Our Christmas!!!

Madison and Grandma Nelson

Andrew and his Disneyland Pj's form Grandma & Grandpa Jones

Madison and her Disneylan Pj's form grandma & Grandpa Jones

Jones Granddaughters

Grandma & Grandpa Woodland with kids on Christmas morning

My Parents, Casey, Grandpa Jones,and my Kids

Madison and her I Pod

Andrew and his Horse Sandy

Brett and the Kids waiting to see what Santa brought

Grandma Woodland and the kids after opening the PJ Fairy

Casey and Toby

My Grandparents and their Kids. My Mom is in the middle

Andrew, Jamie, and Lucus Playing with toy's I played with when I was little.

Masison, Charlie Ann, and Salley

Our Gingerbread House.
We had a awesome Christmas. We got very spoiled. My kids are at a fun age right now. It is fun to watch them get so excited. I love Christmas time!! We were so lucky to be able to have both my parents, Brett's parents, Grandpa Jones, and my little Brother Casey over for Christmas Morning. Madison got a Ipod and a couple other things, and Andrew got a Horse with a couple other things. They were both so excited about everything they got. It was a fun morning. Brett and I agree that Christmas day and Christmas eve are the busiest day's of the whole year for us. We go back and forth a lot. We both agree that it is such a blessing that we get to live so close to our families. In the 9 years we have been married we have been able to go to every party. except this year we had to miss the Jones Christmas party:( On Christmas eve we go up to the cemetery and light some candles and put them on Erica, MonaLee and Grandma Jones' graves. We put the candles in white lunch bags. It looks really pretty and they burn all night. Monalee's family, My whole family, And Grandpa Jones do this. Then we have family prayer. It is a nice way to start off Christmas. Then we head out to Levan For my Grandma Mangelsons party. I have been to this party since I can ever remember. It is fun to see all of our cousins, and Aunt & Uncles. Next we headed back to Nephi to watch a movie with Brett's parents and to open the pajama Fairy. We watched Night at the Museum. Then Home and off to bed. CHRISTMAS DAY. We opened our presents and had some breakfast. Then we went over to Brett's parents for a couple of hours. They completely spoiled us. Then over to my parents for lunch. And they also Spoiled us like crazy. We are so lucky. Then for the final event of the night Grandma Nelsons!!. We have also never missed her Christmas day party. She also spoiled us. It is always fun to see all of Brett's family there as well. So in other words we had a awesome day. The best part of the day was when Madison said to me, Mom I loved getting presents today, but I always remembered that the reason why we have Christmas is because of Jesus. Wow she does listen to us and to her primary teachers. We are all so thankful for our Savior Jesus Christ. He is a part of our lives and blesses us every day. We love this time of year and that we are able to reflect back on his life. We love Our families and we are so grateful for them. They do so much for us. We are so lucky to live so close to most of them. We hope you all had a Great Christmas. I am also sorry I am not a writer. In fact I stink when it comes to doing it. If none of this makes sense I am sorry.

Finally

Madison finally got rid of her loose tooth. The tooth behind it was completely in before we finally got the other one out. The tooth was loose forever, and she would not let me touch it. She said it hurt and would scream or start to cry. Working for a dentist for 8 years and seeing kids react this way, I swore my children would never act like that. Yea right. So I told her if she didn't start wiggling it I would have to take her to the dentist to get it pulled. She likes to go to the dentist so that seemed easier to her. Well she bit into something and really made it loose. So being the great parent I am I held her down and pulled it out. I barley touched it and it was out. She cried and cried. I did feel a little bad so I said I was sorry and gave her a big Hug. After that she was so excited to show everyone her lost tooth. She also told me that it didn't hurt at all she was just nervous because it was her first tooth. We went home that night and she put it under her pillow and the Tooth fairy left her a dollar. She was super happy about that. Ever since she has been wiggling her teeth so she can get more money. We are so glad that this day finally came. This was her first tooth to come in and the first to come out.

