Christmas 2011

What a wonderful Christmas. I have to say I was feeling a little sad that we weren't in our own home for Christmas, but mom and dad made it extra special. They always make Christmas amazing. Molly absolutely loved everything about Christmas, from the boxes, wrapping, gifts, tree, lights, bells, music, etc. Santa was especially good toher and got her just what she asked for, fingerpaints. She also got a tangled doll and a cake decorating play-doh set. Nick and I bought her tap shoes and a dance outfit since she will begin dance lessons next week. So excited for that! She wouldn't take off the tap shoes for days. She even wanted to sleep in them, but I did talk her out of that. All my siblings came home Christmas night (except Joseph) for Christmas dinner at Grandpas. We did Christmas around the world so we each brought food from either countries of our ancestry or places from missions or military. It made for a nice buffet of all kinds of food.

The next 2 days were spent playing with cousins. LOVE having thefamily here. One reason Joseph didn't make it home for the holiday was because of their Christmas Eve surprise. Jessie gave birth to baby Joelle Marie. What a beautiful new niece.

Christmas Lights Trip

Last Friday we headed to SLC in the late afternoon. We picked up Nick's brother to hang out with us for a while. Checked into the Little America and went straight to the pool. Molly wouldn't have it any other way. She was so excited. After swimming, we ate at the motel and then got ready to go see the Christmas lights. Nana, Papa and Crystal stopped by the motel and we exchanged gifts, then we met them up on temple square...we had to take the tracks because we had told Molly she would get to ride on a train. We met Bart, Jess and the boys on the tracks. They hadn't eaten dinner yet, so we split was and stayed with the Sidwell's and looked at all the lights on temple square. Molly really loved it. She didn't complain one time about being cold. She especially liked the Christ statue. We took tracks home and went swimming again, per Molly's request and then went to bed. The room we booked just had a king size bed so we made Molly a little bed in the closet. She didn't stay in it long though. She has never slept with us, but after hours of waking up and crying we gave in and let her sleep with us.

When we woke up, we went swimming again, this time with Matthew and Dallin, Aunt Jess and Uncle Bart. Molly really loved having time with her best friends. We checked out and went to breakfast with the Jensens. They headed off to a family party and we went to the gateway. Molly got to see Santa and told him that she wanted paint fingers (fingerpaint). She was really cute with him. Then we spent the next few hours at the Childrens Museum at the gateway. We all enjoyed that place. So much to do and see. Molly also enjoyed the escalator and we had to ride it several times. Poor girl was SO tired so we left to head home a little earlier than planned. (We were tired too!!) Molly fell asleep after being int he car for a few minutes. For those of you who know Molly, she NEVER sleeps in the car, so we decided to head back to Price. On the way back we did stop for dinner in Lehi and met up with the Sidwell's again for smoothies and so Molly could spend more time with Nana and Papa. Such a FUN trip. We loved it!!

Im not sure if it was being too tired or what, but the night we got home Molly struck a fever and threw up, so Sunday Nick taught nursery while I stayed home. Molly napped practically all day.

We finally got all our Christmas shopping done. So glad to have everything ready. Now I know why my mom loved Christmas so much...buying for your children is SO MUCH FUN! I just wanted to buy everything. Can't wait for the big day!

We are having a Christmas around the World dinner on Christmas Night with my family and my mom's side. We are doing sushi from the Japanese side and Horchata from the Mexican side.

December Updates

My Christmas Sweetheart!



I am sorry. I am always apologizing for not keeping up on my blog, but I do feel bad. I haven't had many comments so i forget that people still check it and want to know what is going on...and see Molly. More importantly this is my journal, so without it...I'm going to forget. I must do better, so here is an update.

We are still adjusting to living in such a rural place, but we have enjoyed some community favorites. The first was the Helper Electric Light Parade. It was something that I attended while growing up and was even more fun this year taking Molly. She loved having hot chocolate and seeing all the lights. She really loved the fireworks after too.

Another thing we did, just Nick and I, was attended the community theater play, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." We went to a Christmas party with some of my high school friends and laughed so hard that night I probably cried a few times. So much fun!! We also attended our ward Christmas party. My mom and I were in charge of all the food for the RS Christmas party. It turned out really nice.

One sad thing that happened was that early in September I bought tickets to David Archuleta's Christmas concert in Cedar City, but ended up selling my tickets because I was sick. Those of you who know how I like David Archuleta, know it was a big disappointment. One of my really good friends was able to use the tickets though, so I was glad about that.

We have played in the snow, built snowman, decorated, and ate goodies. This weekend is one that I have been anticipating for a while now. We are headed up to SLC to see the temple lights and shop. Can't wait for this little get-away.

We have had a few power outages so here is a picture when we were hanging out by candlelight.