CHRISTMAS

HAVING FUN AT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S DURING CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!

GAME OF NICENESS...CASSIDY HAD THE IDEA TO PLAY THIS LITTLE GAME AT DINNER TIME (WE PICKED SOMEBODY'S NAME AND TOLD THEM SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE ABOUT THEM)...IT WAS A CUTE IDEA!

DAVE AND BRANDON HIKED UP THE MOUNTAIN WITH THE IDEA TO SLED DOWN, BUT THE SNOW WAS TOO DEEP AND IT DIDN'T WORK AS PLANNED...SO SAD.

US AFTER THE SLED RIDE DOWN THE MOUNTAIN....WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE END AND TURN UP YOUR VOLUME...IT WAS A BLAST!

GRANDMA AND CASS MADE THEIR ANNUAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE...WHAT A MESS!

DANIELEEEE....WHAT IS THAT ON YOUR CHIN? TEE HEE BUT IT WAS SO FUNNY!

DAD WAS SO NICE TO MAKE US A SLEDDING TRAIL...IT EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO ICE AND WE WENT SUPER FAST!

OH SO CUTE.

THIS IS HOW THE BOYS DO THE DISHES...

DON'T YOU LOVE KIDS FACES WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR PRESENTS? i DO.

MMMM....YUMMY...DAVE'S HOMEMADE EGGNOG! IT WAS DELICIOSO.

SNOW SHOVELING THE DECK...IT WAS SO WINDY!

US AND OUR INSTRUMENTS...IT'S HARD TO LOOK COOL WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING THE BANJO.

MY NEW FAVORITE SALAD...I WANT SOME RIGHT NOW...

CHECK OUT THESE VIDEOS...SORRY ONE IS SIDEWAYS AND MY DAD SAID THAT IS THE DUMBEST THING TO DO IS TO TAKE A VIDEO SIDEWAYS...O.K. DAD. I WON'T DO IT AGAIN!

CHRISTMAS = MAGICAL

CASS AND IZZY SITTING ON SANTA'S LAP AT THE DAYBREAK "POLAR EXPRESS NIGHT" WHERE THEY SERVED HOT COCOA WITH CANDYCANES AND WE WATCHED THE POLAR EXPRESS MOVIE IN OUR PJ'S AND THEY GOT TO WRITE THEIR WISH LIST TO SANTA...THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE CUTEST ACTIVITIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS...WE LOVE YOU!!!

I CAME IN THE HOUSE TO FIND THAT CASS HAD CARRIED THE BINS FROM DOWNSTAIRS (SOME ARE PRETTY HEAVY) TO FIND THESE CUTE LITTLE WINTER DECORATIONS TO PUT ON THE WINDOWS. IT WAS THE CUTEST SIGHT...SHE HAD PULLED THE CHAIR UP TO THE WINDOW AND OPENED THE SHUTTERS...OH...I JUST WANTED TO TOSS HER INTO THE AIR AND CATCH HER...BUT...I DIDN'T. I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME. IT'S THE BEST! IT REALLY IS A MAGICAL HOLIDAY. I LOVE THE DECORATED TREES, ORNAMENTS, THE HOLIDAY SCENTS, WREATHS, HOT DRINKS, FIREPLACES, MUSIC, CHRISTMAS MOVIES, SNUGGLING UP AND READING CHRISTMAS STORIES, PLAYING IN THE SNOW, SLEDDING, WATCHING THE SNOW COME DOWN, GIFTS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND FAMILY.

SEE!?? LOOK HOW MAGICAL THIS RED ORNAMENT IS. I CAME INTO THE FAMILY ROOM TO SEE CASS JUST STARING AT THIS BALL AND TWIRLING IT...

OKAY. SO I ASKED DAVE IF HE'D HANG SOME LIGHTS THIS YEAR. HE SAID "SURE" WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT. I THINK IT WAS QUITE THE ORDEAL AND I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS...

YES...THIS PICTURE ABOVE IS DAVE HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE. TEASING, BUT DOESN'T IT LOOK FUNNY? TEE HAA

THIS PICTURE BELOW IS CRIFF BELAYING DAVE (YES. THEY TAKE THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES VERY SERIOUSLY.) YOU KNOW THEY ARE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO HEIGHTS, ETC. THEY ARE AMAZING IN THE OUTDOORS (RAPPELLING AND ROCKCLIMBING). YOU SHOULD SEE THEM! THEY ARE LIKE VAMPIRES. SEXY.

