My new favorite Christmas song (one of many, I suppose)! Faith Hill sings this one. Anyways, I was listening to it tonight and it brought tears to my eyes like it always does. I’ve posted a few of my favorite Simon Dewey paintings to go along with this post and how I feel about our…

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Our tradition of looking at Christmas lights just got better–it now involves chocolate, but what a great thing to add to any tradition, I say:). We stopped at a gas station and I loaded us up with hot chocolate and some chocolate donuts. Next year I’ll plan better and just make some at home to…

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Bailey is 3 months old! Her weight check was today and she weighs 10 lbs. 10 oz. and is still 24 1/4″ tall–do they ever measure her the same? Seriously, I think it’s always the same or goes back and forth so she “shrunk” sometimes. Oh well…but what that means is that she is no…

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This: Plus this: Equals this: “But mom, we were just drawing ourselves to look like Come Foo Panda!” This was two days after they did it, so it’d been scrubbed even. I guess Devon was supposed to be mad like Tai Lung. This: Plus this: Equals this: And this:Oh Devon, what were you thinking? :)

My good friend Andrea decided that she wanted to do something a little more special for her friends around where she lives now, and came up with a great idea. She decided she wanted to have a special night where we all wrote thoughtful notes to each other, expressing our love for one another and…

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We had a blast at the Christmas party this year. Jerry and Sheila always put a lot of effort into it and it was so much fun, as always. This year there was an English theme, so we had all sorts of yummy English food (see previous post to see what Dillon made) and sang…

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He took time out of his busy schedule making a bunch of food for the Hurst party last Saturday, and built a snowman with the boys since it was the first big snowfall of the year. Making roasties, trifle, dipping macaroons in chocolate, and Yorkshire puddings was quite the feat that day in itself–it all…

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In my search to find some cool traditions for Christmas, I read somewhere that their family would hang a white stocking up and everyone would write down what they will give The Savior the coming year, and put the papers in the stocking. So, for our neighbor and some family gifts, that’s what we did–gave…

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Imagine you are with your kids and your little 3 year old is so excited to deliver the neighborhood Christmas gifts. He knocks on the door for 15 seconds, rings the doorbell 5 times, just to make sure the people are home. They answer, his face lights up, and he smiles and sweetly says “Merry…

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