Happy Birthday Lamar, Lance, & Kayla

I Have missed a couple of Birthday's I will Start with my Brother in-law Lamar. He celebrated his Birthday With all of us in Disneyland. What a great place to be on your Birthday. They gave him a button to wear telling everyone it was his Birthday. He wore it proud as you can see in the picture. Happy B-day Lamar we Love you.
Next we have my Brother-in-law Lance. His B-day was on January 6Th. Lance is Brett's oldest sister Shannon's husband. We love Lance and we hope that he had a wonderful day.
Last but not least in our niece Kayla. Her Birthday is December 31st. The crazy thing is that she turned 12. Can you say crazy. I remember going with Brett to the hospital to see her. She was only 5lbs. Now she is a beautiful Young Women. We also love Kayla very much. She is always a big help, and Madison loves it when she will do her hair. We hope you had a great day.

Happy Birthday Jake!!

Jake celebrated his birthday on Saturday. We were able to spend some time with him at a family Christmas party. Jake is great kid. Always willing to help. Jake and Madison are the best of friends. They have always gotten along really well. We love Jake very much, and we hope he had a Great Birthday. Thanks to a great picture taken by his mom. Lisa I hope you don't mind me taking it.

Cooking Class in Salem

I am way late on this post. My Mother-in-law took my sister-in-law Lisa and I to a cooking class the first part of November. I have been to I think four of these classes with Brett's Grandma,Mom and Aunts. This time it was just Lisa,Susan and I. They are seriously so fun. This lady teaches us how to make some simple meals and then feeds it to us. Then we get to take the recipes home and try it on our families. This class was on holiday cooking. This is what was on the menu. Carrot cake pancakes with cinnamon syrup(seriously so yummy), Fabulous chicken and rice, Holiday peas, Triple-chocolate peppermint treats, Cashew Carmel fudge, Tepee Treats(for Thanksgiving),and a Doughnut snowman. I was so excited when Susan asked me to go. Susan thank you so much for taking us to do such fun things. I can't wait until next time.

Funny things kids say

Yesterday morning I was getting Madison ready for school and she was telling me about the performance at the rest home that she is doing next week. She started to sing me the songs that Lisa had taught them. She was singing Rodolph the Red Nose Reindeer and got to the part where you start to name all the reindeer. Keep in mind that she is really singing her heart out. If you know Madison it is no surprise. So she starts and says now there's Dixon and sleepy and... I couldn't help but laugh. She asked what was so funny and I said I think Sleepy is a seven dorf,and I think the reindeer's name is vixen. She looked at me and said oh well and started to sing again. I actually love to listen to her sing songs. She has her own version of most songs. My favorite one is when she sings Human by the killers. We get a performance from her daily and we love it because it makes her happy. She is a funny girl and we love her.

Thanksgiving!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving a couple weeks ago. As I sit here watching the snow fall I wish we could go back. We went to St. George this year and It was so nice. Brett has two sisters that live down there and were so nice to have the rest of us come and stay with them. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at Shannon's house and it was beautiful weather. We were able to set the tables up out side and if you were sitting in the sun you were hot. It was the best. I use to love the snow and cold when I was younger but I am really starting to hate it. Then later that night like 11:00 pm we went shopping. We just went to the outlet mall and it was crazy. We stood in line at children's place for over an hour just to check out. I only spent $15 so I am not sure if it was worth it. I have never been shopping on Thanksgiving or the day after before. It was a new thing for me. I don't know if I would do it again. I would have to say I had fun with my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law. Being with them was the Best part. Brett's dad took the horses down to St George with him and took kids on rides Thursday morning. Then on Friday the guys and Kathryn Went on A ride in Zions. It was way worth taking the horses with us. We also had family pictures taken on Friday. With such a big group they turned out really good. Every one left on Saturday afternoon except us. We were able to stay and go out to dinner with our friends. Brett meet the Goods when he was on his mission. They took really good care of him. It has been almost three years since we had been with them, and it was so good to see them. Our kids had so much fun with them as well. They live in St. George and we are going to make sure we see each other more often:) Then on Sunday we had to come home to real life. We had a great weekend. Thanks Shannon and Kathryn for having us. We hope you all Had a wonderful Thanksgiving.