Happy Birthday, Simcah!

My sister always wanted a surprise party and this year her wonderful husband planned one for her. It was really special! He wanted it to be nice so we all got sitters and dressed up. She was totally surprised and had a great day!



Here we are together with my other sister, Leah. My new main page picture is Mike and I at the resturaunt. I loved the food! It was amazing! We ate at the Little America Hotel and I have never been somewhere that fancy! It was a really really nice experience. Special thanks to Sim's Husband, Chris.

January

Like I was saying in my earlier blog, about Christmas, I got a REALLY NICE camera. I LOVE It and I am so in love with Mike for the Surprise that he made of it. He knows I love em!
Here are just a few of the wonderful pictures I have taken with it! I am taking lessons to teach me to take better pix! This is Mike and Sayde sledding!


Tsadakah Michelle! She is a SMART cookie! I am extremely busy and barely have time to write this, but I did want to share.



Elle is crawling now and has 1 tooth! this is like a perfect picture of her

Christmas

Ok so BIG bumber. My computer's ethernet port went out so we HAD to get a new computer, which is nice and all, but I don't have any of my pix or stuff until Mike has a chance to work on it. oi! So sorry but no Pictures, although there is lots to tell.

So Christmas was special and we found a way to space it out to last FOREVER! It was great!

First- we decided to celebrate early on account that we were planning on spending the actual Christmas eve and Christmas at Mike's Brother Brent's house. So that Friday night we did all our special traditions. We read our new book and hung the new ornement, then we used paper dolls to tell the Nativity story to Sayde. It was fun! Simple and spiritual!

Gotta go, I'll blog more later.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year we had 3 meals! The sunday before we went to my sister Leah's house and there we had the kids perform a play, so we used the video camera for that so there are no pictures. It was fun.

Then on the actual day of we went to Mike's sister's house for dinner. We all played football (turkey bowl) that morning. I loved watching Mike play and it was fun to play with my sister in law, Stephanie. Jonathan made a really tasty bird!

Then, as if that wasn't enough, we went to Price to see Devin and Becky's new house. Way spacious! It was so fun to see everyone! The only downfall to the holiday was that we got the flew on the last day and Sayde and I had to travel home sick as dogs. But Mike was wonderful at taking care of us and didn't complain for a second.

Pix1 Sayde playing with her cousin Jaxton. They had a blast and had few fights!

Pix2 Eliannah here with Lokey, their new puppy. Seeing that cute little thing made me realize how big she is getting. She is not a tiny baby anymore.

Christmas

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper and bows
2. Real tree or Artificial? I LOVE real, but we have a fake one. Sigh, Marriage is all about comprimise.
3. When do you put up the tree? Dec 1
4. When do you take the tree down? After New Years
5. Do you like eggnog? Yea, but I add a bit o milk
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Barbie doll appartment...I still have it
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, it is kinda boring, Im kicking myself every year for not buying an olive wood one in Israel like my sis did.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Michael.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Simcah and Becky
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? both!...Im kinda a freak
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Sweet pea lotion, it wasn't the gift so much as how it was given. "Your my little sweet pea!" ha ha ha.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It's a Wonderful Life! Classic! also the b&w version of Miracle on 34th
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? mid Nov. I start stratagizing, but I don't do the actually purchasing til I see a good deal
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? ha ha ha yes.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Wassel, fudge, and that nutty brittle stuff
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree ? I like lots and lots of colorful ones.
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night, Celine Dion, and God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen, Sarah Mclaughlan with the Barenaked ladies
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? stay home. but after presents are all done family is a must for sure
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? What a sinch, Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupit Donner And Blitsen, Spelling on the other hand...lol
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Either
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Definately Christmas morning...at like 5 am.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The drama
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Silver and Dark blue, Someday my tree will look like that...all Martha Stewartish!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Thanksgiving repeat
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? 50$ in my snapfish account, sweaters, and Mom Says I Can by Judy Cooley!
26. Who are you going to tag for this Christmas questionaire?? I'm not gonna tag anyone but just do it if your interested

Greatest Hero!

Who Is Your Hero?

Super Hero? Batman...all the way!

Real Life Hero? (Someone you know personally) My husband! He is the best example I have.

Political Hero? Abraham Lincoln.

Literary Hero? (That means fictional character from a book) Marmee off Little Women, and Adicus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird.

Historic Hero? Winston Chirchill...and his father too.

Book of Mormon Hero? Heleman

Bible Hero? (Besides Christ cause He is everyone's ultimate hero) Peter

If you were a super-hero what would your power be? Read Minds

What would your symbol be? um...a lightbulb? lol

Family History Hero? Mary Fielding Smith!

What is the most heroic thing you have ever witnessed? Everytime my husband does some kind of work, like tiling, electric work, installments, carpeting, wood flooring, yard work, painting etc., I think that is heroic cause he never expects anything for his work.

What is the most heroic thing you have ever done? I once helped a handicapped girl up the stairs. I think it really helped her out cause she seemed to be struggling.

There is a hero in all of us, what is your trait(s) that make you one? I think maybe my concideration of other's feelings.

Who has become your newest hero in the past week? Mr. Peggoty from David Copperfield, written by Charles Dickens...and his nephew Ham.


Now it is your turn. Once you have read this you must copy it to your blog/myspace and change the answers for yourself!

Happy Veterans Day!

I usually don't even know that it is Veterans Day. It really isn't a holiday that people take much notice of, but a couple weeks ago changed all that for me. My friends and I were at the park for our play date when Lindy was like "Is that a man over there in that ditch?" It scared me at first cause I was thinking it was a drunk bum or something. (I guess I have heard too many Bundy stories) From what I could see he was in a blue blaizer and had a tool, so I was like "I think it is a worker doing maintenance." (blonde moment I guess). But as we looked closer we saw that it was a cane!!! This poor little old man had fallen into the ditch and couldn't get out!



So we helped him get to the Sr Center he was trying to get to for his supper. The first thing that he did was show us his medals from fighting in WWII. He was so proud of them. He has a purple heart and a presidential medal. So when I saw that Veterans Day was coming up I decided to get the girls together and go visit him and listen to his stories.

He is a really funny man! He kept us laughing through the whole visit. He was shot 5 times while at Waterloo by a machine gun! His Friend who was just 20 pases off was shot in the head and killed. His name is Leonard, which is also my grandfather's name, and he was also shot in the head. He said that his son has all his clothes and helmet which have holes in them. He served 5 years total. And although he was injured in 1943 he continued to serve until he was released in 1945. He said that he just always had to vlunteer.

This is Lindy and I think that she is a hero too! She was the one who saw him and insisted on making sure he was okay and walking to the Sr Center with her tiny baby so they could come and get him after he'd fallen. I cannot imagine what would have happpened to him if she hadn't noticed him. Thank goodness!
So don't forget today all the people who have fallen for you to have a free country, freedom of religion and freedom to work and make so much money that you can have a computer. I know that right now with the man who has been elected as president there is a lot of fear. The future is uncertain but I am still proud to be an American.