Yay!!

My house feels more like a house today. For today I now have furniture. :D I no longer have to lay on the bed or sit on the toilet to be able to sit in my house! We have a house full of stuff, instead of boxes and junk! I'm now out of my own little funk. But pictures will have to wait cuz I haven't a way to share them off of my phone on to the puter.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you are all having a good time and are spending this wonderful holiday with your family. I just wanted to thank my Mom and Dad for being such wonderful examples to me. For building family traditions that I hold so dear. I am greatful that each holiday season we go over the Real reason for Christmas, I miss dressing up and playing out the nativity scene, though I am glad that even with how big our family has gotten we can still read and share the tradition of reading the nativity story. It really helps it feel more like Christmas, it gives me a chance to have a more spiritual evening conected with Christmas that I don't always get since it makes Scott uncomfortable. So I just wanted to thank you Mom for still doing the nativity story, even when it is hard cuz of cranky kids. I also wanted to thank you for giving us Dad's journal, it really means a lot to all of us, to have something so personal of Dad's. Thank you for not giving up, for finishing our gifts. You are a Great Treasure, and I Love You!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Tag!

My Christmas Tag, before Christmas at least it isn't after.



1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? For Christmas always wrapping paper.



2. Real Tree or Artifical? Both, my memories as a kid it was always artifical, and since I've been married it has mostly been real. As long as they look good either will work for me, it's the feeling that comes with decorating and looking at it that is important to me.



3. When do you put the tree up? Usually the beginning of December, though there has been a few years that we didn't think we'd get one. We were very fortunate one year and Sister Paulsen was giving out trees to families in third ward who didn't have a lot of money and they had one extra tree and she thought of us. So two days before christmas I got a nice tall real tree when I was sure I wouldn't get one.



4. What day do you take the tree down? I wait as long as I can. Maybe a week into the new year. When Scott is tired of having needles all over the house, or the tree taking up room. It makes me sad to take it down

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5. Do you like eggnog? Surprisingly yes. Though it took until about 2 or 3 years ago for me to make myself try it.



6. Favorite gift recieved as a child? My teddy bear Pickles, from my Grandma Ratliff, the year I was four, I think.



7. Hardest person to buy for? Scott, he doesn't like getting things, so I always have to pay attention to what he says year round, then I just have to hope that I guessed right cuz he'll always say, You didn't need to get me that, so I'm not really ever sure he likes it.



8. Who is the easiest person to buy for? Brina, always have an idea for her.


9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, at least one, maybe another. Though I can't remember and I haven't been able to go look for it to put it out.



10. Mail or email christmas cards? Cards, mail them definitely. Christmas letters, either way.



11. Worst Christmas gift ever recieved? Don't know that I've ever gotten one of those, what does it look like?



12. Favorite Christmas movie? I don't have one, though my favorite Christmas book is The Forgotten Carols.



13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Um... I panic about half way through November, then do the shopping in December, unless I have had an idea for a while. Or if I'm making something for someone.



14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nope, never.



15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Do I have to pick one? Roast Beef, fudge, orange bowknots, hot chocolate, and Candy canes when we used to all sit down and play Hero Quest.



16. Lights on the tree? Yes, I love sitting in the dark enjoying the peacfulness of looking at the tree with it's lights all aglow. Makes me happy.



17. Favorite Christmas song? Silent Night, then O Come All Ye Faithful



18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay Home



19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? yep sure can, but I hum to do it.



20. Angel or star on the top of the tree? Star



21. Open presents on Christmas eve or morning? morning.



22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? That people get so bent out of shape over spending money on presents, when people get carried away with the commercial part of christmas and forget about the important stuff.



23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I like just about anything. Though I am partial to the way Mom does her tree, and i tend to do the same thing.



24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Christmas Eve is our big dinner and it is Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, and gravy.



25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Besides the house that we get; knitting needles, the harmony wood ones that I like.



Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

My House!

My house is now MY house! Escrow closed yesterday. Yay!

House Update!

So yesterday we spent like an hour and a half signing enough papers to have cut down 3 trees. But on the plus side, they told us the earliest escrow will close is Friday the 12th or the latest on Monday the 15th! So like a week sooner than we thought it would close. So yay!

