{ChRiStMaS in Disneyland.....!}

Well now that the holidays are over and kids are back at school....I can finally update this blog!HA! The holidays were amazing and we had sooo much fun this year! We decided to go to Disneyland with the kids for christmas and gave the kids a present from us, and then a present from the family gift exchange....Disney was from Santa..lol! We stayed at the Hilton Suites and took a shuttle bus each day after eating an amazing breakfast served to us at the hotel which is the best way to go, it was included in our package. We were able to do all that we wanted it wasn't crazy until Christmas day at Disneyland, but it was good because we saved the last night to get all the souvenirs, we also went to Build a Bear and it was Bells first time! She loved to see all the princesses, there are ton more pics but didn't want to overload...lol

Bells got this frog and of course dressed it up with a tinkerbell costume...so cute!
Of course Dad won the kids A TON of those stuffed animals in California Adventures...love it while you are there, but hate taking them home...lol!
Funny..! This is the only pic of all of us..and Kell's eyes are closed and I've got the spotlight on my face...plus the guy was rude who took the pic...geesh..ohwell!

Christmas morning Bells opening one of her gifts...!

Love to see the princesses...they are soooo unbeleivably real looking..

I think Bells is in AWWW...Cute!

Cute!

This was at the hotel waiting for the shuttle to come..

Seriously such nice weather....yeah!!

This Christmas tree is huge...and pretty..at night they dropped snow on Main st. it was soo awesome the kids loved that!

We had such an amazing time there.....it was perfect!

Cute Teacher gifts....!

I have seen these around the last couple of years online and always thought they were cute but too easy{Yes I know I am weird}.....lucky for me when I am pregnant there are "easy" ideas out there that I am SOOO willing to do..HA! I am sure the teachers will appreciate these cute-sy hand soaps!

{My ChRiStMaS Card 09'}

This card is simple but cute, and needed something to match our family pic....I think it turned out great! Ray wanted pics done again this year but we decided that next year would be better that way we could have Gunnar in the pic too....and NOT to mention my {LESS} of a big booty..HA!
I thought our San Diego pic was perfect...I am just about 7 wks here and NOT sick...until 2 days later when all the fun began..lol!

Christmas neighbor gift...

Ash, the girls and I got together and made jam...razberry and strawberry...yummy! I also taught them how to make bread. It was alot of fun putting these together for all the neighbors 18 of them. It's always a blast to keep the holiday spirit in our home by spreading it to others.

Gingerbread house FUN!

We got together and made this beauty......a little flat but hey it's what we came up with. I actually overloaded on the candy, got way too much but I wanted the kids to have a little of everything...and then to munch on too. The house turned out super cute and the kids always have fun doing this fun tradition every year!

Christmas Memories!

We went to bed super late, and got up super early...thanks to santa stopping by our house! Who would of thought that my oldest one (R.J.) would be the voice we heard first..."Mom, Dad...santa came!" Very cute that he is still such a little kid inside, I love that! We got up and got the cameras ready, I managed to take a few pictures before we had santa's helper (cambrie) pass out the gifts. The kids were all so happy and it is always fun to see thier sweet smiling tired but excited faces...lol!

and the stockings were hung....

These are the kids stockings, actually they have been up all month...hoping that I would find the time to make Bella's.....haven't yet. But over at tipjunkie she has some tutorials that I am going to try to do. Luckily I bought a couple tablecloths that match all my christmas decor and tree a few years back in case I needed the fabric for something..gosh I'm so glad that I am so Smart...I think I'm funny!

Santa, help I need a new camera.....(canon..hinthint!)

Teacher Gift!

I had this in my files so I have no clue where I found it, but did these for my kid's teachers for thier gifts, except I did it in a jar and added marshmallows....can you tell I forgot to take a pic...darn it and I was up late last night putting them together!! but they turned out super cute! I know one of thier teachers actually stamps...so I know she will appreciate this!
The kids have half day and our plan is to make gingerbread houses except with graham crackers instead. We are not fans of gingerbread....! It was hard to get candy we had to travel to get the movie theater boxes so that I had alot of variety instead a huge bag that we will only use 1/3 of!

