1. A date night to see Sherlock Holmes.
2. Lucy's pajama party with her friends today.
3. Little Caesar's 5 dollar pizza.
4. Jayne holding on tight as tight as she can to me when someone tries to take her.
5. Always coming home from a date to a hot pan of brownies made by Em.
Tuesday
December 27
1. Heaters. How did the pioneers do it?
2. A night at home.
3. LDS.org
4. My smart husband that is always trying to figure out how to make things better for us.
5. Tissues for Jaynies non stop runny nose.
2. A night at home.
3. LDS.org
4. My smart husband that is always trying to figure out how to make things better for us.
5. Tissues for Jaynies non stop runny nose.
December 26
1. Lunch with just Jason at 5 Guys.
2. Going to the Taylor's cabin with the kids.
3. Ray's delicious stir fry.
4. A soft bed for once.
5. All the snow this time of year.
2. Going to the Taylor's cabin with the kids.
3. Ray's delicious stir fry.
4. A soft bed for once.
5. All the snow this time of year.
Friday
December 25
1. We didn't get up until 7:00 a.m. I heard Em and Max down stairs watching TV about 6:00 AM which had me up but the others didn't get up until 7.
2. Being able to give my kids a good Christmas and seeing their happy faces as they opened their gifts.
3. Jason leading the family down the stairs.
4. Knowing that Jason went out of his way and shopped for me and picked me out some really cute things even though we had a truce.
5. Christmas breakfast at Craig and Teresa's.
6. Traditions.
7. All the nice gifts they give our family! They make Christmas fun!
8. Yummy Christmas dinner at Wallsberg.
9. Great parents who have taught me what Christmas is really about. Their good hearts and great examples.
10. Living close to family for the holidays.
2. Being able to give my kids a good Christmas and seeing their happy faces as they opened their gifts.
3. Jason leading the family down the stairs.
4. Knowing that Jason went out of his way and shopped for me and picked me out some really cute things even though we had a truce.
5. Christmas breakfast at Craig and Teresa's.
6. Traditions.
7. All the nice gifts they give our family! They make Christmas fun!
8. Yummy Christmas dinner at Wallsberg.
9. Great parents who have taught me what Christmas is really about. Their good hearts and great examples.
10. Living close to family for the holidays.
December 24
1. Our breakfast tradition on Christmas Eve with my Grandma Bowden. My kids look forward to it.
2. Christmas Eve dinner at Millers yummy food, games, Christmas jammies, and my cute new necklace.
3. Seeing the kids so excited and tracking Santa on the computer.
4. Our own little Christmas Eve gathering as a family around the fire tonight. Talking about the real meaning of Christmas, the Savior and helping others. We are so lucky to have Jason at the head of our house. He talked to them about Christmas's when he was a boy and then taught them about all the things that are important. He bore his testimony to them and I know they were all really listening for a change. I felt the spirit so strong and felt an over whelming feeling of love and gratitude for my good family and life! Then we all shared our favorite Christmas memory. Max's favorite Christmas memory was helping a family in Springville for a Sub for Santa and he just cried. He is the most tender hearted kid I have ever known and gave the most incredibly sincere prayer tonight. I am telling you that he is one special boy!!!!
5. Checking outside one last time to see if we could see anything in the sky and sure enough Abbie spotted Santa. We hurried and set out cookies and egg nog and got into bed as fast as we could. I LOVE having little kids that make Christmas so fun and magical!
6. Spending my 19th Christmas Eve with the person I love more than anything! Watching him be in a panic after the kids all finally go to sleep and saying shhhhhhh about every 10 seconds.
2. Christmas Eve dinner at Millers yummy food, games, Christmas jammies, and my cute new necklace.
3. Seeing the kids so excited and tracking Santa on the computer.
4. Our own little Christmas Eve gathering as a family around the fire tonight. Talking about the real meaning of Christmas, the Savior and helping others. We are so lucky to have Jason at the head of our house. He talked to them about Christmas's when he was a boy and then taught them about all the things that are important. He bore his testimony to them and I know they were all really listening for a change. I felt the spirit so strong and felt an over whelming feeling of love and gratitude for my good family and life! Then we all shared our favorite Christmas memory. Max's favorite Christmas memory was helping a family in Springville for a Sub for Santa and he just cried. He is the most tender hearted kid I have ever known and gave the most incredibly sincere prayer tonight. I am telling you that he is one special boy!!!!
5. Checking outside one last time to see if we could see anything in the sky and sure enough Abbie spotted Santa. We hurried and set out cookies and egg nog and got into bed as fast as we could. I LOVE having little kids that make Christmas so fun and magical!
