Merry Christmas Eve!

It's Christmas Eve!! What a wonderful day we have had! We went to the new Star Wars movie! Omg it was amazing! So good! Like I can't wait to see it again so good! The kids loved it! Piper did good too! She even fell asleep! lol After the movie we went out to Eddies (the new Macayos) for early dinner! My daddy even joined us for dinner!I love when I get to spend time with him! Such a wonderful day with wonderful family! Our new tradition for Christmas eve for sure! 

Before getting the kids off to bed the kids wanted to open 1 present each! We have never done this! So I had Penny find the presents that all looked the same under the tree! lol They were so excited to open just 1! lol They each opened a new movie! New watching material for the car is a must! lol They were so hyped! It's hard getting them to bed on the night Santa comes!

Hot Cocoa!

A last minute impromptu Hot Cocoa fun at the Bachelor's! Oh how we love the Bachelor's! We enjoyed our Christmas eve-eve with amazing friends drinking hot cocoa, apple cider, and eating cookies! Thank you for having us over! It's so fun to just be together!

Christmas Sunday!

 We love Christmas Sunday! These 3 have stolen my heart long ago! The sweetest little faces! Christmas Sunday was put on by our youth in our ward! They are amazing! They put together a musical program celebrating our Savior! Feeling the spirit through music has got to be my most favorite! Remembering the true reason for the season our Savior Jesus Christ! The life and example he led for all of us to learn and grow from. For his atoning sacrifice, to save our lives so we can be forgiven and given the opportunity to live with our Heavenly Father, Jesus and my mom again one day. My heart is full!

Fun pics from church and our ward Christmas breakfast!

Gingerbread Making Fun!

We love this time of year!! A very last minute plan to get together with bff cousins and make gingerbread houses! OMG it was so much fun! A Mess... lol... but so much fun! Penny always takes her time and made hers very detailed this year! Cash moved fast but still had every gumdrop in the right place! lol Piper even loved making her very first house! I'm pretty sure she ate more icing and candy than putting it on her house! lol! We love being with cousins and making memories! These cuties all had such a blast! As soon as they were done making theirs and taking pics they licked all their frosting off and ate their houses! lol That was a first! We usually save them and don't eat them but Aunt Bre favorite made all the icing! It was finger licking good! lol The kids couldn't resist! lol! What a fabulous night!! Our new tradition together!

Piper's pre-k Christmas Program!

This little one loves to perform! I wonder who she'd been watching the last almost 3 yrs of her life! lol She has been singing and dancing around our house her Christmas songs! Her fun little pre-k class had pj day and their Christmas program! She was too dang cute up there just a singing! She loves going to school, loves her friends and her teachers so much!

Once on a House Top!

 Penny performed her little butt off in  her last Christmas performance for the season for Singers company!! Once on a House Top was the title of their performance! She is just the best to watch! She gives it her all the whole show!! Love it! Thanks to all who came to watch her perform! She loved seeing you in the crowd! Way to go Penny you killed your solo! I'm so proud to be your momma!

Our Singing Angel!

Singing Angel! Penny was asked to sing in Sacrament! She beamed and of course said yes! She was so excited to sing her Christmas church song that she had been working on. It was called "Do you have room?" She did an unbelievable job! Her stage presence was on point! She got right up there and smiled to everyone and began to sing! This girl can perform! She amazes me! Only 9yrs old and is so brave and has so much confidence! I'm so proud of my little singing angel! Not a dry eye in sacrament! She filled the chapel with her sweet spirit singing like an angel sent straight from heaven! Thanks to all our family that made the extra effort to come and watch her sing! She truly is a daughter of our heavenly father! and she loves sharing her talent to all! We love you sweet Penny! We are so lucky that you were sent to us!

NFR Finals!

WOW! We were lucky enough to be given last minute tickets to the NFR Finals! We couldn't believe it when we got the call! lol We dropped all plans we had schedule and took our og bff's out for a country night out on the town! lol Yee-Haw!!! So much fun! I couldn't believe my eyes! It was an amazing show! So many lights, music, fireworks, tricks on horses all before it even started! The events were amazing! Watching these cowboys was something else! They have got to be so sore! omg their poor bodies! lol We even made it on the jumbo-tron! lol My first time ever on the big screen and the first time ever at the NFR! What an amazing night! We had a blast! Thanks for the tickets Larkins! We can't thank you enough!

