gingerbread men, ice cream cones, rainbows and a gingerbread house. My fingers were very sore after hours of using the glue-gun. But the homemade decorations did turn out cute! And I've been assured that next year I won't have to make any! Plus helping out with Christmas is always a great excuse to go down and enjoy my sister's gourmet meals!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Candyland
Every year I go help my sister and her husband decorate for Christmas. Each year they have a different "themed" Christmas tree(which is 9ft tall). This year's theme was "Candyland" after the popular children's game. This year I didn't decorate as much as I made the decorations. We made lollipops, kisses, 
gingerbread men, ice cream cones, rainbows and a gingerbread house. My fingers were very sore after hours of using the glue-gun. But the homemade decorations did turn out cute! And I've been assured that next year I won't have to make any! Plus helping out with Christmas is always a great excuse to go down and enjoy my sister's gourmet meals!
gingerbread men, ice cream cones, rainbows and a gingerbread house. My fingers were very sore after hours of using the glue-gun. But the homemade decorations did turn out cute! And I've been assured that next year I won't have to make any! Plus helping out with Christmas is always a great excuse to go down and enjoy my sister's gourmet meals!
Festival of Trees
Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Festival of the Trees. I tree "watched" by making sure no one touched the trees I was assigned to. The Festival of Trees is a great fundraiser for Primary Chil
dren's Hospital. There are literally hundreds of decorated trees that are on sale, with all the proceeds going to the hospital research and patient care. A majority of the trees are decorated by those families who have lost someone, usually to cancer. Each tree has a little story of what inspired the tree decorations. One of the trees I was watching was called G
randma's Love. Grandma had died of cancer and the tree had been decorated in teddy bears, etc...and lots of gifts she would have given to her grandchildren if she was alive. The tree next to it was donated by 2 mothers who had stillborn daughters---so lots of pink, a tea set, ballerina stuff, baby doll stuff---basically all girly girl stuff surrounded the tree or was on the tree! Even though sometimes the tree stories made you sad, it was great to see the families celebrate their loved ones life and raise money for a great cause! It is a very popular venue to visit at Christmastime!
dren's Hospital. There are literally hundreds of decorated trees that are on sale, with all the proceeds going to the hospital research and patient care. A majority of the trees are decorated by those families who have lost someone, usually to cancer. Each tree has a little story of what inspired the tree decorations. One of the trees I was watching was called G
randma's Love. Grandma had died of cancer and the tree had been decorated in teddy bears, etc...and lots of gifts she would have given to her grandchildren if she was alive. The tree next to it was donated by 2 mothers who had stillborn daughters---so lots of pink, a tea set, ballerina stuff, baby doll stuff---basically all girly girl stuff surrounded the tree or was on the tree! Even though sometimes the tree stories made you sad, it was great to see the families celebrate their loved ones life and raise money for a great cause! It is a very popular venue to visit at Christmastime!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
New Moon
Yes it is true: I read the Twilight series. I haven't been as obsessed over it as other women, but I enjoyed them. Now the movies have started. New Moon came out last weekend. I loved this book because we learn more about Jacob and I learned to just love him! So the movie was extra awesome because Jacob was in it most of the time! And his body was so ripped! Wow! I lost my breath a bit when he took off his shirt the 1st time in the movie! One woman in the audience yelled out "rewind" after that scene. Plus the mov
ie had a lot of humor in it(some of the cheesy stuff made me laugh too)! My friend had rented out a theater in SLC so I got to see it at 9pm before it "officially" opened at midnight! So I went with a bunch of my neighbors. We had a great time! This 2nd movie of the series was so much better than the 1st one! I wouldn't mind finding a Jacob(of course not as a werewolf and 20 years older)!
ie had a lot of humor in it(some of the cheesy stuff made me laugh too)! My friend had rented out a theater in SLC so I got to see it at 9pm before it "officially" opened at midnight! So I went with a bunch of my neighbors. We had a great time! This 2nd movie of the series was so much better than the 1st one! I wouldn't mind finding a Jacob(of course not as a werewolf and 20 years older)!
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is my favorite all-time group! Recently they came out with a new CD and book. CD is great! I'm still waiting for the book to come. Bon Jovi has been around since 1983 and I've loved them ever since! I loved Bon Jovi with long hair, medium hair and now short hair! He just keeps getting better looking! Plus he's a dedicated family man and humanitarian! You gotta love that! Enjoy one of his new singles:
Additions to our family
Since August, we have had 4 new additions to our family. In August, Brenner Jay cam
e to TJ and Sari. In September, 'Netta & Bobby brought Anthony Luis into the world and 10 days later Kristie joined our family by marrying my nephew, Jacob. And finally at the beginning of November, Matthew Arlyss was born to Skylar and Annie! So we've had a busy few months! I now have 14 great-nieces & nephews! I love seeing the family grow!! 
e to TJ and Sari. In September, 'Netta & Bobby brought Anthony Luis into the world and 10 days later Kristie joined our family by marrying my nephew, Jacob. And finally at the beginning of November, Matthew Arlyss was born to Skylar and Annie! So we've had a busy few months! I now have 14 great-nieces & nephews! I love seeing the family grow!! 
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