bah humbug.....

Just waiting for my Christmas decorating bug to kick in,

and it better kick real hard, cuz I don't have any desire to decorate yet,

which is weird cuz last year I started early and was done by now!!!!

Shhhh......it's a surprise!!!

We had a fun surprise birthday party for Candice and Caitlyn this weekend....

It's always fun when you can pull off a surprise, which we did!

but I can't believe

I have a sweet 16 & sassy 17 year old daughters....

We spent the day at the Fun Zone Park, and by the day, I mean 10 hours of birthday fun!

Happy Birthday Candice and Caitlyn!

C.j. turns 17....

We surprised Candice with decorating her car this morning before school...

the freeked out father...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANDICE JEAN!!!

When Momma's away....

the kids & dog will play!!!

Another sneeky picture by Spencer,

and I'm quite impressed he could captured Sadie in mid-air!

altho, not so much that they let Sadie on the couch!

*if your going to take pictures...

at least don't incriminate yourself!

Two cute damsels in distress...

I love a girl

with a big heart,

a good eye,

and a great camera!

thanks Toni

we love ya!

11-3 to 12-24

I just wanted to share something pretty cool....

if you start reading the Book of Mormon today,

and read 10 pages a day,

underlining each time there is a reference to the Savior,

(ex: Messiah, the One, Jesus, etc.)

you will finish on Christmas Eve,

and literally it will be one of your best Christmas' ever!

.

One year my mom called me and said

"do you want to have the best Christmas ever"?

"like ya,"

I said,

I remember, I had little kids and money was tight and I wanted nothing more than to wake up on Christmas morning after Santa had come and have tonz of presents under the tree...

that's when she explained the

November 3rd-10 page a day-best Christmas ever thing-

okay, it sounded fun, so I took the challenge and did it!

and,

it really was the best Christmas,

I don't remember what Santa brought for us under the tree that year

but, I do remember the beautiful, calm, peaceful feeling I had that year and the love I felt for Our Savior and how grateful I was for Him, and what an honor it was to celebrate Him that Christmas season...

.

Now, some of my brothers and sister still do it,

it's a fun thing we look forward to...

I've skipped the last few years,

but

today we, (my little family) started the Best Ever Christmas Challenge,

we read our 10 pages tonight, and it felt good.

.

.

Hey, do you want to have the best Christmas EVER???

This is how I felt today...

Kurt's company merged and his job was dissolved,

and

I ate too much Halloween candy!