Christmas Memories

I have been thinking a lot today about some of my most memorable Christmas's. The one from my childhood that sticks out in my mind, is the year of the cabbage patch dolls. My parents did not have a lot of money and those dolls were impossible to get anyway. I remember mom working secretly on something. Then Christmas morning came. She had made each of us girl's a homemade cabbage patch doll. We were so excited. We loved them! She sat on the couch and cried. She was worried that we would be disappointed it was not the real thing. We couldn't have cared less. I will never forget her sacrifices in our behalf. Thanks mom for all you did!
We also always did 12 days of christmas for a family in the neighborhood every year. I loved helping deliver and keeping it a surpise what family we were doing.
A more recent memory is a few years ago. Jarrett had been out of work for a few months that summer. As Christmas came we knew it would not be a big one because we were still recovering financially. As it got closer some angel did the 12 days of Christmas for us. Every night we would wait with great excitement with the kids to see what would come. I will always remember the TRUE feeling of christmas in our home that year. That kind service will never be forgotten.
I recieved a Christmas card from a dear childhood friend last Christmas. It talked about how her fondest memories of her childhood where with me. It made my whole month. I hope as I think of the kind and thoughtful acts that have been done in my behalf, that I also might do kind things. My we all keep Christmas simple and celebrate Christ!

Go UTES!

Sometimes our kids really surprise us! On Saturday during the UTAH vs. BYU game, Jarrett and Noah were cheering UTAH, UTAH. Chloe got a little look on her face and headed for her room. Jarrett said wouldn't that be funny if she was getting her Utah pom poms! I thought whatever she is 14 months she doesn't understand. After a minute Jarrett went into her room were she WAS getting her Utah pom poms. She came out into the family room and cheered Utah, Utah. The craziest part was they were listening to it on the radio so, she hadn't seen a cheer leader or a fan on the T.V. Chloe is so smart.

Halloween 2008

They were mad I mad them take picture before trick or treating. You can tell they're in a hurry.The Incredible Maddie. No one recognized her with black hair.

Noah had fun scaring his sisters for weeks before Halloween. He is definitely all boy.

The kids dressed -up 4 times this Halloween so by the time Halloween was here they had lost their excitement. The weather Halloween night was perfect. We ended up trick or treating 2 1/2 hours, this was a mistake because we ate candy for the next 2 weeks.

Gardner Village October 2008

Me and the kids went to see the fun witches at Gardner Village. We took advantage of the great scenery and took some pictures of the kids. Taking pictures of the kids is always a challenge but I thought they turned out pretty good for me being the photographer.