Christmas throughout the year

It was the day of Christmas & I thought to myself
where did the time go ?
how come the days flew by so fast... ?
as I pondered this it came to mind
have I truly celebrate the true meaning of Christmas not only today but throughout all time?
I hope you all have a merry Christmas year not only a Christmas day...
& carry the spirit of the season through out next year
so that all whom come, will love to be near
for you give the greatest gift
a gift we all hold dear
the gift of Christ like love
with all my heart I ask you now share your love to those all around.
To all a Merry Christyear & a happy New Year.

A Book of Mormon Moment

It seems to me that when life or the world will try to pull you down, the Lord turn things around. This last week has been a challenge for me I'm not sure way but it maybe because of the presser of the holidays or my struggle with other things. Life hasn't been the easiest lately but just like in the book of Mormon story where a group of people are forced to be slaves and the Lord didn't take away the trial but straighten the people to handle the trail. This is how I feel, our trials haven't changed but we have changed to fit or over come our challenges. What a blessing it is to know this story it has given me a peace of mind.
On top of that the Lord has given us straight through our families... I"m so grateful for our families and the faith they have. The days that have been the hardest for me they seem to know, by the spirit, & they will call stop by or help out in some way. I'm so thankful for our families & the gospel. What a blessing it is to know who I am in this world & what a great plan the lord has for me & what Love our Heavenly Father has for us.

How the grinch stole Christmas

My favorite Christmas movie....

Claymation Christmas

When my family lived with the McArthurs when we were building our house years ago they got us into claymation. I stumbled on this video and had to post it cause it is the bomb.

Andy on his way home

Andy getting ready to get his pick line taken out

In the car & on our way

Our friend the tank. we like him a lot.

I found these pictures of Andy coming home and leaving the hospital. I'm so blessed to have him home.

New Super Mario Bros Wii

Andy holding the baby
Dad playing click click chink chink

Her eyes were wide open for a hour it seemed

Dani Halie & Steve came over to our house a couple weeks ago they brought Dad with them. To visit & let Andy see the baby for the 1st time. I made dinner for them & they made dessert. Andy & I rented a game New Super Mario Bros Wii, we have enjoyed it cause it is like the old school games. Well, we got everyone to play, yes everyone even Dad. It was fun to watch dad play, I've never seen him play anything like that before. Here are some pics from that night.

Turkey Day 2009

Here is a little of our turkey day this year. My dad cooked the best turkey ever, he smokes it with hickory, man does it taste like heaven. Then my mom made the pies as always she does an amazing job. She also made homemade cranberry sauce this year. Shauntell baked some super awesome rolls. I made candy yams for the 1st time they were not that bad & I did the decorations. Dani & Steve made mashed potato's & they too were yummy. We had my Aunt Dayna & Uncle Scott's family over they brought Grandma Gentry's famous apple salad. We stuffed our self at 12 ish then went to a movie planet 51. After the movie came home and stuffed ourselves with pie.

Here are some pictures I sort of took random pictures most of the decor. Just because I forgot to take pictures the rest of the night. For the decor I made a two thankful trees, where we all had 3 leaves to write what we were thankful for & place them on the tree. Then my mom had a cute idea to use pictures for name tag placements instead of name tags. Then both mom & I bought flowers and didn't tell each other so we had a ton of flower arrangements. Hope you enjoy.