Crazy Eights

8 things I am passionate about:

1. Scott

2. my kids

3. Family

4. Family spending time together.

5. Church

6. Reading

7. Music, that makes me feel good.

8. Life

8 words or phrases I use often:

1. I Love You, Honey!

2. I Love You!

3. SIRUS!

4. Logan, NO!

5. Victoria put him DOWN!

6. I'll be back in a few minutes.

7. Are you ok?

8. Thanks!

8 things I want to do before I die/on my wish list:

1. See the Northern Lights

2. Go see some castles

3. Watch my kids grow up; See them go on missions if they want to

4. Go into the temple with Scott, and then have my kids sealed to me.

5. See them get married

6. Meet my grandchildren

7. Be there for my family, to be able to help whenever needed

8. To have Scott and I celebrate our 50th anniversary together, and know there will still be more, either in this life or the next.

8 things I've learned in the past/from my past:

1. Things Change. No matter if I want them to or not.

2. Parenting is funny until it happens to you, then it's hard.

3. Sometimes Friendshipes don't last, but they last as long as they are needed.

4. Just because something looks to be better, doesn't mean it is better for you right now.

5. Don't go to bed mad, it just makes you cranky in the morning.

6. Family is there for you no matter what, because they love you.

7. Something that was once embarassing really doesn't matter anymore, if it is even remembered.

8. You can never truely fit in anywhere until you except yourself for who you really are.

8 things I currently want or need:

1. To have Escrow close

2. To get out of Mom's house, before Christmas.

3. More patience to deal with my kids.

4. A nice complete set of Harmony Wood Knitting Needles

5. To be good at something

6. to feel important,significant

7. To be able to get the things the kids want and need

8. To be able to thank Scott properly for all that he does for me, to let him know how much he truely means to me.

8 Places I want to see/visit:

1. Scottish Castles

2. The Lincoln Memorial

3. The Great Wall of China

4. Scott's family in Oregon

5. Wherever Tommy and his family is

6. Wyoming to visit with Shan

7. The Moon

8. Heaven

8 favorite restaurants:

1. Home Town Buffet

2. Texas Cattle Co.

3. Marie Calender's, for the pie

4. Tokyo House

5. Olive Garden

6. Outback

7. Red Lobster, sometimes

8. Home with family is always the BEST

8 TV shows I can't live without/am sad to miss:

1. Bones

2. NCIS

3. Knight Rider

4. Heros

5. The Mentalist

6. CSI, all of them

7. Firefly

8. Charmed

8 things that happened yesterday:

1. Woke Victoria up for school.

2. Took pictures of Victoria getting used to Uncle Tevan again.

3. Took Victoria to school.

4. Watched my little boys play with my big boys.

5. Picked Victoria up from school.

6. Watched Transformers with Mom, Taron, and Tevan.

7. All afternoon and evening had family all over to visit with Uncle Tevan.

8. Did bedtime stuff with kids, and got to bed way to late. :)

8 things I look forward to:

1. Moving into my new home.

2. Going into the temple for the first time, as an adult.

3. Christmas, when the family will all be around.

4. The day that it doesn't rip my heart out to leave Sirus crying for me at school.

5. My kids growing up as good, strong, kind people

6. The day Scott joins the church. Whenever it happens.

7. Getting sealed to my family.

8. When I get to see Mom and Dad dance again!

8 things I love about the fall:

1. the crisp smell in the air

2. the smells of the spices/ things baking

3. the holidays, that means the family is coming home to visit

4. the changing colors

5. getting to witness the change of season

6. the comfy snuggly clothes.

7. the smells of fireplaces.

8. warm fuzzy socks!

8 things I need to work on!

1. Understanding others

2. Orginization

3. Keeping my housework up

4. Learning to cook, so that it's edible.

5. Patience with my kids

6. Patience with Scott

7. Getting to church every week.

8. Not letting my feelings get hurt very easily.

Halloween Pics!

It has taken awhile for my pictures to want to load, but I finally got them done.

Victoria was a witch with purple hair, the costume was mine first, but still cute.
Sirus was a Green Pumpkin. Green NOT Orange. It came out pretty cute. And he was happy! Last year a good part of the time he was grumpy.



Logan was a monster. I gave him spots and spikes in hopes that people wouldn't think he was a dragon or a dinosaur. Most people got it. Oh we also gave him purple hair that we spiked a bit. :P

And Daddy was a Tree. :D Well, it was his hunting stuff, but he might as well get some use out of it.

I was a Enchanted Princess.

And Professor Mcgonagall made an appearance.

We had a lot of fun, and the kids were cute, what more can you ask for. :)