Merry Christmas everyone!!! I wish everyone peace, joy and happiness this Christmas day.
Many special thoughts to my hubby, my family and friends and to my family that is far away, and especially to my two stripling warriors in far away lands!
Many thanks to Jesus Christ for all he has done for me, and for being the reason for this season.
Life is great!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
KFC and Red Elephants!
My brother came to visit and THAT means KFC!! Everytime he comes to visit he treats the WHOLE family to KFC. He's been doing that for years and EVERYONE sure enjoys it. To add a little holiday flare we included the Red Elephant game. It's just like the white elephant game that everyone plays except all the gifts are red! After that we ended the evening with yummy banana splits. We sure know how to party!
That's a lotta KFC!
Everyone diggin in
YUM!
The red elephant game begins!
Red elephants are funny!
Everyone with their red elephants!Sunday, December 21, 2008
Church Ball!
It's that time of the year again... the season we've all been waiting for.... you guessed it... CHURCH BALL has started!! AND.... boy did it start off with a sittin on the edge of your chair cheerin and bitin your fingernails game! I didn't take too many pics, cuz the game was just too close and I didn't want to distract anyone.... but get this.... three overtimes and it STILL ended in a tie. AND... just a little FYI... Trent made the last point to make the final tied all up score of 44 - 44. What a game!
Here's Isaac (out team is wearing blue jerseys)
Trent has the ball
Trent going for a shot
This is the best pic I took... just look at Davis.. look at that action!
Trent was double and triple teamed a lot
I think this is Chandler
I've gotta bring a bigger first aid kit next time! Good thing the game begins and ends with prayer!
Here's Isaac (out team is wearing blue jerseys)
Trent has the ball
Trent going for a shot
This is the best pic I took... just look at Davis.. look at that action!
Trent was double and triple teamed a lot
I think this is ChandlerI've gotta bring a bigger first aid kit next time! Good thing the game begins and ends with prayer!Annual party!
Friday night we had our annual three family party. It's been going on for over twenty years I think and now includes another generation! We always have VERY yummy food, play the white elephant gift game, talk alot, catch up, ooogle over the newest additions to families, sometimes sing and/or have instruments and sometimes play Big Booty (if ya don't know what game that is, don't ask... ya have to experience it!) But no matter what we end up doing it's ALWAYS a lot of fun. 
Our familyand friends that came 
white elephants are always funny... 
...and exciting! 
Sharon, Brenda and me 
Our honeys... Mike, Carl and Jerry
Brendas family
Sharons family
Mike got Sparkling Cider... YUM
Silly us!
Our familyand friends that came white elephants are always funny... ...and exciting! Sharon, Brenda and me Our honeys... Mike, Carl and JerryBrendas familySharons familyMike got Sparkling Cider... YUMSilly us!Thursday, December 18, 2008
email from Brazil!
Here's our weekly excerpts from our missionary:
Hi family! The pics look great! ... Looks like fun, here the weather is great the highs are about 80 and its not to humid to me. It rains alot and there is usually a little breeze. Our rooms have no air conditioning, all we have is a fan to circulate the air and i´m fairly comfortable everyday. We have a sheet and a light blanket to sleep with and its perfect. As i said we went proslyting last week and thst was really cool. I got someone to take a B of M and we handed out alot of passalong cards. We went to a bridge where there was alot of little stands and people walking around. There was also the most prestigeous catholic law school in brazil at the end of the bridge. I saw some full on monks come out and that was kind of cool. Anyway, i found out that listening is the hardest part. I could say the message fine but if they told me a story, which some did, i was lost. I could pick out words they were saying and kind of the jist of what they were saying, so i just said my testimony and got them to commit to call the number and went on to the next person. It wasn´t bad, one guy called me satan and another was talking about God and that He couldn´t of created the world for about 15 min. Other than that it was good. We were only out for about 1 1/2 hrs....All the kids look the same so far but i probably won´t say that in a few months. ... Sounds like you are having fun at home, but im still having fun here... Crazy to think im leaving in 3 weeks. Goiania is still an unknown place in the ctm. There is 6 of us going there and none of us have heard of anything about it and none of the teachers know anything about it. Some have come to the concluson that it is an imaginary place. jk but it is wierd that no one knows anything about it. I guess i´ll find out when i get there. I can´t attach pics on this computer, i actually can´t take my camera outside the ctm for anything not even to take pics at the temple which stinks. I guess i´ll have to come back here sometime to do that. Well i got to go, Keep writing and i´ll talk to you next week. Boa sorte
