A Stylish Award for Me?!

Part of accepting this award is to:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award. Thanks Jeanne!!
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pass it on to 8 bloggers
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their award

So 8 things about me ....

1. I hate being pregnant! :) Especially when I hit this uncomfortable stage!! 


2. I really miss snow and mountains and our extended family and friends!!


3. I wish I had more energy to get up to my craft room and make some cards!! :)


4. I love getting mail and LOVED all the Christmas cards and Christmas pictures we got!! 


5. I LOVE chocolate and need to really cut back on how much I'm eating of it each day... This kid is going to be enormous!! :)


6. I really like playing Wipeout for Wii with my kids. (Except when Miah hits me with a ball and knocks me off...)


7. I love wearing black. I think it's my best color! :) Speaking of black... Chris is refinishing our table and chairs AND my old couch and he's going to stain them black!! I can't wait to see the final results!! :) (Pictures will come...)


8. Chris and I just celebrated our 14th Anniversary and it made me reflect on how lucky I am to have married such a great guy!! He's amazing!!


And the 8 Bloggers I Award are:


Emilie
Angie
Amberlyn
Katie J
Tina
Cindy
Cyndi
Monica

Hahn Christmas Party!

The Hahn family invited us to their Christmas Party and we had so much fun! We always get delicious food there! My favorite was the Baked Brie and Lexie's fresh guacamole! Yummy!! The kids just played and played and Chris and I talked with our friends and enjoyed some great adult conversation! :) Lexie always takes family pictures of everyone so I had her snap a couple of us in our red and green!
Merry Christmas!!


My belly is getting bigger! :)

Chris and Miah were together on this chair for a bit, relaxing with some soda and some basketball & PSP! :)

Homeschool Group Christmas Cookie Exchange!

Friday we went to a fun Christmas Cookie Exchange with our Homeschool group! It was awesome!! The cookie selection was fabulous and the kids loved hanging out together, making cards for the Veterans and eating lots of cookies and fudge! :)
Delicious way to start Christmas Break!! :)


Sooo Yummy!

All the kiddos crafting together! :)

Jess and Jilli were in heaven!

Winterland of Gingerbread!

We went to our second Winterland of Gingerbread event on Thursday, put on by K12 (the company we homeschool with!) It was a lot of fun to see all the gingerbread houses that the other students had created and all the hours that went into some of them! We didn't build a house this year... (I just wasn't feeling up to it. I don't feel up to a LOT of things right now!) but we still went and judged the ones that others had brought. The girls did the little Christmas craft and Jeremiah just sat and kept me company. His favorite house was a little village that our friends had made with Lego guys on it! It wasn't really about the houses for him... just the accessories! :) I was amazed at a HUGE contribution that ended up winning the grand prize. It was almost as tall as Jillian if she could have stood next to it!! Talk about a LOT of work!! :) Guess we have something to strive for... Next year! :)


Jessica crafting...

My sweet Jilli

Don't really know... but here's Miah

The gigantic Gingerbread mansion!!

Christmas Party!

Chris and the kids played at our Ward Christmas party! (Chris played for real... the kids just pretended!) It was awesome!!

Science Experiment

Jess had to create a model of the heart for her science lab and I got some photos of her. She did a really good job with it and after she had finished she ate it! :) We love science labs!!

Ta Da!!

A Trip to the Temple

We were able to visit the Columbia SC Temple again on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was marvelous! And I got to see an old friend!! Greg Francom was there!! I got to meet his sweet family and it was lovely to see someone familiar! Chris and I were so glad we had accompanied Jess for her youth trip. It was a really beautiful day.

Putting Up the Tree!

It's that time again... Time to put up the Christmas tree and get out all our fun decorations! It was a family affair as usual. The kids love placing the ornaments on our little faux tree. I think the tree has shrunk this year... It couldn't be that all my kids are getting soooo tall!! :)
Merry Christmas!!


The Nativity sets are a favorite!

Placing ornaments

Little cutie pie!

Almost done!

Thanksgiving 2010

We spent Thanksgiving this year with some new friends, the Webb family! They invited us over to share in their feast and boy was it delicious! I would have taken pictures of the awesome food... but it all disappeared into our bellies too quick! :) They have a lovely home and it was a wonderful place to be for the holiday. We watched football on the big screen and let the kids play and wrestle with the dog. We're so thankful that we were able to be together again this year. It was fun to get a family photo in front of their fireplace. Together for Thanksgiving is the best way to be!


Chris and Jilli

Waiting on the picture taking...

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's A...

GIRL!!

We'll be welcoming a little girl to our family in March... :) Yay!

Holiday Wish List- Giveaway!!

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme

TodaysMama  and GameStop are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What is your holiday wish for your family? That we are all happy and healthy!!

2. What is your Christmas morning tradition? We wait till the kids come in and wake us up (They like to sleep in which is FABULOUS!!), we kneel for family prayer and then wait while Dad turns on the Christmas lights and gets the camera ready!! :)

3. If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be? I would like a day out for myself - manicure, pedicure, lunch at Atlanta Bread with a stop in Barnes and Noble to browse!!

4. How do you make the holidays special without spending any money? It's all about TIME! We spend a lot of time together, enjoying each other's laughter.

5. What games did you play with your family growing up? We played Marbles, Chinese Checkers, Tag- the basics!

6. What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood? We kept the tradition of giving a 'Santa's Elves' present of pajamas that they open on Christmas Eve.

7. Where would you go for a Christmas-away-from-home trip? We'd definitely head to Utah to see all of our extended family!!

8. Check out GameStop  and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year? Wow!! It's so hard to pick!! We'd love Just Dance 2, Super Mario All Stars, U Draw Studio and a bunch of DS games! Anything LEGO is super fun!! 

Partying with Friends!

We had a little Pizza party for Jillian and some of her friends. They ate mini pizzas, played with a room full of balloons and ate pink strawberry cupcakes. It was crazy and super fun!!

She has such fun friends!!

She got some awesome gifts!!

Still can't believe she's FIVE!! :)

Playing!

Jilli loves to play up in her bedroom while the kids work on their schoolwork. She has a huge imagination and I love watching her play. I snapped these photos of her playing with her Dora legos. Of course, she has to wear sequins while she plays... :)

Jilli's Fifth Birthday!

Jillian turned FIVE!! We had a little family party for her. She wanted Chris' Mac-n-cheese and green beans for dinner. Then while that was settling... She opened her presents. Then we ate delicous Strawberry Jello cake with whipped cream and strawberries! Yummy! It's hard to believe that she is five! She is so sweet and we're so lucky to have her in our home!!

Dinner time!

Presents!!

Legos!! So she can play with the big kids!

Two dollars from Grandma J!

A zhu zhu pet ball!

Ready for CAKE!!

Make a wish!!