GoT bLiNg FoR ChRiStMaS?

I guess my girls are way spoiled (or I have started something I am not sure I want to call "traditional"lol!!) when they come to me and want jewelry to go with the holiday not to mention appliqued shirts and painted holiday toe nails.....I am not so sure I can get that all done by this Friday.....(I know `some of you are saying "SURE you can Nicole!)----whatever!LOL! These bells we got at Walmart except I wish I looked at them more closely because they didn't have a little hook only the string so I HAD to use it that way...Sabrina has jingle bell earrings we got last year, but I have seen those around too....cute..!

I had to do some bling for some nieces for presents....gotta love these! I haven't been in the "blinging" mood lately..but these turned out cute! cheaper making them than spending $50 for one! I went ahead and made some for Bella too!

My Christmas Card 08'

You can't tell, but I made 50 of these cuties, and you can also see it's not exactly the one that I posted! I got all the supplies for the card with the glittered snowflake on a couple of posts ago..(can't figure how to link..!) but the snowflakes were way too big, and I couldn't find white ones so when I glittered the chipboard it was an ugly grey even with white glitter! So I love ribbon and decided to do the line up, had to use glitter in there somewhere, and then used diecut H's instead. I also liked the "sewn" touch! Sometimes the samples I find are cuter in the pic than in real life...so I have to use my creative juices...that's always fun!
This is my christmas family letter and then I added a pic of our family! I am so glad these are done because I still have to finish Sabrina's treats for her party on Friday, make jingle bell necklaces and bracelets for the girls and my neighbor's treats....oh yeah Ray was begging me to make some sugar cookies today, and then tonight we are going caroling around the neighborhood...FUN FUN!!

Nester's Garland show and tell....

So I thought I would join in on the nester's fun little "show off your garland" party....I am so new at this and usually think everyone's stuff is better than mine, but I think it's great to see how so many people do things differently....so here is mine...I don't have a fireplace mantel so mine is above my t.v. on the entertainment center, and I think it looks soo pretty...again the pics do not do it justice...! I used fabric that was a black and white damask, red and black tulle, and lots of different picks of course...

I could not get a good picture with the lights shinin through...!

I am SO an amateur at this....please forgive me folks!

This weekend has been one of those crazy ones where everything and something is going on!! On Friday night the Johnston's and us went to the Temple to see the lights....it was so beautiful...every year it's tradition that we go and take hot chocolate and get out those gloves and jackets and every year it gets that much more beautiful! We also went in to see "Our Savior's Birth" and "Heavenly Father's plan for the family" movies. Love both of those so much. I try hard to keep the "Christ" in Christmas as much as possible! And this definetly does it! I couldn't even imagine knowing and carrying the savior in my belly....I think I would probably think and rethink everything I was doing and not to mention how I would raise him...wow Mary was an amazing women to carry out that plan! What inspiration to me..!
But we had a fun time as usual, I love just hanging out with my family and to be close to my kids especially at the temple, I hold that dear to my heart!

I have to say just before this picture Colton said.."Mom these lights are almost as beautiful as you are"....I love you my sweet colts..! and then the pic above Ray said "Did I tell you how stunning you are to look at?"....gosh my men are so super sweet, the boys definetly get all the sweetness from thier dad...love ya all my boys!!

I loved the display of all the nativity scenes...so pretty and from all around the world...wonderful!
This christmas tree is my absolute favorite tree of all.....I love the temple pictures as the main focus, and of course love the colors...even though it's not black and red..heehee!

I love the displays....awesome

WOW!!

Beautiful!!

Sweet Sabrina..

Sweet Bells....

These kids are so FUN to be with!! I really do enjoy thier company..!