The Littlest Things Make Me Happy !

Hooray, we have our office back. For two years, Kelly and I had to put up with nosey little girls in our office. Now that they have their laptops it has been nice and quiet in the office. Before, the girls used my desk for the "family computer" and I had a makeshift desk (card table) off to the left. Having to listen to some of their music while they were on the computer was annoying (unless they were listening to country).

No more card table and monkeys in the office. So nice to have my desk back and the quietness. Especially, with my new message chair Kelly got me for Christmas. Life is Grand!

Merry Christmas !

Merry Christmas to all. It is now 7 am. The girls got us up at 4:45, I think they were excited. This year Kelly and I were tricksters. For a month now the girls thought they were getting cellphones for Christmas. So, we bought toy phones and wrapped them in a box with a picture of an iPhone. We're so bad. The looks on their faces when they opened them was priceless.

What they really got were laptops. I think they prefer the laptops then phones so all is good

Kelly was a happy camper cause he got one too. Here he is holding laptop training classes. Our
Christmas Eve was pretty special. We had a nice dinner, played games, opened our PJ's and watched a movie. I am so thankful for my family and the many blessings in our lives. I am most thankful for our Savior Jesus Christ and His wonderful teachings.

Drill Team Competition (Provo)

Better late than never. The girls took 2nd place, in two catagories, at the Timpview Competition on Dec. 6th. They did great for their first competition of the year. They are heading to their next competition in Bountiful on Dec. 20th. I love going to these competitions and seeing how hard the girls work. Kelly and I are old pros now, this year is our third year of competitions. Kelly is such a sport for always attending these events with us girls. He really is the best Dad/Husband. Cross your fingers for the Piute Drill Team this saturday. Go Thunderettes.

Snow Storm

We sure do appreciate the festive snow this time of year. Looks real purty on the windows and surrounding the house. The wind, on the other hand, sucks. The wind was shaking the house and garage so bad we thought maybe we were in Kansas (minus the tornado).

What beautiful pictures of the snow on the windows.

What the wind did to our patio fence is not so purty. Power tools will come in handy for Kelly tomorrow.

Second Christmas Tree

Well, one tree just wasn't enough. This year we decided to put our tree upstairs in the rec room where it would be warmer Christmas morning (after 2 Christmas' here, we were tired of shivering while opening our gifts) . The downstairs living room looked empty of festive fun so I decided that we would go cut down a tree to hang the girls ornaments from their elementary years . It's been 4 years now that I've been decorating the tree my way.

Kelly asking me if I was sure this was the one.

This is why we brought Dani's boyfriend.

Final creation with our evil cat posing.

Family Pictures

Last Sunday we were finally able to take our family pictures for the Christmas cards. Weather was perfect. I asked Kelly to go down to the barn and set up a place to have them taken. He made it so nice, better then I expected. He's the best! We hadn't planned on our cat "Coon" being in the pic but, he must have felt left out cause he jumped up on Courtney's lap and settled right in. Worked out pretty good. Of course Kelly wanted his horses in the pic with us but, just wasn't enough room.