Christmas Card to you

Start of our Christmas season

Sydnee at her 2nd grade program. I was titled Friends!

It was cute! I loved all the songs and she did so great!
Picking our Christmas tree for down stairs!
Sydnee finding the best one!
This year I bought a fake tree for down stairs. I though it would be nice to put up the tree early and not have to water it. My whole family disagreed with me though! You can see who one! Funny thing I was still the one who had to water the dang thing!

Sawyer loves his Uncle Cade! Here he is sitting on his lap watching Sydnee's choir program! He eventually fell asleep! Poor thing was board!

This is Sydnee right before her Christmas choir program. I decided to get a picture before because it is really hard to get good picture once they are all up on stage! She sang great and knew all the words!

Temple Sq. Date

Tom and I.

This is always my favorite tree at the Temple!

I love the red and orange lights on it!

My cousin Kris and her hubby Clay!

My cousin and her husband, Tom and I all went to SLC and walked the Temple grounds ate dinner in the JS building and attended a session at the Temple! It was so nice! I didn't worry about the kids because my sister Samantha was taking care of them. I knew they would be asleep in their own beds when we got home and that was a blessing! Thank you Sam and Cade your the best! Kris and Clay it was great fun we have to do it more often!

Tell we meet again...

This is my sweet Grandpa Hutchings at my sisters graduation party. I think he looks great in this picture! I have always been real close to my Grandmother and Grandfather Hutchings, I am the oldest grandchild and I spent as much time as I could with them! They took me many places and loved me so much! My sweet Grandma pasted 8 and 1/2 year ago. It was way to soon and I miss her every day! I wish she was here to help guide me with her great love and wisdom. My comfort is that I will see them again and they are not suffering any more.
This is a picture of both my Grandma and Grandpa! I will truley miss them! My Grandpa was a strong, funny man. He like antiques and was a great business man. The two of them traveled lots with The Good Sam Club and made many friends. They would go to breakfast every Saturday or Sunday morning with their friends. They built their dream house together and enjoyed every minute of it. My Grandpa also collected old cars and in the last few years he really got into wood working and was amazing at it! Love you both!

Thankful for:

My top 100 or close too. I am sure I will think of a lot more amazing things to be grateful for. These are not in any particular order or meaning. Some are simple and others more thought was put in to them.

1. My husband

2. My kids

3.My health

4.My family

5.Being able to stay at home

6.My parents and all they have taught me

7.My awesome sisters and sister in laws

8.Temples

9.Sun

10.Mountains

11.PJ's

12.Camping

13.A working car

14.Plastic cups

15Popcorn

16.Family vacations

17.My husband's job

18.The gospel of Jesus Christ

19.Music

20.Amazing relatives

21.Health care/insurance

22. 4-wheeling

23.Snow during the holidays

24.Functioning body parts

25.Books

26.Beautiful lakes and rivers

27.Computers

28.A big bathtub

29.Food!

30.Heater and AC

31.Contacts and glasses

32.Doctors and modern medicine

33.Chocolate

34.Great blogs with ideas and help

35.A bed with clean sheets

36.Phones cells included

37.Being able to see

38.Pens and paper

39.Love

40.Softball

41.Being able to hear

42.Jesus Christ and all he did for me

43.A blow dryer

44.A dishwasher

45.Electricity

46.Running water

47.Clothes washer

48.Clothes dryer

49.Travel and Vacation days

50.Kitchen appliances

51.Clocks and calendars( at least most of the time:)

52.Cold cereal

53.Soap, shampoo/conditioner and savers

54.Lotion

55.Movies

56.Games-board and card

57.Seasons

58.Animals

59.Laughing and a sense of humor

60.Ability to smell

61.Scrap booking and card making

62.Disneyland

63.Ability to feel ( my 5 senses)

64. Surprises

65.Church and all that I learn each week

66.My calling

67.Texas Road house YUM

68.My camera

69.The US mail

70.Photos and digital

71.Knowledge

72.Gift bags

73.Desserts all types

74.Hats for bad hair days

75.Internet

76.Our Soldiers

77.Holidays -any excuse to get together

78.The USA

79.Colors

80.Ibuprofen

81.Honesty

82.Fast food restaurants

83.A smile from any one

84.Sunsets

85.Missionary work

86. Faith- sometimes that is what it takes

87. Fidelity

88. Snow blowers

89. Service

90.My talents and gifts

91.Teachers

92.Being able to hear

93.Snow cones

94.Cookbooks

95.Ability to speak

96. The plan of Salvation

97.My testimony

98. Movie theatres

99.Make believe -so much fun w/ your kids

100. Things that make you say WOW!

Okay now it is you turn!