Hi family! The pics look great! ... Looks like fun, here the weather is great the highs are about 80 and its not to humid to me. It rains alot and there is usually a little breeze. Our rooms have no air conditioning, all we have is a fan to circulate the air and i´m fairly comfortable everyday. We have a sheet and a light blanket to sleep with and its perfect. As i said we went proslyting last week and thst was really cool. I got someone to take a B of M and we handed out alot of passalong cards. We went to a bridge where there was alot of little stands and people walking around. There was also the most prestigeous catholic law school in brazil at the end of the bridge. I saw some full on monks come out and that was kind of cool. Anyway, i found out that listening is the hardest part. I could say the message fine but if they told me a story, which some did, i was lost. I could pick out words they were saying and kind of the jist of what they were saying, so i just said my testimony and got them to commit to call the number and went on to the next person. It wasn´t bad, one guy called me satan and another was talking about God and that He couldn´t of created the world for about 15 min. Other than that it was good. We were only out for about 1 1/2 hrs....All the kids look the same so far but i probably won´t say that in a few months. ... Sounds like you are having fun at home, but im still having fun here... Crazy to think im leaving in 3 weeks. Goiania is still an unknown place in the ctm. There is 6 of us going there and none of us have heard of anything about it and none of the teachers know anything about it. Some have come to the concluson that it is an imaginary place. jk but it is wierd that no one knows anything about it. I guess i´ll find out when i get there. I can´t attach pics on this computer, i actually can´t take my camera outside the ctm for anything not even to take pics at the temple which stinks. I guess i´ll have to come back here sometime to do that. Well i got to go, Keep writing and i´ll talk to you next week. Boa sorte
Monday, December 15, 2008
Graham cracker houses...
Tonight was our annual graham cracker house decorating for family and friends. We started this tradition several years ago when Brandon and Trent were young. We save up our Halloween candy, buy LOTS of graham crackers, make some royal icing and let the kids go at it. 
First of all, we had to eat.... so what would be better than chili dogs on a rainy day.
Everyone came dressed for the occassion!
First of all, we had to eat.... so what would be better than chili dogs on a rainy day. Everyone came dressed for the occassion!Let the decorating begin!
So MUCH candy..
Trent made one too. Looks like a future architect may be in the making.
Everyone is busy.
Some of the houses and their designers. The decorators on the Food channel better watch out!
I think everyone had a good time...
... the cool dudes chillin out...
... and even the ones that slept through it all.Light parade...
This weekend, we also took a little drive over to a lighted boat parade at my work. The yacht club (the word YACHT is used loosely... there are absolutely no yachts in the yacht club)... did a great job on the decorating and 18 boats participated. It was hard to get a pic in the dark, but here are a couple. Just a side note.... if you notice I'm not blogging at 5 in the morning.... that's cuz I took a day OFF....Yep a whole day to do STUFF! .... so I better quit bloggin and get goin!
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- Hi there everyone! I've noticed that a lot of people have a little life story on their blogs. So, always wanting to keep up with the latest BLOG trends, I've decided to put on a little blurb about my life for anyone that's interested. BUT, so no one is bored or has heard it all, I've put MY LIFE in ORIGINAL story form... Once upon a time there was a brown eyed girl, born of goodly parents, who set out on a journey. She traveled for a very VERY long time, through desert, mountains and forests and along the way she brought with her 6 wonderful treasures. But, alas, there were dark times, battles and dragons along the way, but she kept on going, with her treasures giving her strength and direction. Then in the desert, she met a blue eyed handsome prince, who had also been on a long long journey, and he had 2 treasures. So as you might have already guessed the ending.... the brown eyed girl and the blue eyed prince along with their treasures and a bunch more treasures, lived very happily ever after! Life is GOOD! It's party time now!
