"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!"

Jaelyn and JoLee were in the play

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"

They did such a great job!

Wish you all could've been here to see it.

In the picture above, JoLee is sitting on the floor in the white shirt,

Jaelyn is in the middle row in the pink shirt.

JoLee was a cute little angel. She said "my wings got all bent!"

Jaelyn and JoLee. Jaelyn had a lot of speaking parts.

She played "Beth" who is one of the main characters and

had a lot of narration. I don't know how she memorizes

like she does. She is amazing to me. I'd be scared to death,

but she loves it. For a Panguitch production, it was wonderful!!

'Twas the Night before Christmas...

'Twas the night before Christmas...

when we all got new p.j.'s!

We actually found p.j.'s with feet in them,

and they fit!!

The girls were so excited.

Yes, even Mom and Dad got new jammies,

for those of you who are so hung up

about my choice of pj's.

They have no pictures or sayings on them this time.

But I still prefer my other ones.

We all had fun!

These two had to warm up with some

yummy hot chocolate.

Jenson was a little energizer bunny.

He kept going up and down (on his own, this year)

and had so much fun!

Daddy and Jenson went down in a train.
Jack, unpatiently waiting his turn. There were
alot of people there for a while.
Once his friend got there his attitude changed.
These 3 silly girls had a great time. It took Jaelyn
quite a while to get brave. After her accident
last year, she was quite nervous.
We all had fun! No injuries this year! YEAH!

Sledding tradition for JoLee's birthday

Everybody has rosey cheeks from

our fun sledding adventure.

It might have been 15 degrees out there (maybe?!?)

JoLee coming down the hill.
She had a blast!

Check out the beautiful red rock, white snow, and blue sky

behind the birthday girl.

What a fun tradition.

Happy 7th Birthday to JoLee!

Here's the birthday girl!

French toast and a birthday candle

for breakfast.

This is your day...CELEBRATE!

Look at all those sleepy heads!

JoLee is so excited for her special day!

Looks who's enjoying the chocolate bday cake that daddy made.

John is the best cake maker at our house!
Looks like they are both thoroughly enjoying it.

Happy Birthday to JoLee. Hope you had a great day!

We love you!!

Mother/Daughter Date to "New Moon"

Our Mother Daughter Date to

"NEW MOON"

(the girls decorated old tshirt from all of us.)

For dinner we went to a Japanese Steakhouse

and attempted using chopsticks.
In the theater, anticipating the upcoming movie.

We had a fun Mother/Daughter Date -

Thanks Jacie!!

Visiting with Santa

Visiting with Santa at our Ward Party!

WE BELIEVE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Making hardtack on a cold winter day.

Lots of yummy flavors to choose from!!

This is for my Dad - just so you can't say

I haven't updated my blog lately.

I did, amongst computer stress,

and I'll do more later.

Miserable girl!

She finally decided that maybe it would be o.k.

to ice those cheeks.

She didn't want her picture taken but

Mom couldn't resist - blackmail purposes ya know.
It had to get worse before it got better. But now
she's decided that it is o.k. to take pictures.
She is now taking pictures of herself and
posting them on facebook. Silly girl.
She's decided she might as well laugh about it
like the rest of us.

Poor thing. FYI - she does look much better now.

And is back to her normal cute self.

State Volleyball

Panguitch took 1st Place in State Volleyball.

Way to go girls!!

Celebrate good times!!!

It was fun to see the team take the trophy in State Volleyball.

Halloween Parade

Panguitch Elementary Halloween Parade

JoLee wanted to be a cowgirl.

Jenson wanted to be a cowboy.

Jack decided to be a referee.

Thank goodness for simplicity!!

Fall has come to an end!

Time to clean up the yard before

the cold weather sets in.

Jenson chillin' in the wheelbarrow.

JoLee was the official leaf smasher.
I don't know why I can't remember to rotate
the pictures before downloading.
The task master keeping an eye on the monkeys.
He kept making the pile bigger and deeper.

We enjoyed fall while it lasted. I wish it would stay longer.

State Cross-Country

oops, I did it again!

JoLee is quite the leaf collector.

She would love to live by Ma-key.

Jacie @ State Cross Country @Sugar House Park.

Our team took 5th place. Way to go Jacie.
Getting ready.

Jacie and JoLee warming up before the race starts.

JoLee and Mom at our sleepover at the Motel.

Just the two of us. We had fun and stayed up late!