Meet Santa and "Bolt" the Movie

Soooo. There is no mall in our town. BUT Murphy Oil does have their annual children's movie day in December as a Christmas party and Santa is present. The children get to talk to Santa, get a free kids pack and watch a movie. We watched "Bolt." I wasn't thrilled with the movie. The whole idea of the movie was odd. The dog, Bolt, lives on a movie set. He thinks he has real super powers. One day, he accidentally leaves the movie set and realizes 2/3's of the way through the movie that he really doesn't have super powers. He is just a real dog. EVEN Tyler didn't get it. He asked at the end, "how did Bolt loose his powers?" The annimation of the movie was GREAT but, for a cartoon, the story line was way over the age group they were targeting. Why in the world would a super dog not be SUPER??? Oh well. Free movie and food is GREAT by me. Thanks Murphy.

Now about Santa...what's going on with the hair in your eyes??? You must be pretty good to see everyone with one eye! Funny! Drew was a little unsure about the whole thing. He wants a four-wheeler, Rachel wants a motor scooter and Tyler wants an I-Pod! Wooooo hooooooo.

The Christmas Card I Didn't Use!

OK. So I spent hours creating these photos. Then, I went with a totally different look and picture. You will see when you get the real card...and if I missed ya, I will post the "real" card later after they are delivered (in the next few days). We used the auto timer on these photos and I thought Drew's face was great. We kept saying, "whoever has the best smile gets $1." Fun Times and I definitely think Drew won on this picture! VOTE! Which layout do you like better?

Tyler's Fourth Grade Class

Here is a picture I made of Tyler's class for his teacher. There are 26 students in the class, so there are a few missing. Mrs. Waggoner is a WONDERFUL teacher and has really inspired Tyler to read more. Thank-you Mrs. Waggoner!

I am Thankful for...

This Holiday Season I am Thankful for:
my family
friends
Ricky's job
my little quirky town
shelter
food (especially chocolate)
computers
pictures
prayer
the gospel
good examples
The Journey!

Thank-you to everyone who has been a part of my journey this year and has made my life, in any way, a little brighter!

Drew's Best Buddy!

Drew's best buddy and family were able to come and Bowl with us for his Birthday! Yeah! The storm trooper is Drew!

Storm Trooper Mask for Drew's Brithday!

It's a perfect 10! Drew has been asking for this storm trooper mask for the last 2 months. This is amazing because he normally changes his mind about 25 different times prior to his actual birthday. He was SOOOOO thrilled by this mask. We went bowling for his birthday and he wore it. Oh to be FIVE! He was so sure he was getting this mask. He had no doubt he was going to get it. When he saw his presents all wrapped up, he went right to this one and said, "my storm trooper mask," before he even opened it! So funny!

P.S Check out our Christmas Tree in the background! We just finished it yesterday! Whoooo hoooooo!

Tyler Turns 10!

Notice the "Y" on the cake! I know...I am a real pro!

Tyler had a BYU vs Utah game party in addition to a friend party he had during the beginning of the month. We didn't get the channel for the BYU game (which turns out to be a good thing, since BYU lost...boo hoo). Instead, we had a OU vs. Texas Tech party. We had some friends over and it was crazy fun! OU is our back-up school if we can't watch BYU and OU made a great victory over Texas Tech! Tyler scored some fun things for his birthday!