October Fun

The "pumpkins"

Halloween dinner.

Mummies, witches brew, spider eyes, and skeleton fingers.

Sawyers pre-school class

Sydnee's class party

Sawyers class trip to the Red Barn.

At the Red barn

Love this pic!

Hee Haws!

Feeding the animals

Huge pumpkins!

Cheese!

Sawyer and I on the big trikes.

This was way fun and a work out too.

Sydnee sliding down the big slide.

Animal train ride!

The corn box.

I think he could have stayed in there for a day or two!

Corn maze.

Pony rides

October was fun and we did lots of things! We even planted our first tree in our yard. It only took us three hours and a huge digger bar. I can't believe under the layers of huge rock there was clay?! Looking back on October I thought it flew by, but we really did slow it down a little by doing some fun things.

HalLoWeEn

Lets go trick or treating now, k MOM!

The Doctor will see you now!

Open up and say awww!

Buzz Light year! To infinite and beyond!

This year Sawyer couldn't decide between Dumbo or Buzz. It chose Buzz, which I had to modify to fit him and make a hood to go with it. (If he would have picked the Dumbo costume it would have been no work)

Sydnee chose out of Grandma's costume too and it didn't take her long to make up her mind that she wanted to be a doctor. (Costume had to be altered as well)

They look cute and think they are happy with their choices!

October has flown by like the rest of this year! We took the kids to Hee Haws and both kids had field trips this month. WE had five birthdays, one being a sweet 16 that I made a huge cake for. Both kids had class parties, I helped in Sydnee's. October also held General Conference, Super Saturday, Our endowments and our sealing. It has gone by way to fast!

I'll post pics soon!

Have a great Halloween and make it safe and memorable.

Deer Hunt

Tom went out deer hunting and this is what they brought back! Sawyer did not want to pet them or look at them either. Sydnee on the other hand was not shy at all!

Mom's b-day

Celebrating Moms birthday at Camies house after dinner.
Love this picture of Mom and Sydnee

At dinner

This was on the way to dinner for Moms birthday.

I love the light and dark contrast!

Happy birthday Mom. We love you very much and wish you the best year ever!

West Mnt. ride

Tom recently put the kids on my little three wheeler and we quickly realized that we needed something a little more safe for the kids to ride. (Sydnee was getting the tree wheeler up on two wheels) Tom hunted and found this cute little wheeler. He took Sydnee out to West Mnt. She was great! Sydnee did so good riding up and loved the views and eating dinner with her Dad at the top! Now Sydnee can't wait until she is 8 so she can get her license.

Sweet 16 Cake

This is a cake I made for the girl next door! I thought it turned out great until I added the black border to the center. Oh well! I also helped with her invites. the cake and invites both matched!

Someday is Now!

Manti Temple

Mt Timpanogos Temple

The time has finally come when Tom and I will take our family to the temple to be sealed together for time and all eternity. I am so excited for our family and myself. I am so proud of Tom. I am grateful to have the priesthood in my home and the peace it brings me. I know that my testimony is growing every day and that I am able to go to my Heavenly Father with any concerns I may have. I know my Heavenly Father loves us and that he created a great plan for us to live with him again, and that families can be together forever. Thank you to all of you that have been such great examples to us, you will never know how much of an impact you have had on us.

Scera field trip

Sydnee's class took a field trip to the Scera Shell for a play. I think it was called the reluctant dragon. It was cute and the kids had a blast. After the play they went to the park for lunch! I am so grateful for family who help me with watching my kids so I can help out in my kids schools.