Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Caroling 2011

Friday Night we decided to go out Christmas caroling to hand out our neighbor gifts. I had been shopping just before and did not know if I would make it or not.


This year I found the gift off of Pinterest it was a nativity written about M&M's. I got the pretzel kind of M&M's and attatched this message to it.




 The kids don't always like this tradition, but they are good sports anyway. We used the van a little bit more this year then we did last. We would drive to a block and do that set of houses before we got in again. I noticed that towards the end we were using the Van a lot more. To figure out what songs I brought a Christmas song book and a flash light. Not everyone we went to was home, but there were some and it turned out to be a very fun night. Even if our body parts were all frozen by the time we got home. Once home we enjoyed hot chocolate and a fire. It really makes you appreciate the warmth!! It was great to spread Christmas Cheer!
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Our trip to Temple Square on Frontrunner 2011

Thursday night we decided that we would take the kids once more on Frontrunner down to Temple Square. We left our house about 6:30 We did not have to wait for the first train I think it was waiting for us.





 We got down to Salt Lake faster than I remember.
 We ate at JB's Restaurant Which is right on the corner when you get off of the train. Our waiter was a not in the very best of moods. I guess they don't have to worry about service when they have the location they do. We also ran into Sharae's Sister and Brother in Law while we were there.


 As we were on our way to Temple Square we saw a man in a wheel chair taking donations. He had two really cute dogs which seemed to attract the attention of the kids, but also a lot of the other people passing by. Rebecca found a quarter and tried to give it to the man, but he told her that she could keep it.








































Rebecca and Jolie were having fun stomping around the  Temple Grounds like Soldiers!







 It was nice to see the lights this year! It seemed that we did not have a lot of time to sit and watch the manger scene or go up to See the statue of Christ. We did have a chance to go over to the reflective pools which is one of my favorite spots.










 The lanterns were towards the end. I took several pictures because I thought the designs on them were pretty neat!






 There were also different Nativity scenes from different countries.
 We decided about 9:30 that we were tired enough to make it back to the train and go home.



I think Sam's Face tells it all!

This train even left before we did!


The only one it did not phase was Mike he slept right through it!



One of us came prepared!
We felt so lucky when the train pulled up to the stop right as we got there. Little did we know that we would be waiting for an hour and a half because this was the last train of the night. It was hard on all of the kids. Due to the long wait we did not end up getting home until well past Midnight! Next time I think we will check the schedule a little better.
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Rebecca's Baptism January 3rd 2009

Well another one of our children entered the waters of baptism. I can't believe how proud I am of her making this commitment to her Heavenly Father. She was prepared to make it thanks to the help of the Ward Missionaries the Montgomery's for coming over and giving her the discussions. I can't believe how cute she was all dressed in white and beaming from ear to ear. I gave her the primary song book and had her choose all of the songs that we would sing. She ended up choosing a lot of christmas songs ( Which I loved hearing again) due to poor planning on my part I ended up leading the music while my sister Melanie played the piano. Bishop Saunders was there presiding which I thought was very nice. We had met with him the day before at the Seminary building of the highschool to get Rebecca's interview.
The Baptism was supposed to begin at 3:30, but due to a funeral they moved it back to 4pm. Unfortunately the family ran into a traffic jam caused by a fatal accident and we did not begin the baptism until 4pm...I want to thank everyone for their patience.. Grandma Ballard gave the talk on Baptism and Grandma Lamoreaux gave the talk on the Holy Ghost. They both did a really great job! After the baptism we had a get together at our house with soup and breadsticks. Grandma and Grandpa Lamoreaux could not make it, because of having to drive in the dark.. They did give Rebecca her baptism gift before they left. She had been looking forward to it all week. After the get together that night we opened the gift which was a new set of scriptures.. What a great day it turned out to be.. Congratulations Rebecca!

Christmas 2008

Well Christmas has come and gone. A lot of fun we had with family and friends. It was nice for me not being pregnant this year to be able to do Christmas Cards to all the people that we have known over the years. And for us as a family to go out and Carol. It was great to see the surprised look on the peoples faces. The girls did complain of the cold! this year we bought the girls their own Christmas trees to hang their ornaments on, So our Big tree looked rather bare. I also took each of the kids individually to the store to get each others gifts. Then they took turns helping me wrap them. We spent Christmas EVE at Grandma and Grandpa Lamoreaux's house where we had the usual Christmas Program. Of course this year instead of reading the Littlest Snowman we had the kids act it out.. Christmas day we enjoyed the morning opening gifts. Riley was excited to get a real camera instead of the toy one she has been using for over a year now. She also got a hand held harp that she can play. Rebecca got a huge remote control car from Santa. And a race to the mall car track from Mom and Dad. Jolie got a Hello Kitty Radio from Santa, and Art supplies from Mom and Dad. Last, but not least Sam got a fish aquarium for nights and a Basketball hoop for the days..This year Michelle got a Kareoke Machine that so far has been a huge hit with the family. After opening gifts we went to Grandma and Grandpa Ballards for a brunch and enjoyed spending the day with them. Of course our favorite day was the day spent after Christmas opening the gifts and actually being able to use them.. We hope that you have all enjoyed Christmas as well..