Christmas Eve 2010

Christmas Eve 2010

We wish everyone a great Christmas Eve!

Cookies with Grandma

Grandma and her adoring Fairrington grandkids!

This is such a great tradition that my mom does with the grandkids.  She has them all come over and decorate sugar cookies.  Us moms can go do whatever we want for the next 3 hours.  This year Sheri and I went shopping!  We went to Target... twice, Old Navy, Walmart... twice, and even got ourselves a Peppermint shake from Chick-fil-A.  It was a great day and the kids had so much fun... so did the moms!

Temple Lights

Me and the kids enjoying the beautiful Temple lights.

Afterwards... we drank hot chocolate in the back of the trucks!

We had so many things going on to celebrate the Christmas season.  I am soooo glad that we included the Temple Lights as one of our activities.  Sometimes it feels like we are so busy and have so much going on that the really important things can sometimes get overlooked.  I will have to say that even though the crowds, and the cold and the long drive can sometimes make this activity seem hard to accomplish I am so happy that we did it.  It really is good to show my kids just how important the temple is and to make time to be there... and right now for them that is visiting the grounds of the temple.

Ward Christmas Party

We had a great Ward Christmas party this year.  It was a pancake breakfast and a visit from Santa.  The older kids loved to see Santa but Lauren wanted nothing to do with him.  Lauren has not wanted anything to do with the Santa's she has seen this year and she does not care if he brings her presents or not.

Girls Night Out

Me and my beautiful girls!

Eating at Johnny Rockets

Waiting in line for Santa

Playing in the falling snow

I just LOVE girl nights!  What better time to spend with all the wonderful girls in my family.  We decided to have a special girls night and we started out by eating at Johnny Rockets.  Then, we went to the movie Tangled and then went and saw Santa.  Linda, Carley, Grandma, Julz, Brylee, Ella, Elizabeth, Kayla, Tatum, Me, Hayden and Lauren all went and had so much fun!  THe movie was great and as we were waiting for Santa they had falling snow.  It was a great night spent with amazing girls!

It's the Holiday Season!

Putting up the first of 2 trees - 2010

It's that time of year again!  I love it!  Christmas cards, goodies, temple lights, parties, Santa, shopping, eating, gifts, the birth of the Savior.  What is there not to like????  Nothing... I even love the crowds and lines!  It is all F-U-N!  Here's to the beginning of the holiday season!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving 2010

These are the things for which I am most Thankful!

Chase, Hayden, Blake and Lauren

We had a really fun Thanksgiving (even though I did not take pictures).  We ate at my cousin's house.  The night before we went over there and made the cutest turkey's out of rice krispy treats and oreos.  We made the cutest tablecloths with handprints and turned them into turkeys.  We played with cousins and enjoyed great conversation.

We are so grateful for our wonderful family and friends, our church and the testimonies we have that our Savior lived and loves us.