Christmas 2008

This year we decided to take JaKelle and head up to Star Valley Wyoming and have Christmas at the Cabin. We have been promising her we would do this when all the boys were finished with Mesa High Basketball. We were sad to leave Jared and Lexi in Mesa, we missed them we had a chance to have our own little Christmas celebration with them before we left, thanks kids for your wonderful gift, and thanks for watching JJ for us. We flew into Utah on Monday and drove up to the cabin on Tuesday, it started to snow, and it didn't stop snowing the whole time we were there. There was a caravan of us, Lynn's parents, and his sister Karin, her husband Todd and their three kids, Mackenzee, Devin and Tyson.





Christmas Eve we had a real nice dinner Lynn's mom made and then we watched a movie about President Hinckley (so good). We played games opened 1 present and ate some more and ended with a spiritual message from Lynn's Dad reading in Luke of the Christ child's birth (still snowing).




We woke up to 15 inches of new snow it was so beautiful, Santa had come and we all enjoyed seeing what he had brought us all. Uncle Todd made us a awesome breakfast of french toast, eggs, and bacon.







We snarfed that down and got ready for our first Missionary phone call from Jesse. I got my tape recorded and questions ready and we put him on speaker phone for the whole family to hear. Yes it was wonderful to hear his voice and hear all of his wonderful experiences their in the Dominican Republic. He is loving it there and having many spiritual experiences. After hanging up with Jesse (very hard to do) we opened more presents. Before we new it it was 12 o'clock and time for our second missionary phone call. We talked to Josh for 1 hour and he sounded wonderful and very mature. I loved listening to him laugh and talk about his experiences of being the Branch President, teaching Relief Society, Sunday School, and talking in Sacrament Meeting. We are very excited to go pick Josh up in Costa Rica on February 16 and meet the people he has grown to love the past two years. They both send their love to everyone.
After our call we opened more presents (yes its still snowing). Thank you family for all of my gifts, I love them all and am so grateful for your thoughtfulness. I received some great gifts, but the best gift of all was being surrounded by family and talking to my two missionary sons. We missed you Jared and Lexi!!!
The rest of the day, we ate some more, visited, listened to Christmas music, watched the suns get beat by the spurs (again) and do nothing but sit and watch it snow. Thank you Todd for bringing up all the snowmobils and getting us unstuck or should I say Lynn unstuck most of the time








Lynn stuck again!

I Love Christmas Time!

JaKelle as a beautiful Snowflake

JaKelle performed in the Nutcracker this past weekend, she did such a beautiful job. She practiced for the last 5 months twice a week and this was on top of her regular dance. I am very proud of her she was the most beautiful Snowflake out there. Good job sweetie, Love you very much.

Still to Come

I am trying to post pictures of Jakelle in the Nutcracker this past weekend. Stay tuned. Still trying to learn how to do this stuff.

21 Suggestions for Success

Today as I was sitting in the Doctors office waiting for the Dermatologist to come in and tell me why I keep getting this rash on my eyes and upper lip. I was reading this sign on the wall and I found that it listed some very good suggestions so I thought I would share them with you (need to work on that #9 one). And by the way they said the problem was me having acrylic nails WHAT??? Even though my nails are healthy and my cuticles look really good, she said it was because I had nails on and that I needed to remove them immediately, NOT!!! I think I need to look into that one a little bit more.



21 Suggestions for SUCCESS

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or
misery.

2. Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent.

3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.

6. Be generous.

7. Have a grateful heart.

8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.

9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.

10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.

11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.

12. Commit yourself to quality.

13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on
relationships with people you love and respect.

14. Be loyal.

15. Be honest.

16. Be a self-starter.

17. Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.

18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.

19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things
you didn’t do more than the ones you did.

20. Take good care of those you love.

21. Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make your Mom proud.

By: H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The Nativity

Several years ago I learned of this video/music combination. It is the video "The Nativity" produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the song "Breath of Heaven" sung by Amy Grant.

I just play the video, turn down the volume and then play the cd and start each other at the same time. This is one of our family favorites to watch every year.

Lynn had his work party today and this year they decided not to invite the spouses. This picture is for you sweetie, just had to rub it in a little MORE!! Love ya