Our Merry Christmas

On Christmas Eve we celebrated with our traditional eggs, biscuits, and sausage dinner followed by opening presents from Mom and Dad. The kids all got much needed new pajamas.

Christmas morning the fun began at 7:30 a.m. Donald got some great new baby toys and he enjoyed the wrapping paper just as much as the toys!

Adrian was surprised by some Halo action figures! He loves that Master Chief came with a sniper rifle and the Arbiter had an energy sword. With money from his Call grandparents he bought a tank so Master Chief and the Arbiter have a cool vehicle to ride in.

Charlie got his much awaited Wall-E robot. He's been telling everyone for a couple months that this is what he was going to get. You plug Wall-E in to an Ipod or CD player and he'll dance to the music. Charlie loves being Wall-E's D.J.

Rock Band 2, from Grandpa Blodgett, brings joy to the whole family! The girls especially love singing and one of their favorites is Livin' on a Prayer. They also got some High School Musical doll sets.
I gave Dan a collection of family pictures in a frame and a scripture case. I made the scripture case based on the one his mom made him when he was 8. I can only say that she definitely wasn't a novice seamstress and I'm afraid I am so I hope this time it's the thought that counts. He got me some nice BYU shirts and a frame for a painting my Grandma gave me. I was also surprised by a new measuring cup! (I melted my favorite plastic one in the dishwasher a few days before Christmas.)

The day after Christmas we spent playing our new XBOX games from Grandma and Grandpa Weir, Legos Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda. We've also begun our World Tour with Rock Band and we already have hundreds of thousands of fans.

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas too!

One Week Before Christmas...

10 years ago, Rebecca Marie was born. She was such a fun Christmas present and I love celebrating her birthday. On December 12 we had her friend Mikayla sleep over. The two of them made brownies so we decided she should blow out candles while she had her friend over. She must have made a really important wish because she put her all into blowing out those 10 candles.
On Rebecca's birthday I brought Charlie and Donald to the school to watch their Christmas sing-a-long. Charlie loved sitting with Rebecca and her friends all through the program. Everyone did an excellent job. (On a side note, when the program was over Charlie stood up as every one was leaving and stomped his feet and yelled, "I didn't get to do my song!" I asked him to do his song for me so he sang, "Dun dun dun dun Everybody Dance Now!" I'm sure that would have gone over well with the entire school.)
After school we had friends over and made peanut butter popcorn and drank hot chocolate. We waited until Dad got home to open presents and she was so happy. I wish I could post the video but it's too long. I made her a collage of portraits of her lovely face. She got a dress with money from Grandparents. We also got her a cute shirt, a necklace with charms, and a Beautiful Bride Becky doll.

Here's the real birthday cake, chocolate chocolate! Yum. She's my kind of girl.

She wore her new dress to church today along with a new bracelet from her Aunt Jessie. (It fits her perfect and she loves it. Thanks Jess.)
Am I really old enough to have a 10 year old?! She's so grown-up!

Christmas Decorations

Not much to post right now, but here are some pictures of our decorations. It was time to post these before Christmas is over.


The Christmas tree in the light (of course you've already seen it in previous posts):

And in the dark:

Of course, the stockings were hung with care:

Our nativity set:

Donald really got into the spirit of things:

Special Day

We had a wonderful day celebrating our newest member of the church. Shari was baptized today. Shari's cousin James and Uncle Scott spoke about baptism and the fourth article of faith and Rebecca spoke about the Holy Ghost. It was such a nice program and so wonderful to see that special glow of excitement surrounding my sweet little Shari.


Shari said the water was nice and warm and she had a good feeling after she was baptized. It was so special to see her receive the Holy Ghost and I know she will be a strong member of the church and do all she can to follow the Spirit. We are so proud of our little Shari.

Thanksgiving

Here is a link to some pictures of our fun Thanksgiving weekend:

http://weir12.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving.html

It was extra special because my dad was here from Qatar. We started our Thanksgiving holiday on Wednesday. I drove out to Provo to visit my sisters Katie and Melinda and my Dad. We managed to find a pretty dress for Shari's baptism day. It's black velvet with a satin bow and she looks so grown up in it. I know it might be a little contrary to the bridal gown most girls in our ward get for their baptism day but she liked it and it is something she can wear throughout the winter. Wednesday night my sister Shari and her family arrived which was a wonderful surprise. They had been planning on spending Thanksgiving in Elko so we felt really lucky.
Thursday we went up to Kaysville to enjoy a Thanksgiving feast at my Uncle Alan and Aunt Tere's. They really know how to celebrate! It was so much fun and included much eating and playing of Rock Band. The kids all had a blast playing with cousins and my Aunt Tere has the most fun toys in her basement.
Friday everyone came out to our house for another day of fun and eating. I thought I'd end up being so worn out but I was just so happy to have everyone visit. Happiness must generate some extra energy. The party ended at around 4 when we found out Molly received her mission call and it was waiting at the Gough's house in Provo. The Gough's and Dad and Melinda had to hurry home so they could open the call!
It was so special to hear Molly's reaction to Santiago, Chile!! I'm so excited for her and glad we still get her here until March 11 to help her get ready. Congratulations Molly.
Saturday we had to say goodbye to the Kurtz family which was sad. We jumped right into getting the house cleaned up so we could get out the Christmas decorations. They look wonderful. I love Christmas. I'll be posting those pictures soon.
Saturday evening Donald was acting sick and kept me up most of the night. Sunday him and I stayed home from church and today I rushed him to the Dr. He has croup again. Ugh. Right now he's actually sleeping so I get to rest a little myself. For my rest I get to empty the dishwasher, clean the kitchen a little and fold the clothes. So relaxing.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving too.