ALL OF DECEMBER!!!!

Well I know I haven't done a post in weeks and this one is going to be VERY VERY LONG! I have so much to talk about so here we go!!!!!!!

KITCHEN !!!!

So...since we have moved in with my parent to RE-SAVE money for a house(lost in stock drop) we decided that we needed our own kitchen in the basement so we tore out the old craft room and are putting in a brand new kitchen so many of days and nights we have been working on that and it is slowly comming around. But we are doing it all ourselves so it is taking FOREVER hopefully it will be done in a couple weeks!

Chloe's Kindergarten Christmas Performance!

So first is Chloe's school Performance. She was so excited for us to go. She had been practicing and practicing for weeks. She even knew Feliz Navidad by heart and couldn't wait to show us how good she was gonna do. She even had a special part as a Angel in one of the songs. She was excited to wear her new Christmas dress and look "Pretty"! She wanted her hair curled and she wanted my sparkly lip gloss on. She is so funny! She sang so well and knew almost all the songs (not many kids did) we were really proud of her!!! She is just loving Kindergarten and is doing so well!

Brian's Baptisim!

So, I think that the most exciting thing to happen in December was Brian getting Baptized! It was so amazing and such a wonderful moment for him and our family! It was so spiritual and felt so right. We have all waited long and hard for the right moment when Brian chose it for himself and not for us! I have never seen him more happy than on that day. My dad was the one who Baptised him. My brother Caden also was Baptized that same day with Brian and it is a special bond that they will always share! My brother gave the first talk and was so emotional through the whole thing and touched us all with what he had to say. The feeling in the room was so STRONG and PEACEFUL stronger than I have ever felt in my life! My grandmother gave the second talk and a few minutes into it she stopped and looked directly at my family and said " I feel very impressed to tell you that Grandpa is here with us right now (he is deceased) and he is also with some angels and they are rejoycing for you Brian and Caden." And she continued to finish her talk. And when my father was confirming Brian he also said " Brian there are multitudes of Angels here singing and rejoycing for you this day." It was a beautiful meeting and not ONE person had a dry eye! We sang Because I have been givin much for the opening hymn(MY FAVORITE) and then Chloe, and my sisters sang If the Savior stood Beside me and we sang I am a Child of God for the closing. It was just an awesome and wonderful experience. The Elders who taught Brian were so kind and knew just what to say to him. I know that they were sent here at this time to teach Brian. They are what he needed!!! After the Baptism, my Grandma (who spoke) came up to Brian and I at home and asked Brian if he had any family members that were members of the church. And he said "Yes, my mothers parents were" and she said "Thats what I though .They were there with us today, with my husband!" Both Brian and I were crying because they would be there to celebrate with Brian, it was so very special!!!!!!

SNOW SNOW AND MORE SNOW...does it end???????

So on December 19 we had the BIGGEST snow storm that Spokane has seen since they began recording in the early 1900's!!! We got over 3 feet in 3 days...and the snow keeps falling!!!! Some has melted but it is still around 3 feet! We were totally snowed in and the kids were loving it, they got to start Christmas Break 3 days early! WAHOO!!!!

So this picture was taken after the first day we had a foot and a half in one night!!!!!
My sister Janae and Chloe on the porch!
My siblings:Caden, Janae, Megan, Chloe, Erin and Dakota the dog from HELL!!!!(As you can tell from the look on Chloes face she wasnt excited to take the pic with the dog...she hates her!)

CHRISTMAS

This year for Christmas we drove down to Utah! BIG MISTAKE! The roads were HORRIBLE!!!! Luckily we got there safe and sound. We counted a total of 10 cars crashed on the way down and 8 on the way home! 18 TOTAL! We were so lucky we got there safe!

We had a wonderful Christmas! We went and spent Christmas with Brians family and had such a good time! We love going down and visiting them! We didnt do very much while we were there so it was relaxing and just a really good time! We had such a fun Christmas morning! Well we started out with our tradition of opening up our Jammies Christmas eve. So we all put them on and went to bed! (After Lugging all the presents upstairs to place in the living room...I swear it took 20 or more trips! A little OVERBOARD! But much Appreciated! :) Thank you Jan!!!!) Chloe and Korbin had matching Jammies and were so cute!!!!!!! Chloe was really excited to have matching jammies! She kept telling Korbin..."Bubba we have matching jammies, you like them??? You like them???" It was so precious!!!!!We made Chloe wait before going into the Living room till we were all up and had the video camera rolling! I would post the video but it takes too long! Lets just say she squeeled when she saw all the presents and was so anxious to get unwrapping!!!! She had to start with her American Girl Doll first since she was getting alot of Acessories for her doll from Grandma!!! She was so excited, that is ALL she wanted for Christmas was her American girl doll and she was so happy she got it! Grandma and Grandpa SPOILED her this year and got her so many fun things...golf clubs, a barbie house, TONS of American Girl doll stuff (clothes, bed, side table, table and chairs) a beautiful Lady bug tea set, books, and tons more I cant even remember! Thanks Jan and Frank!!! She has just had so much fun playing with everything...mostly the American Girl doll Chloe and my sister Megan have played with it everyday since we have been home, she also has one named Nellie so they have been in HEAVEN!!!!Korbin was really in to ripping the paper! It was quite funny! He didnt even care what the present was he just wanted the paper and the bows! He played with the bows days after Christmas it was so funny! He was so cute, he just sat on the floor and played with the paper between presents! He had more fun watching everyone than he did doing anything!

We all got SPOILED for Christmas and got way way too many things to list! Thank you Jan for making this a wonderful Christmas! LOVE YOU!

We had a LOVELY Christmas dinner with Brian parents and his brother and his wife Veronica and our step-nephew Angel! We had Ham and potato casserol, and green bean cassorole, green jello and Strawberry Ice Cream Float! It was so nice to spend time with them all...then we broke out our Wii to play some bowling! The Wii is so fun, and it is so fun to play with the whole family! I am so glad that we got one! We all had a good time playing it! Time flew by way too fast and we NEVER get enough time with them but it was a wonderful trip and we are so happy we got to go and spend time with them!

In all December flew by WAY WAY TOO FAST!!!!!