Happy Valentines

We had a fabulous, long Valentine weekend. Spencer and I had fun on Friday doing his classroom party. I had substituted his class the day before, so we had a vote on the food. Cupcakes and little doughnuts won, along with juice and chocolate milk. I also did a vegetable tray. And boy was I amazed at how much those little darlings could eat. We had a great time and I really appreciated all the other mothers that came to help.

On Sunday, I met with the bishop and found out that I will be receiving a new calling next week. I'm very excited....so, check back soon to find out what it will be.

For Valentine's dinner, Tyler cooked us some ribs....which were delicious! The "Great Valentine" did a knock and run at the front door and left a basket of goodies for the kiddos.

The funnest part of the day was coming home from church to find hearts and Valentines all over our front yard. My sweet mom made my day!

On Monday, we all went sledding for my baby sister's birthday (who is turning 18!). Poor Madison crashed pretty hard and got a cracked lip and a big old scrape on her cheek. I was amazed at how brave she was through it all.

Tomorrow starts our busy life over with school and all, but we sure have enjoyed the long weekend.

We had a Merry little Christmas

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I hate to see the holidays wind down. We had such good times and created some of the very best memories. We were very spoiled...and blessed. I love, love the ages of my children. They fill the holidays with so much excitement that it can almost be too overwhelming.

Brayden received the camera he'd been longing for, Madison got her spy gear, and yes, Spencer now owns Super Mario for the wii.

Everyday has been filled with either friends or extended family. So between the new toys and the company, we've been very happy. It's going to be a difficult adjustment come Monday morning when life is supposed to resume it's normal, crazy pace.

Christmas is Almost Here

And boy are we ready. Spencer has the new Super Mario Bros. game on his wish list and he is constantly talking about it (constantly)! Well, today I was telling him not to wish all the days before Christmas away too quickly because it's sad when it's all over. The Christmas tree will come down, we'll stop playing Christmas music, etc,. And he just replied "yeah, but then I'll be playing Mario and nothing else will matter." So, I certainly hope Santa has Mario in his bag of presents.

The one new thing we've done this holiday season was going to the community 'Breakfast with Santa.' I was very impressed. It was put on by Uintah Recreation. They had live Christmas music, games, face painting and Santa and Mrs. Claus. All three of my kids thoroughly enjoyed it.

This past Tuesday, I went to Enrichment. I really didn't want to go because dresses were required and it's hard to put on a skirt when it's so cold outside. But I absolutely love the ladies in our presidency...and I wanted to support them. I was so glad I went. They put on a really nice dinner. Afterwards we went into the sacrament room for the program. Sister Marshall played many of the Christmas hymns while a brother in the ward read about the birth of Christ from the scriptures. We sang part of the songs and then another sister sang Silent Night as a solo. The spirit rolled over the whole congregation as a mighty wave and it was truly magnificent. I needed to feel that. And now that I have felt it, Christmas can come. I have the Christmas spirit!

And so the countdown goes on. Only six days left. Are you ready?