Upgrade Day!!!

Finally a new phone.  I've had this one for 4 years and am happy to say good bye!

Entertainment center before

...and after. Jerry stained the same TV stand and we got shelves for our movies. I still need doors for the shelf that's hanging on the wall, but a huge improvement. Now if only we could get a flat TV, but all things in time:)

Our Christmas Trip

Snowboarding with Jerry and my mom.

It was FREEZING, but at least it snowed.

My mom and me.

Windburn.  Seriously, it was SO cold.  But we had a blast!

North Pole Express.  We had to take the boys (Jonah especially) because he is obsessed with trains, and particularly "The Polar Express"

It was really fun, the boys loved it.

Jonah was almost in shock, it was so neat.

One happy boy.

You ride the train to the "North Pole" where Santa got on the train, went to each child and gave them a sleigh bell.

Oliver was very interested in that bell.

Christmas Eve we got to visit my sister that I hardly ever get to see.  These are my nieces and nephew.

I just had to put this picture in.  Jonah wearing a Back to The Future shirt and a Star Trooper helmet.  Too Cool.

The girls-Emily and me.  Josie, Tenley, Sofia, and Cortnie

The Guys-Jerry, Oliver, Christian, and Jonah (My Bro-in-Law wasn't there)

Christmas Eve Dinner at Wingers-a Tradition (well, whenever we are in town)

Christmas morning.  Jonah got the Polar Express Train he was begging for for months.  He loves it of course.

Jerry, his dad, and his brother and nephew all got remote control helicopters for Christmas and this is what they were doing all day.

Oliver got this drum filled with musical instruments.

Some of the cousins singing Christmas songs along with the player piano.  It was such a blast.

Most of my family-One of my sisters lives in Kansas and wasn't there, we missed her and her family!  (Luckily, they live right along the route to Utah,  so it was good to stop and visit with them on the way and the way back.)

Our New Years Eve-in the car driving back from Utah to Georgia.  We stopped at a gas station and got ice cream to celebrate.

We also had some sparklers.  But they we old and wouldn't light.  We just pulled over at midnight in a parking lot for the New Year.  Maybe not glamorous, but memorable.  This is Jodi, Paige, and Spencer-our Nieces and Nephew that live right by us in Georgia, they went with us on our trip and just made the drive awesome!!

Book Review: The Pioneer Woman. Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


A quick, fun read.  It actually made me wish that I could write my own love story, but I certainly don't remember that many details and I'm not much of a writer.

It was fun to read about all their first dates and how they were just crazy about each other from the get go.  I wish there was a little more detail's about Marlboro Man.  It didn't really give you any insight to his character or personality.  The only details she gave were how he made HER feel which was fine, but a little one sided.

Anyway, if you like a good love story, read it.



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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


It took me forever to get through this book.  Probably because I got distracted by Christmas half way though and just didn't feel like picking it up again.  Once I did though, I finished it pretty fast.

The first half of the book was really hard for me to want to read.  Harry Potter is just whining and wallowing in self pity and I just couldn't take it!  Although, now that I think about it, that is what 15 year old's are like, so-bravo J.K. Rowling!



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Santa brings Joy to Children Everywhere

Oliver sure loved him!