"Blessings of Christmas"

1) Holiday greeting cards and letters so that "no old acquaintance should ever be forgot."

2) A white Christmas and the fun filled chance to make angels in the snow.

3) Holding my 5 month old grandson, Oliver, as I listen to the Christmas devotional.

4) Sharing the magical holiday movies of my youth.  They make us believe miracles can still happen.

5) Classic peppermint candy-cane moments stirring them in hot chocolate, hanging them on the tree and finding a few broken ones to eat.

6) Christmas fashions that never seem to go out of style: little girls in velvet dresses, tinsel headbands, Rudolph antlers, sweaters and more.

7) Family to remember Christmas's past with and build new holiday  memories.

8) Nativity sets and Christmas pageants: They help remind us to keep Christ in Christmas.

9) Special friends who add so much to our lives throughout the year.

10) Visiting the cemetary with all the beautiful lights and remembering my Mom.

And finally, Love.  For without it, this world wouldn't go around.

My wish for you this holiday season is that  you will remember your own Christmas blessings.

Merry Christmas!!

"Sigh"

I am such a slacker when it comes to keeping this blog up to date.  I am doing better keeping Justin's up to date so I guess I really can't complain.  I decided a while ago to send Justin and his companion the "12 Days of Christmas" this year so I made them these Christmas stockings and put their gifts into them.  I think they turned out pretty cute.  They were not too hard to make, considering that I haven't looked a pattern in years.  We are all decorated for the holidays and now if the "elves" would come and wrap all the gifts we went be set.  I am trying very hard to make this season stress free and to remember the true meaning of the season.

September 25, 2011

Go BYU!!

5 generations-all living in Magna

I am once again behind in posting on my blog.  I guess I should not be so hard on myself I am doing better than last year.  It has been a good weekend.  Michael and I were able to go away on Friday evening and just spend some time with each other.  I always thought that it would be easier to have the one on one time when the children were older but we are finding that is not the case and we need to make the time for each other.  On Saturday evening I was able to attend the General Women's Conference with Angie, Monica and Sherri, Monica's mom.  It was  great conference and I found it very uplifting.  One thought that really stood out in my mind was something that President Uchtdorf said about not comparing ourselves, our families to anyone else.  We are who we are and our Heavenly Father loves us and wants only the best for us.  I just love going to conference.  One thing we did this year that we always used to do while Mom was here was go for ice cream.  We invited Kirsten and Tracy to go with us.  It was a lot of fun and I know that my Mom was close last night.  I am not sure if Angie felt her but I did.  On Sunday it was Oliver's blessing.  It was good to have my brothers and sisters all attend and we were able to get a picture taken of all 5 generations.  It was very cool.

Labor Day Weekend

It hard to believe that it is Labor Day weekend. In the mornings you can feel fall in the air.  I keep thinking where did the summer go?  We had such a late start this year and I hate to see it end.  We didn't even get to do any camping this year and Michael and I haven't even had a real vacation yet.  We will be going back East to visit Florida and Michigan this fall but it isn't the same as taking a week long trip and boating, relaxing and camping for that whole week.  We will definitely be doing it next year.  We took the boat out on Saturday with some great friends and had a great time.  Brandon and Tyler even convinced me to get out on the new hot dog that we bought.  I made them promise that they would not dump me off because as we all know I don't like to get my face wet.  It was really fun and I am glad they made me get on it.  The only issue I had was when it was time to get off I had an issue.  The boys says it is because I am just a "retard" and I couldn't get off the hot dog onto the swim deck and I fell off.  Luckily, I didn't get my face wet..LOL!! It was a great time.