Our favorites of Christmas...

Merry Christmas everyone!

We hope you had a wonderful celebration full of your favorite things. 

Our favorite of all is Jesus 

and our church Sacrament Meeting/Worship Service 

was one for the ages, 

full of the Spirit of God, 

testifying of The Savior, 

beautiful music, 

and wonderful friends and family! 

(picture from internet)

Another favorite was talking with our missionaries!!

How we love them!!

We got to visit with Grandma's dear cousin, Zina <3

and help a good friend assemble a surprise for her children. =D

We played together,

laughed together,

and recovered from oral surgery together. 

Okay, that's wasn't a favorite 

but now that it's done we're sure relieved. 

Giving gifts

and watching Rascal open his gifts 

from Linda and Roxy was a favorite. 

A few years ago, 

the guys and I got to attend a service 

at the local Thai Buddhist Temple. 

Our girlie mentioned that she'd like to attend 

a Catholic Midnight Mass 

so we did that this Christmas.

Joe, the kind man in the picture below, 

was a great help to us as we tried to follow along in the Missal. 

Merry Christmas!
As our dear Hunter often says, 

"We all need Jesus!"  <3

A Winter's Night...

Last night was our girlie's 

High School Winter Formal Dance. 

The theme was

"A Winter's Night"

and they even got enough snow to make it feel like winter

but not enough to make driving treacherous

(thank you, Heaven.)

These two made each other's flowers

the night before the dance.

The group had a great time playing games 

and then ice skating till their feet hurt, 

pictures, 

dinner, 

dancing, 

and a movie. 

They started at 10am and ended at midnight. 

I say it every time 

but it's such a great thing 

to hear teenagers laughing and having fun!

What fantastic kids!!

=D

Finals and cheerleaders!!

It's finals week for our twigs. 

The kitchen table is buried 

and the brains are lit!

As I was doing dishes today, I was thinking about 

Lori Drake and Sandra Carter 

who have been the best cheerleaders our daughter could have had. 

Thank you dear ladies for being so supportive 

of our girlie in her huge goals. 

I hope you can know what a difference 

your encouraging words have made. 

Much love!

<3

Ping Pong Fun!

It was probably 6 months ago that this sweet girl 

shared with me this clever way she had seen 

to store ping pong paddles and balls

so they weren't always in the way. 

I searched and searched 

but couldn't find the mail organizer in the picture. 

Then I found these organizers and 

presto chango!

Thanks Ash for your great idea!!

Let's play!

=D