Temple Lights

I love to go to the Mesa, AZ temple to see the Christmas lights.

We were at my sisters house in Mesa, so they watched the kids while we went to the temple.  We forgot our temple bags and David forgot his recommend, but we did get in to do initiatory work.  It sure is hard to get to the temple.  I am so glad that we made it, the Spirit was wonderful. We then went back to get the kids and see the lights.

Cutting down the Christmas Tree

As newlyweds we started a tradition to cut down our Christmas tree. Saturday we made the trip up north, and there was snow!!!

Alayna was so happy to be able to play in the snow.  She told us before we left that there would be snow.

The kids liked eating the snow.  The weather was nice, not too cold.

Of course we made a snowman, but the snow was a little icy for rolling the snow balls.

Gideon helped cut down the tree.

Our dog, Duke, even helped pull the tree back to the truck.  Until he got stuck, so it lasted all of 3 minutes. We had a fun adventures.  It is great making memories with the kids!

Our Kids

On Wednesday we found out that our Baby is a Girl. Alayna is an April baby, so I have all the girl stuff.

Gideon love to play with this toy.  Isn't he cute in his new sweater vest?

Miss Alayna, hmm, we love our big sister! She loves PJ's.

Coming Holidays

As we were leaving Wal-Mart today the store greeter gives the kids stickers and tells us when Santa will be visiting the store.  (He looked like he might be Santa:) So when we get to the car Alayna says that when we get home she is going to her room to play and wait for Santa.  Oh, how come the nice greeter had to talk about Santa?  A little pre-schooler has little concept of time and how long she will be waiting for Santa.

I won’t deny that I am excited for the coming holidays, but I am glad that I have two months to get ready.  One of my favorite holiday traditions is mailing and receiving cards.  I have always loved receiving any type of card in the mail.  There is something special about hearing from family and friends.

I love photo cards.  Shutterfly is a great site for creating photo cards.  This past year I used Shutterfly for making Mother’s and Father’s Day cards.  Which are now taped to Grandma's walls.

Here is the link for their holiday cards: http://www.shutterfly.com/

David is already planning our Christmas family photo, wow.  This is our cards from a few years ago.

I will be using this site for creating this year’s Christmas card: http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

And in a few months when the baby comes, I probably will be using this link for my baby’s birth announcement. 

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birth-announcements

And that’s my little plug for Shutterfly’s photo cards:)