A late Christmas dinner with Cecil & Judy

The week after Christmas, right before New Year's we went down to Provo and had a family Dinner with Cecil & Judy. We had yummy food and lots of laughs. I made Judy a calendar as well with her children and Grandchildren. She got quite choked up. Here are a few pictures of her opening them. Chris was taking the pictures. He's not real great with focusing. LOL

Cecil and Judy looking at it

Judy getting choked up

them still looking.

Chris and I at home Christmas Eve

So after all our family parties we came home to open our presents to each other. We did it Christmas Eve, because the plan was to go to Idaho to Margie's the next morning. That actually didn't happen however as the roads were so horrible and we were hit with storm after storm as well as Idaho, and the roads were closed. Anyways, I had given Chris camping stuff, so this year we can go, cause he is excited to start camping and fishing, and luckily he loved it. He spoiled me this year. first when we went to Myn and Lee's, they had given me an itunes card, and I was thinking um ok. Chris has an iphone, I wanted and ipod, but did not have one. Then we were at his sisters her and I drew each other and she had given me a car charger for a ipod. And then I was thinking I better be getting an ipod, other wise he is using me to get gifts for his iphone. LOL. But, when we got home, and he saved it until last he had gotten me an ipod touch. SOOO COOL!! But he so got even with me for a couple years ago. A couple years ago for Christmas I got his Lakers Vs Jazz tickets, and I wrapped them in a small box and then put that box in a little bigger box and kept that up until it was in this waist high huge box. he was so pissed when box after box was only another box, he was getting madder and madder until he hit the tickets and then he just stood there staring at them. So with my ipod he wrapped it in a paper box and then wrapped it a hundred times in tissue paper... I was annoyed... mostly that he wasted so much of my tissue paper... but I loved it. Here are some of our pics.

Me after unwrapping my ipod
Chris unwrapping the air mattress for our camping gear.

Me posing with a package

Chris impatiently tearing into his present. (yea we were watching a Christmas Story..LOL)

Chris's Family Christmas Eve

So after the Annual Pizza and mushroom fest, We went to Anne and Darrin's. Anne made some way yummy soups and a very good dessert. We opened presents with Sam, we all chipped in and got him a coolpix camera. Then I also made him a calendar which has his grandchildren and children on it. I was excited that he loved it so much. It was good to spend time with Matt who was also there, with his schedule it isn't often that we see him. Here are some pics from the night.

Hannah and her Mariposa Barbie we bought her

Darrin, Hannah & Isaac fighting over toys...
Deer in the headlight....

Anne, Matt, Sam, Hannah & Isaac looking at the calendar

Sam opening his calendar

Anne Helping Isaac open his present.

My family Christmas Eve

Chris and I had a busy night on Christmas Eve this last year. First we went to my families for the annual homemade pizza and stuffed mushrooms.... mmmm... so yummy. Here are some of the pics we got from that party.

uncle Ezzy Wezzy...
Uncle Lee...

Aunt Mynnie... she hids the horns well with the Angelic smile..

Sar being Sassy

and the Spaz spiral continues.... LOL

Activities committee decorations

Chris and I are on the Activities committee for our ward. We were assigned the decorations for the ward Christmas party which is on Friday. We went through many stores to get ideas and finally settled on this idea. we bought all the pieces and then spent most of the day on Saturday putting them together.

before we put them together

the finished product with the lights
Pugslee exhausted from "helping" also known me screaming NO five hundred times as he tried to eat what we were putting together

stacking them in boxes

another finished one without the lights

Chris smiling while helping me put these together

Wonderful... eh!

So I have a final tonight in DRAPER... and I turn around and look out my window.... and it's fricken blizzarding... NICE. it's only 10:30 by the time 5 rolls around I may not even be able to get there... ugh. not to mention the fact that the last time I tried to drive off the hill in a blizzard I went down victory road SIDEWAYS. Hopefullly it calms down...I have to take Pugslee to the vet at 3, so hopefully by then I can get off the hill, and hopefully by five I can get to Draper.

The view or lack there of (now) out my window

picture from the opposite side of the building
Looking down from my window....