Merry Christmas

Hope everyone had a good Christmas, we did. This year we just let the kids open presents and play with them right then if they wanted to. In the past we unwrapped all the presents first before actually opening the packaging and beginning to play. It made it a lot less stressful and it actually took us two hour to unwrap the presents rather than the usual twenty minutes. With the economy what it is we did cut back a little this year but it made it funner to shop as we tried to put more thought into each present we bought rather than how much we had spent on each one. We spent Christmas Eve with April's family and did the traditional reading on the Nativity and singing. Of course we had lots of food and this year it was held at Scott and Nadine's house in Provo. Christmas Day we went to Mark's family at about 4:00 pm. We had more food there and spent a little time playing Guitar Hero World Tour with two guitars, drums, and a "singer". I put quotes around singer since none of us really are but we had a good time trying.

Riley got a Nintendo DS and we have hardly heard from him since except to show us something about which ever game he is playing. Millie got a new Baby Doll and accessories that she loves along with a bike. We are hoping that she will get to ride it by May with all the snow we have received. April got some sweaters, which she can never seem to have enough of, and Mark got a backup camera for our Suburban.

Well New Year's Day in just around the corner so here are our wishes for you that it may be a happy and prosperous one.

Fountian Green

We went down to Fountain Green for this past weekend. It was cold and windy most of the time. That didn't matter much as we stayed inside and worked on tying two quilts. Sam's Club is working on doing 30 quilts to donate to the Women and Children in Crisis Center in Provo. We wanted to help out and thought this would be a great way to spend our weekend and help others at the same time. The kids just watched movies and played most of the time while we worked on the quilts. They did try to go outside once on Saturday, but quickly decided it was to cold and came back inside. We drove down to Manti to do a little shopping at one of the craft stores we sometimes go to. It was nice to see the temple with the fresh snow falling. As with all the temples it is just beautiful to see from the outside even when you don't have time go in to do a session.

Nativity

We went to the Living Nativity in Provo again this year. We went on Friday night to the 7:00 showing. It was a little different this year as they did it inside the Tabernacle. They have made new sets since it is inside but they are not able to use the animals as they use to. The animals were outside and you can go up to them and pet them if you choose to do so. This year they even had a camel that was there. It was kind of neat to see the camel up so close. Millie had a lot of fun during the performance but wasn't to happy to see the camel outside. Riley took his camera and took a few pictures of the evening. He was more excited that we let him take the camera than any thing else. Here are a couple of the pictures that he took:

It was nice to be inside as it wasn't freezing like it usually is. It made it a lot easier with Brianna and not having to worry as much about if she was cold. This activity has become a bit of a tradition for us and I look forward to it each year. It just helps to set the mood for the holiday season.

New Blog Started

Hello, we're new to this whole world of blogging and this is our first attempt. Today I'm just trying to get it set up so I don't have much to say but I will be adding to this soon. Thanks for taking a look.