad. It's not that where we live is bad, in fact, this is such a great place to live and raise a family, I just NEED my family to be near by.

The kids were excited to spend time with their uncles and Kelsey was looking forward to a visit with her best friend Autumn. My mom made us dinner, then Mike and I were off to the Neil Diamond concert. (Thanks again Amanda!!!)

We decided to take TRAX downtown, however, so did everyone else. That was okay though, we met lots of funny Neil fans!
It took extra time to get there due to the snow, but once we were there, it was so worth it! It was such great show. I have seen him 4 or 5 times now, and he never let's me down!

We spend the night at my parents (thanks Jeremy for loaning us your room!) and went to Mike's parents for a yummy breakfast. It was so great to see everyone and I am SO looking forward to coming down again for Christmas.

Friday, December 19, 2008

SUPER BIG, EXCITINGLY GREAT NEWS!!!

Kelsey made the school play! Hooray!

Earlier this week she tried out for the school play, which is a musical. She was so nervous and actually considered not trying out. After much persuasion, she went ahead and tried out. I wasn't there, but her friends said she did great. Apparently she did, because she made the part as the Head Secretary!

CONGRATULATIONS KELSEY!!!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

The 6th day of Christmas

ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
your true love gave to you-
six geese a laying...

You don't really want geese all over the house do you? How about some of the eggs they left behind?

Yes, tonight we received a carton of eggs! Hooray, it's omelets for breakfast-yum!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The 5th day of Christmas

ON THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
your true love gave to you-
five golden rings....

Sorry, I'm too poor to buy five real gold rings, but will some golden pineapple suffice?

YUM, we LOVE pineapple!