TADA!!! I LOVE LIGHTS! THANKS DAVE AND CRIFF FOR MAKING MY LIGHTS LOOK SPECTACULAR!!

I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS TIME OF YEAR AS MUCH AS WE ARE! WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS WITH MY PARENTS IN THEIR COZY LITTLE CABIN IN MARYSVALE! SEE THEIR WEBSITE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AT: http://bullionretreat.com/ THEY RENT OUT THE TOP PART OF THEIR CABIN AND IT IS THE BEST! YOU SHOULD TRY IT! THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

MY LITTLE DANCING FEATHERHEAD

Cassidy just had her Christmas dance recital and she did a great job!

If you tell Cass to pose for a picture...the poses keep on comin'!

I took a short clip of the dance...for those of you who couldn't make it! Here it goes...

DUMB FINALS

Hip Hip Hooray...Finals are over!!! THIS has been in my kitchen for the past 2 weeks! Books, papers, pencils, pens, calculators, laptops, erasers and this Full-Time Student studier...

Cross that semester off and to the next!

UGLIEST CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY

UM. AT LEAST THEY AREN'T FROLICKING ON THE BEACH AGAIN. THIS WAS A GREAT EXCUSE TO HANG OUT DURING THE HOLIDAYS! I LOVE THE UGLIEST CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY...I LIKE ANY REASON TO GET TOGETHER!

AND...THE HOSTESS...MEAG...LOVE YOU! YOU WOULD'VE WON "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE"!SO I'VE PRETTY MUCH ADOPTED DANI-POO'S BEST FRIENDS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE GIRLS...AND GUYS. WE ALWAYS HAVE A BLAST WHEN WE GET TOGETHER.

WHOEVER TOOK THIS PICTURE...THANKS!

OH MY! LOOK AT HER SOCKS...I'M SO EMBARRASED.

PLEASE EXPLAIN. I KNOW THAT'S MY BOOT...BUT...?

BRITTANY AND MIKE

WATCH OUT...THAT TURTLENECK IS GOING TO SWALLOW YOU!

SHANNA AND JAMES (YES...JAMES PEARSON FROM MY JUNIOR HIGH) IT WAS FUN TO RUN INTO THESE GUYS!

wOw! mOVE It...wORk It...

ME AND DAVE WENT SHOPPING TO DILLARDS TO FIND OUR SWEATERS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY BUY THESE TO WEAR FOR THE HOLIDAYS?! P.S. DAVE'S WEARING A WOMANS SWEATER! TEE HEE...

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I? ~E.Y. Harburg

FLY AWAY DANI-GIRL...FLY FLY AWAY...

"DAVE"

So...Dave, Cass, and I were laying in our bed yesterday morning watching t.v. and somebody on the t.v. said the name "DAVE". Cassidy got up (really excited) and said..."DAD! Did you hear that guys name? He has the same name as you! Aren't you surprised?"
Dave and I just looked at eachother...and smiled :) The things little kids say...

BFF'S FOREVER

BRADY (ANGE'S), DAVE (MINE), AND ADAM(SINI'S) JAMMIN' THEIR HEARTS OUT!
WELL WE HAD OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY AT ANGE'S HOUSE THIS YEAR! WE HAD A BLAST AGAIN...IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO CATCH UP AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN EVERYONE'S LIVES! STEPH WE MISSED YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU!

OUR HUBBIES ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING TO KEEP THEM BUSY! I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY GET ALONG JUST AS GOOD AS WE DO!

GUESS WHO?! THIS IS MY CASSIDY ON THE LEFT AND JILL'S LITTLE GIRL (JANNA) ON THE RIGHT...HOW CUTE IS THIS?!! IT'S SO FUN TO SEE THE KIDS PLAY TOGETHER, IT'S LIKE LITTLE MINIATURES OF US RUNNING AROUND...LOVE IT.

SINI, JILL AND STEPH ARE ALL EXPECTING. I AM JEALOUS. ANGE JUST HAD A BABY!