Merry Christmas!

What a great year this has been for us! We have had a lot of great things happen (James started his own company) as well as some not so great things (James appendix ruptured), but the good news is that we survived! We had a wonderful Christmas and I think James and I were more excited about the kids' presents than they were! Here is the tree on Christmas Eve:

We feel so blessed especially at this time for all of our blessings. We really tried to focus on the birth of our Savior for all of our Family Home Evenings this past month. We watched the DVD Joy to the World which is such a great video produced by the church.

Here are some pics of the kids on Christmas. James ended up scoring a -15 degree sleeping bag for his winter camp outs with the first one coming up next weekend and a new ladder! I scored a kitchen aid mixer that I am so excited about and an awesome 'Family' sign for my living room from my friend Joanna! We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!













Happy New year to all:) My new years resolution- Update this blog more often!

Drezden and the Holy Ghost

Yesterday Kayla was watching the kids for us so that we could run and do some last minute shopping. When we got home she told us about Drezden. Here is the story: Drezden asked Kayla for a candy cane. Kayla said, "You need to ask your mom when she gets home." Drezden walks into his room and then walks out of his room to find Kayla. He finds Kayla and says, "Kayla, I talked to the Holy Ghost and he said I could have the candy cane!"

What a spiritual powerhouse wouldn't you say? :)