The wonderful month of December!! We LOVE Christmas time at our house and we tend to stay plenty busy during it too. Here is our great month of December.
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We started off with Fiddle recitals at the local rest homes.
I have done this every year since I started teaching 19 years ago.
I enjoy it and it is good for the kids as well as the folks they entertain. |
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| Duncan's class creative arts contest. There was some confusion about the school creative arts contest so his teacher just had one in their class. He drew a picture of his tractor. |
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| Mrs. Stevens invited the parents/families to come see the kid's projects so Clayton and I went. |
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| Our annual gingerbread house... |
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| Our finished product! They were pretty proud of their work. |
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| Another day at basketball practice... |
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My birthday dinner!
My birthday fell on a Tuesday this year and so I was at work for it.
The boys and their dad brought me my present, dinner and eclairs for my birthday feast!
I'm a lucky mom and had a wonderful birthday:)
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Game night at Grandma's house!
The cousins love going to Grandma and Grandpa's house. They also like playing board games with grandma:)
-Lucky to have their Grandma- |
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This was a quick picture on my phone of the house this year.
Richard is always thinking of something to add or somewhere else to hang lights.
We'll see what he comes up with next year
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Out to the grocery store they had a big holiday sale and event with Mr. & Mrs. Claus
The boys of course had to have a picture! |
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We all went up the canyon and got some family pictures
Here's the whole gang |
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| Santa came to the store!! |
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| He had his list all ready |
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| This one was cleaning corrals with Grandpa for most of the day |
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| We got him to the store just in time to get one last list to Santa. |
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My Christmas fiddle program
We play at the rest homes and then the week before Christmas we have our recital where I rent the Old Mill building and we have everyone's parents, grandparents and families come for a fun night of music and treats.
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My mom & dad always come and help me out:)
My students don't hear me often, but once a year I give in and play at the recital.
I hope there are many more years of playing with my parents, I can't imagine playing with anyone else. |
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Every year the kids play Silent Night together as a group.
It is fun to listen to and I'm always so proud of each one of them. |
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The Polar Express!!
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All Aboard!
The 2nd grade performed the Polar Express for their Christmas program. It was wonderful-
Duncan had a solo part in the "Hot Chocolate" song and he was so excited. He had been practicing all the songs for weeks leading up the the program and the kids did not disappoint. They all did a wonderful job. |
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| With Grandma |
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| With Grandpa |
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The Saturday before Christmas we had a Pay family Christmas party. We had dinner at our house and then loaded up the truck and trailer and went caroling and looking at lights around town. When we stopped at the Old Mill Park to let the kids walk through and look at the lights we got a surprise visit from none other than Santa himself!
You've got to love the magic of Christmas |
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| Our tree downstairs |
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The peaceful tree upstairs, right before the boys tore into their presents!
Merry Christmas |
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Duncan got a motor scooter, just what he ordered from Santa-
Of course we had to try it out! |
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Clayton got a 4-wheeler from Santa
he had to try his out too! |
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Christmas at Grandpa & Grandma Phillips' house
They gave the boys a basketball arcade game. Needless to say, it gets plenty of use |
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Christmas at Grandpa and Grandma Pay's house.
All the cousins |
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Richard's haul
He got some new boots, clothes, a new dress coat, tools, a popcorn cart, work clothes
and George Strait and Bon Jovi tickets |
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My goodies
I got a new purse & wallet, new boots, a new dress coat, clothes, a popcorn cart, a crystal serving piece
and George Strait & Bon Jovi tickets. |
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| The basketball game in action |
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Duncan's haul:)
He got his motor scooter, a BB gun, a remote control tractor, a hit-a way and a throw back net, a bull rider vest,
a new VT football, a play machine gun, trucks, tractors, hats, clothes, dvd's
and new basketball shoes. He had a great Christmas |
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Clayton's haul:)
He got his 4-wheeler, a remote control train, his "big" combine, a bull rider vest,
a new VT football, a new hat, a new play machine gun, trucks and tractors, clothes, dvd's and new basketball shoes.
He had a great Christmas too |
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The boys with Christmas. They both had lots of fun and are very happy with all of their new toys and fun things.
We had a wonderful Christmas. |
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Thursday after Christmas we headed for Cedar City to the Basketball Tournament
The Best part of the trip? The pool and hot tub of course! |
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| The Fam |
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Hangin' with the ball team watching Pitch Perfect...
The boys are in the front in the green John Deere blankets. They love the basketball team:) |
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This is my crazy child... He was dressed up in his helmet, knee pads and skates to play "hockey"
What a kid! |
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Happy New Year!!
We went to Uncle Jim & Aunt Shurron's for New Year's Eve this year. The boys had a ball |
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| Grandpa and Grandma in on all the fun |
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Another New Year's Eve together...
Our first New Year's Eve together was 1995.
Here's to many more!
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| Happy New Year! |
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May all your dreams and wishes come true in 2013!
What a YEAR! |