More Singing for Penny!

 

More Singer's Christmas performances! She performed at a retirement facility and they just loved it!  

She performed her little heart out just like she always does! So Fun to watch! My little rock star! Love you Penny! You really are a shining star!

Way to Go Penny!

Congrats Penny pie! You did it! You received the Nevada Citizenship Award! This whole semester they have learned everything about Nevada! They had to take a big test and get 100% to get the award along with turning in a project that represented Nevada! Yay Penny for your 100% test! and for her big project she made a quilt that represented Nevada! It had all the state symbols! Her fabric was even our state flag! Thanks to daddy's profession in making custom anything and everything he totally made the vinyl and Penny heat pressed it on! Then Grandma DeeDee taught Penny how to sew and Penny sewed her blanket together! It turned out amazing! I even made a little shutterfly book with all the steps it took Penny to make her quilt from start to finish! Her teacher was so impressed and loved it so much! Way to go Penny! You're rocking 4th grade!

Penny Performing @ Bass Pro!

 My little star! Penny had her 1st Christmas performance at Bass Pro! She of course did an amazing job performing! She's so fun to watch! My brother's family, my sister Eryn, Joana and Eryka even came down from Utah to watch little Penny perform! It was so fun to have them there to watch her! We had such a wonderful time together! Spent the whole day with each other! Love it!

Seeing the Best Santa!

Oh what fun it is to see Santa! and this Santa was a perfect Santa!! He was so sweet and patient with every child that sat up on his lap! My kids were beyond excited to see Santa! Cash couldn't wait to tell him what he wanted and Piper couldn't wait to just be close to him and sit on his lap! I loved that I snapped this pic of the kids telling Santa what they wanted! So dang cute! Love how happy they are sitting up on his lap! Best year ever with Santa!

The Magical Christmas Express!

 We love this time of year! Especially love our tradition of going to the Western Elite Christmas Express out in Alamo! It's absolutely the most magical experience ever! We went on on the rides, ate food, drank hot chocolate, had all the treats, saw all the lights, sang all the songs and at the very end of our night saw Santa! The kids were so excited! Piper loved all the dressed up characters! Kept running up to them over and over giving them big hugs! She was most excited for "Sansa" (Santa)!

Thank you Williams family for the most wonderful magical night! Can't until next year to go again!

Penny's Christmas Choir Concert!

 

Penny sure loves to sing! She joined the Choir club at school and they just had their Christmas Concert! She had so much fun! Her little club sounded so good! Penny got to ring the bells in one of their songs! She also auditioned for a solo ensemble of 4 girls and got the part! She's just our little rock star! Couldn't be more proud of her! Great job Penny! We sure love you!

Way to go Sky Pointe Crew!

oh and Penny was so proud that her daddy made their matching shirts for her club to perform in! Yay!

The most Wonderful Time of Year!

 Love this time of year! We have been getting into the Christmas Spirit around here! We went to downtown Summerlin to donate to the Giving Machine! What a great experience to buy for others in need this holiday season for local and global needs! We donated dental hygiene kits, 3 chickens, lunches for kids, and a box of produce! The kids thought it was so cool to pick out things for people in need. #lighttheworld

 While we were at downtown Summerlin we saw the parade! It's been our tradition to go since Piper was born! She really got into it this year! She loved it!!

Another fun tradition the kids have done with their Grandma DeeDee is go to the speedway to see all  the lights! This year Piper and I got to go! I have never seen the lights there! It was so awesome! Piper loved seeing all the Christmas lights too! So beautiful! Thanks grandma for the fun tradition! You're the best!

Happy Thanksgiving!

  

Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours! We had such an enjoyable time at my sister Eryka's new home up in Utah! She hosted Thanksgiving this year and it was amazing! She's always been the hostest with the mostest! She loves to cook! Not me at all! lol The kids played all day and we enjoyed visiting, Disney plus and eating! Love this family of mine so much!

A priceless moment when we all went to visit my mom! We lined all of her grand kids up in their ages to take a pic! She would have really loved this! We all got tender hearted and cried! We miss her so much everyday! It's been 22yrs since she left us! I can't believe it! We are so grateful we still have our dad! He's truly the best! We love being together! Such a wonderful Thanksgiving!