6. Spending my 19th Christmas Eve with the person I love more than anything! Watching him be in a panic after the kids all finally go to sleep and saying shhhhhhh about every 10 seconds.
December 23
1. Going to visit both of my Grandma's with the kids for Christmas.
2. It is officially Christmas Break.
3. Having Jason to help finish up the last of the Christmas shopping. He always knows exactly what to get.
4. All the yummy Christmas goodies by the dozens.
5. Abbie's new short haircut.
2. It is officially Christmas Break.
3. Having Jason to help finish up the last of the Christmas shopping. He always knows exactly what to get.
4. All the yummy Christmas goodies by the dozens.
5. Abbie's new short haircut.
Tuesday
December 22
1. "Merry Christmas Lindon Elementary" and watching my kids sing their hearts out today.
2. Having the Yarro's over for a big win in the Las Vegas Bowl.
3. Having Em and Ash help me make chocolate oreo balls and egg nog cake.
4. Millie and Lucy making the Byy meaning BYU signs and taping them all around the house.
5. More snow. I hope it stays around for a white Christmas!
2. Having the Yarro's over for a big win in the Las Vegas Bowl.
3. Having Em and Ash help me make chocolate oreo balls and egg nog cake.
4. Millie and Lucy making the Byy meaning BYU signs and taping them all around the house.
5. More snow. I hope it stays around for a white Christmas!
Monday
December 21
1. Lucy's cute Christmas program at preschool today.
2. I tried a new made up panini tonight and it was a hit with the kids. Cabinara!
3. I finally got my Christmas cards.
4. Emilee. Boy do I feel lucky to have her for a daughter and a friend!!! I am so grateful that she comes home from school and tells me about the things she hears at school.
5. Talking to both my sisters today!
2. I tried a new made up panini tonight and it was a hit with the kids. Cabinara!
3. I finally got my Christmas cards.
4. Emilee. Boy do I feel lucky to have her for a daughter and a friend!!! I am so grateful that she comes home from school and tells me about the things she hears at school.
5. Talking to both my sisters today!
December 20
1. The beautiful Christmas program and music for Sacrament.
2. I got Relief Society teachers.
3. Emilee helps us with the kids on Sunday while Jason and I are meetings ALL day.
4. Driving around with the kids hanging outside the car while delivering neighbor gifts. Them singing to the Anderson's.
5. Max fasting for the poor people to have a good Christmas.
6. Coming down stairs to find all of the kids cuddled up on Jason's lap watching the Polar Express.
2. I got Relief Society teachers.
3. Emilee helps us with the kids on Sunday while Jason and I are meetings ALL day.
4. Driving around with the kids hanging outside the car while delivering neighbor gifts. Them singing to the Anderson's.
5. Max fasting for the poor people to have a good Christmas.
6. Coming down stairs to find all of the kids cuddled up on Jason's lap watching the Polar Express.
December 19
1. Jason fixing our bathroom sink and watching him squirm with mess and smell.
2. Walking down state street with Jay to get a diet coke for him and a walk through Down East Home for me.
3. A clean car!
4. The Miller/Bonnett Christmas party and watching all of my kids pick out what just what they wanted to give to their cousins.
5. Abbie wanting to give her Barbie to the poor for Christimas. So we drove to Albertsons and let her donate it to "Toys for Tots"
2. Walking down state street with Jay to get a diet coke for him and a walk through Down East Home for me.
3. A clean car!
4. The Miller/Bonnett Christmas party and watching all of my kids pick out what just what they wanted to give to their cousins.
5. Abbie wanting to give her Barbie to the poor for Christimas. So we drove to Albertsons and let her donate it to "Toys for Tots"
December 18
1. My parents took our kids for a Christmas sleepover.
2. A date to Roosters and their yummy shrimp dumplings.
3. Walking the mall with Jason and Jayne and watching all the hustle and bustle and feeling the Christmas spirit in the air.
4. Watching Four Christmas's with Jason down in the basement.
5. Feeling like I have the 5 BEST kids in the whole world!
2. A date to Roosters and their yummy shrimp dumplings.
3. Walking the mall with Jason and Jayne and watching all the hustle and bustle and feeling the Christmas spirit in the air.
