This was a great gift that Annette found for Chris in Las Vegas. It is a chef hat and shirt! He has the candy shop in Rigby now, and is so busy making and selling Heidi's fudge. He is such a great cook. For Christmas dinner he and Cindy made us all a wonderful Shrimp dinner that was sooooooooo good!

The presents and tree in the picture is our Christmas morning. I loved watching the girls open their presents. Kids make Christmas so much fun! Alexis was so funny. The only thing she wanted for Christmas was a iron that can put colors in your hair. So every present she opened, she would let out a big sigh and then chuck it. "this isn't my iron.. this isn't my iron..." and then when she did get it, she could have been done.
I was spoiled by Santa this year... He gave me a really nice camera that I wanted really bad, and I didn't even ask for it or know I was going to get it. I love being surprised!

My mom bought the girls the cute flower head bands for the girls which is perfect for my girls because they live in dress up clothes! the little girl on right with my girls it Brad and Sara's little girl Mia. She is going to be three this April, and is such a smart little girl. With the Merrill grandkids we have five girls and three of them are mine. We just found out that Greg and Jackie are going to have a fourth boy in May. So that will make eight grand-boys.

Chistmas Vacation

We went to Rigby for Christmas a little early and opened presents with the Merrill's! The girls loved all the presents they opened and have played with them all a ton. Elizabeth was so excited to finally open a present she could hardly stand it! Ryan and I also got to open presents and it was so fun. My family has always been so great at finding great gifts, and put so much thought into each present. We had a lot of fun while we were in town. I had a party with my girl friends the first night in town. It is so fun to get together and just talk and hang out. No matter how much time goes by, I have always felt so comfortable around my high school buddies. The next day Ryan worked with Rob
and Annette on their new house while my mom
and I took all the kids swimming.
We also had a Mueller Christmas party and
It was so fun to see everyone and get together.
I wish now that I could have had more time and
talked to them all a little more.
We have a great family, and great friends, and we
had a great Christmas.

Alexis and Rett

Alexis had another cheer performance she did on December 18th. Rett (Alexis's cousin) came with Grandma and Grandpa Harris to watch her do her cheer and dance. She did very well and was very confident. She was very happy to have her family their to watch her.

Vegas trip

I went on a wonderful trip to Vegas with my Sister in law Sara, Annette, and Sara's Cousin Alecia. We had such a great time and did so much! We were able to stay at the Venetian hotel and the room was so incredible! We had breakfast in bed one of the mornings, which was a big change from how my mornings usually go, and then we were able to take our time getting ready, and just relax . We saw Keith Anderson in concert one of the nights, and it was the best concert! It was in a club in Vegas with maybe 50 people! It was like having him play just for us! At one point in the concert, we all went on stage with them and took them a gift! Then after the concert, we had back stage passes, so we were able to hang out and watch them, and get pictures and talk with everyone. It was really neat.
We also went to another show called Kah I don't remember how it is spelt, so I hope you know which one. It was really incredible. I loved it!
We spent one morning in the spa in the Venetian hotel that is one of the worlds top spa's, and it was just like heaven. We had two day's that we went shopping, and that was so much fun! The whole trip was just so great, and now I am home, and I really have to get back to work. Oh yea, and we did see a show called thunder down under......

Once there was a snowman

The first day of snow! Alexis got home from school, and was dead set on building a snowman! So we all went and rounded up some dirty snow balls! The snow looks a little yellow, but it is very fresh.

Go Alexis

Alexis did her performance for the half time at the game tonight, and she did so well. Each time she does it she is more and more confident and shakes her stuff just a little more each time. She did great and I was really proud of her. It is so fun to watch her do things like this. It really makes her look so big! The girls in the picture with her are two of her best friends Ashlyn and Sydnee Marlow.

Wreath

So this year I didn't see any cute wreaths that I felt like spending 30 bucks on so I made one myself! I thought it turned out pretty good for my first time! Yea me!!!

Santa is in town!

We had our ward party tonight and we saw Santa! It was great, Elizabeth didn't leave his side the whole night. She watched all the kids sit on his lap, and after they would tell him what they wanted, Elizabeth would say, "I want that too" I love that girl, she is so funny! Brytlee didn't know what to think of him but she did get a good pull on his beard. Then tried to fly away as you can see in the picture.
I have all of our Christmas decorations up and the lights are on the house, and the presents are wrapped, and I think I am done shopping for the most part, so we are very ready for Christmas!!!

Bounce back

Our little Brytlee has been sick for a while now, and so I took her into the hospital and found out she had pneumonia. It was so sad to watch my baby getting needles put into her for the blood test and for the IV and they could not find a vain in her so the had to do it over eight times. They had me helping them keep her still when all I really wanted to do was grab her and run out. She is doing so much better and every day that she was on the medicine I could see a difference and now I feel like I finally have my baby back. She is starting to talk, and stands up all the time now. She loves to follow the girls where ever they go, and plays where ever they are. She is such a sweetheart, and I love her like crazy.