Christmas has come and gone and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I am in denial to tell you the truth.... I still have my tree and all my decorations up, and as you can see, I still have my Christmas playlist on my blog... it's such a wonderful time of year and I am trying with all my might to keep it alive... and failing miserably.... the new year is almost here... I wonder what 2009 holds in store for all of us???? So, to end the season, here are some pics from our Christmas Festivities:
Then on Saturday, Rob's parents arrived and we started the morning off right with Rob's mom's famous Cinnamon Twists and egg casserole! Sooo yummy!!! Shannon did an amazing job on the twists! She's a 'dough ball making" PRO!!!! The kids played in the snow almost all day long! And then we had Rob's dad's birthday dinner.... prime rib, roasted carrots, bacon-wrapped potatoes, Artisan salad, crescent rolls to die for (again, HOMEMADE with love by Shannon), sweet n' spicy green beans and to top it all off, the ALL-AMERICAN Chocolate Cake from Costco with ice cream on top! Whoa is all I have to say. Everything was delicious! Then, sadly most everyone left on Sunday, except for Rob's parents and our niece and nephews who stayed until Monday. We were very sad to see everyone leave. We had alot of fun and all the cousins had a blast together!
Have you read the Presidency Message in this month's Ensign? I love this article. It's even more special because Rob's dad informed us that Margaret Kisilevich Wright is Rob's Grandpa's brother's wife. (LOL Ok, I know it's kind of distant, but still, it's pretty cool!) It's so neat to learn things about people in your family tree. I love that she didn't tell a soul about this experience until her 77th Christmas. She must have been an amazing woman! David O. McKay (1873–1970) declared: “True happiness comes only by making others happy—the practical application of the Savior’s doctrine of losing one’s life to gain it. In short, the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service. “It is the spirit of the gospel of Jesus Christ, obedience to which will bring ‘peace on earth,’ because it means—good will toward all men.” Giving, not getting, brings to full bloom the Christmas spirit. Enemies are forgiven, friends remembered, and God obeyed. The spirit of Christmas illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than things. To catch the real meaning of the “spirit of Christmas,” we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the “Spirit of Christ.”
I just found this on msnbc.com . It was voted "Photo of the Week". Dec. 12 Congratulations to Clay Isbell of Abita Springs, La. His image of a parting storm near the summit of Wyoming’s Beartooth Highway received the most votes in this week’s It’s A Snap photo contest. Isbell was on a two-week vacation and staying at Yellowstone National Park, and decided to take the family for a drive. On their return trip from Montana, they saw the skies part while driving over the 10,000-foot summit of Beartooth Highway. Isbell says he was lucky to see such a stunning image at all. “The whole entire day was dreary — that was the first bit of sunshine we saw all day.” Isbell snapped the photo with his digital camera. He altered the image to black and white, adding, “How you see it is how it was. There was almost no color.”