4. Watching Four Christmas's with Jason down in the basement.
5. Feeling like I have the 5 BEST kids in the whole world!
December 17
1. Getting my neighbor gifts bought.
2. Clean sheets.
3. Curling Irons
4. Clean Clothes
5. Lockers for each of kids to hide all of their stuff.
2. Clean sheets.
3. Curling Irons
4. Clean Clothes
5. Lockers for each of kids to hide all of their stuff.
Thursday
December 16
1. Breakfast for dinner
2. Miss Mather. Max loves her and her Christmas around the world.
3. Jayne keeps trying to walk and is taking several steps.
4. Jayne's dance moves. Every time she hears music she starts to nod her head and move her arm back and forth. Especially to "It's a Party in the USA"
5. Abbie and Lucy are best friends.
2. Miss Mather. Max loves her and her Christmas around the world.
3. Jayne keeps trying to walk and is taking several steps.
4. Jayne's dance moves. Every time she hears music she starts to nod her head and move her arm back and forth. Especially to "It's a Party in the USA"
5. Abbie and Lucy are best friends.
December 15
1. Lucy took a nap.
2. Getting presents under the tree and the excitement from each child.
3. Jason hasn't been going to the Gym this week and waking up with him right next to me!
4. Jayne's toothless grin. (her 1st tooth is just breaking through and I don't want it to. That just means she is growing up)
5. Jason goes with me every night (twice) to pick up the girls from dance.
2. Getting presents under the tree and the excitement from each child.
3. Jason hasn't been going to the Gym this week and waking up with him right next to me!
4. Jayne's toothless grin. (her 1st tooth is just breaking through and I don't want it to. That just means she is growing up)
5. Jason goes with me every night (twice) to pick up the girls from dance.
Tuesday
December 14
1. Watching Jason dunk the basketball tonight.
2. Getting to go to both of my boys games in one night.
3. Dunford donuts
4. The dollar store.
5. Jayne's eyes lighting up when she sees her Daddy.
2. Getting to go to both of my boys games in one night.
3. Dunford donuts
4. The dollar store.
5. Jayne's eyes lighting up when she sees her Daddy.
December 13
1. My Tahoe. All kaos broke out after church with everyone sliding Everywhere on the way home. Poor Wendy took out a power box.
2. Carols to our Kings. (Except for the incident with Max when we got home.)
3. Soren and Nina Anderson.
4. A fire in our fireplace.
5. Binkis
2. Carols to our Kings. (Except for the incident with Max when we got home.)
3. Soren and Nina Anderson.
4. A fire in our fireplace.
5. Binkis
December 12
1. Christmas Breakfast at the Brodericks. Grateful for Jason's calling in the Bishopric and the great people he works with.
2. Snow this time of year. It makes everything more festive and magical.
3. Our ward Christmas party is over.
4. That I still have children who get excited to see Santa. I loved watching Lucy sit on his lap at the ward party.
5. Jason as my partner in everything I do.... Ward Party, Christmas shopping, house cleaning, & raising our kids!
2. Snow this time of year. It makes everything more festive and magical.
3. Our ward Christmas party is over.
4. That I still have children who get excited to see Santa. I loved watching Lucy sit on his lap at the ward party.
5. Jason as my partner in everything I do.... Ward Party, Christmas shopping, house cleaning, & raising our kids!
Saturday
December 11
1. The weekend with everybody home together!
2. DATE NIGHT! I have the cutest date in the world and tonight we went and saw the Blindside. I loved it! I loved holding my date's hand in the movie. I love Jason!
3. The good example my Mom was to me in opening our home to Jim, Verdean, Heath, & James.
4. Shopping with Jayne.
5. Emilee has Ashley as her BBF.
2. DATE NIGHT! I have the cutest date in the world and tonight we went and saw the Blindside. I loved it! I loved holding my date's hand in the movie. I love Jason!
3. The good example my Mom was to me in opening our home to Jim, Verdean, Heath, & James.
4. Shopping with Jayne.
5. Emilee has Ashley as her BBF.
Friday
December 10
1. A sparkling clean house.
2. New family pictures.
3. Abbie rubbing my sore back.
4. Making Rice Krispy treats for my family.
5. Troy Brown and the time he puts into coaching Max.
2. New family pictures.
3. Abbie rubbing my sore back.
4. Making Rice Krispy treats for my family.
5. Troy Brown and the time he puts into coaching Max.
Wednesday
December 9
1. Waking up next to Jason.
2. Jayne's smile in my rear view mirror as I drive.
3. Flat Irons.
4. My new stroller that my friends in the ward help me get when I had Jayne.
5. Nat King Cole's Christmas music.
2. Jayne's smile in my rear view mirror as I drive.
3. Flat Irons.
4. My new stroller that my friends in the ward help me get when I had Jayne.
5. Nat King Cole's Christmas music.
December 8
1. A day to stay home and clean in this cold snowy weather.
2. Reading with Lucy this morning.
3. Matt got a job.
4. Warm boots.
5. Clementines
2. Reading with Lucy this morning.
3. Matt got a job.
4. Warm boots.
5. Clementines
Tuesday
December 7
1. All my kids in their snow gear heading out to sled.
2. Having my whole family in the car together driving out to Open Court to support our Max.
3. Warm soup and hot rolls.
4. Max's concern about the guy who wanted to shovel our walks for money.
5. A 4 - wheel drive car.
2. Having my whole family in the car together driving out to Open Court to support our Max.
3. Warm soup and hot rolls.
4. Max's concern about the guy who wanted to shovel our walks for money.
5. A 4 - wheel drive car.
Sunday
December 6
1. The Christmas Spirit
2. Waking up to a little snow.
3. Our great Morning side and the feeling that it set for the day and hopefully throughout the holiday.
4. Going to Lily's blessing and that Jason holds the priesthood.
5. Taking pumpkin bread and cookies to Tay.
6. Jason came home tonight and continued his cleaning spree. He has all of the laundry done in the house.
2. Waking up to a little snow.
3. Our great Morning side and the feeling that it set for the day and hopefully throughout the holiday.
4. Going to Lily's blessing and that Jason holds the priesthood.
5. Taking pumpkin bread and cookies to Tay.
6. Jason came home tonight and continued his cleaning spree. He has all of the laundry done in the house.
December 5
1. Being done baking 60+ loaves of pumpkin bread for our Relief Society morning side.
2. Having Jason helping me around the house tonight doing laundry, washing the door on the fridge, cleaning the sink, vacuuming. Emilee said "That is a first."
3. Going to the Christmas parade with the kids and handing out candy canes.
4. Putting on make up on and doing all 3 of my girls hair before their dance recital.
5. Watching my talented girls dance their hearts out tonight and best of all that Lucy got to dance with them this year.
2. Having Jason helping me around the house tonight doing laundry, washing the door on the fridge, cleaning the sink, vacuuming. Emilee said "That is a first."
3. Going to the Christmas parade with the kids and handing out candy canes.
4. Putting on make up on and doing all 3 of my girls hair before their dance recital.
5. Watching my talented girls dance their hearts out tonight and best of all that Lucy got to dance with them this year.
December 4
1. A late night date to Zupas.
2. Lucy telling me that she had to "warm up" for her dance recital.
3. Watching her move her hips at her dress rehearsal.
4. A yummy Christmas honey baked ham in the fridge.
5. Christmas music.
2. Lucy telling me that she had to "warm up" for her dance recital.
3. Watching her move her hips at her dress rehearsal.
4. A yummy Christmas honey baked ham in the fridge.
5. Christmas music.
Saturday
December 3
1. Jason helping cut out the tags for our Morning side.
2. A fire in the fireplace tonight.
3. Our house feeling like Christmas. Clean and all of the lights on and decorations up.
4. Lucy helping and putting random decorations on different doors and all over and loving every bit of it.
5. Being a mom!
2. A fire in the fireplace tonight.
3. Our house feeling like Christmas. Clean and all of the lights on and decorations up.
4. Lucy helping and putting random decorations on different doors and all over and loving every bit of it.
5. Being a mom!
Thursday
December 2
1. Practicing times tables with Max tonight and him answering in his sports numbers. (Ex. 8 X 4 = Dennis Pitta (32) 4 X 2 = Darrin Williams 8) He had somebody for every single number. How does he know that kinda stuff?
2. Talking to him about his friends tonight and him telling me that "Reed is a good friend and is going to weave me a blanket." (They have been learning to weave at school for Thanksgiving.)
3. A love email from Jason. I about fell over from shock.
4. Abbie went back to school today.
5. Getting in the tub with Jayne this morning.
2. Talking to him about his friends tonight and him telling me that "Reed is a good friend and is going to weave me a blanket." (They have been learning to weave at school for Thanksgiving.)
3. A love email from Jason. I about fell over from shock.
4. Abbie went back to school today.
5. Getting in the tub with Jayne this morning.
Tuesday
December 1
1. Scripture reading with my kids each morning.
2. Having Abbie home today and her help decorating the mantel for Christmas.
3. Jason came home safe from his day trip to Moab for work.
4. Eating less and my new resolve (again) to lose this weight!
5. My baby!!!!!
2. Having Abbie home today and her help decorating the mantel for Christmas.
3. Jason came home safe from his day trip to Moab for work.
4. Eating less and my new resolve (again) to lose this weight!
5. My baby!!!!!
November 30
1. Connie Dye for my Visiting Teacher. She is such a sweet, wise, & strong lady and a dear friend. She brought me a beautiful poinsettia today.
2. Lucy singing Christmas carols all day long in her cute little voice.
3. Starfall
4. Holding Jason's hand in the car.
5. Gainell picking up the bread pans for RS for me.
2. Lucy singing Christmas carols all day long in her cute little voice.
3. Starfall
4. Holding Jason's hand in the car.
5. Gainell picking up the bread pans for RS for me.
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