My little Missionary

As you can tell Zach is holding the Book of Mormon in his lap. Well ever since he has changed classes at church and is now in CTR5 he has been so excited. The first sunday he got a CTR ring and he had to wear it everywhere and tell people that he didn't even know that he a CTR ring and that it helps him choose the right. It is just the cutest thing ever how he has no problem telling people that. So when we were getting the house painted he had to tell the painter about how he is now in a new class and it is call CTR5 and that he got a CTR ring and it helps him choose the right. The painter just listened to him as he talked and said that his ring was pretty cool. I love how he just tells people all about choosing the right. We are now having the basement worked on, we are putting a bedroom down there, and yesterday he even told the workers down there about his CTR ring. Well this last Sunday his teachers gave all the kids a Book of Mormon and ever since he got home on Sunday he has not let it out of his sight. He carries it around with everywhere and I mean everywhere. He carries it around the house and he takes it in the car with us when we go somewhere and he just thinks that it is the greates thing ever. Last night Larry had inventory and so the kids didn't get to see him but for some reason Zach couldn't go to sleep last night and so long about quarter to ten I went up and just had Zach watch some t.v with me until Larry got home. So Larry got home about ten fifteen and Zach had his book of mormon with him and he got into bed with Larry while I was checking on the other kids and when I came back into our room Zach had asked Larry to read him a story out of the book of mormon, I thought that was the most precious thing ever. So Larry found one and started reading it to him but you know it doesn't have pictures in it so it was a little hard for him to pay attention and so then I went and got our kids version of the book of mormon and Larry read one out of there as well. Anyway I just has to share this posting with you because I just think that it is the greates thing that Zach loves to carry his book of mormon around and tell people about what CTR is. He has such a great spirit about it, I love it. I know that when the time comes that he will make a great missionary.

Zach watching some t.v with his favorite book.

Now he is being shy.

Finally Finished

Larry and I decided at the begining of December that we would have the house painted (well the living room and kitchen done) and that we would get the laminate wood looking floors in. So all of it wasn't supposed to start until after Christmas but the painter said he could come before Christmas and that it wouldn't take him that long to do it. Well then the snow hit and and he couldn't make it out which is understandable and so he didn't finish it until after Christmas well actually after the new year then shortly after that we had or floors put in. I love the colors and I love the floors. It make the house feel alot more clean actually. It was hard to go from having such a light color in the living room and kitchen to having darker but I love it. I got new curtains as well. Anyway here is the finishing of the everything. Next is the basement and i will take pictures of that as well.

Our entry way.

This is looking in from the kitchen where the table is and that used to be all carpet, a light colored carpet.

This is looking in from the living room and the wall is actually supposed to be brown but it looks like a purple brown but I still love it. The other walls area light Kacky color with a tint of green it it.

This is taken from the kitchen if anyone has every seen our house those walls used to be red. It wasn't a bad red though. All of the kitchen was red except for the purple brown wall.

This is from where the table is at. I know I need to clean my fridge off.

So we love our new floors and paint and eventually we want to change out the appliances and put granite couters on and I would like to put can lighting in as well in the living room and kitchen to make it a little more brighter because our lights really are not that good, but not this year I think that I am done doing some remodeling for a little while, we will see though, Larry has the remodeling fever he wants to do alot more and I actually would as well, but all in do time.

Christmas

So here are my pictures from Christmas. The kids and I went up to my mom's the day before Christmas Eve and then Larry came up Christmas Eve Day and spent the next couple of days with us until we had to go back home. Anyway we had a great time and we had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve we have a big get together with my family, meaning my cousins aunts and uncles(even the ones not on the compound there) and we always have a ton of food more then we ever need. We first eat then we have our program where we have musical numbers from people and whoever else wants to do what ever they want, then either my dad or mom tell the birth of Jesus. Usually my dad reads it out of the Scriptures but mom did it this year different. She just used pictures for little kids so they would listen. Then we play our white elephant gift exchange and that is always fun to play because someone always brings pickled pigs feet, don't ask me how they get them but I think that it is my uncle doug who usually brings them. Then after that we usually just visit some more and people usually start to leave a little after. Now that I am thinking about it, we usually do the birth of Jesus at the end. Anyway here are some pictures of Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Me and my little sister Haley, you are lucky I try not to post pictures of me because I don't ever like them but I decided I would do this one. This is Christmas Eve before everyone got there.

Carson trying to get out of Haley's arms to get to me.

Madison wanted to read a story for the program so she read the story of the nutcracker, I thought that is was going to be along book but it was actually quite short. She wanted my mom to sit by her not me.

Zach helping my mom by holding the pictures for her while she tells the birth of Jesus.

This was everyone while we were playing our white elephant game. There was even more people behind the camera. You can see my grandpa picked his present and he is holding it up he got a game(connect four).

Christmas morning the kids helping hand out presents.

This is a quilt my mom had made for me by my aunt. My sisters and I all got one. They are all personalized for the person. Mine was peonies and my mom called it "Mother Earth".

These are pita pizza's my mom makes them every Christmas morning. They are the best they have a sauce and then artichoke hearts, ham and olives and then you bake them.

Madison got books for Christmas and she loves to read and so she started reading one that morning.

We left on the 26th and came home and then had Christmas with Larry's dad and step mom and his brother and his family and his sister and her family. Larry got these boxers from his brother and sister-in-law it has xbox360 all over them and then on the front it says "game"then on the back it says "On" for "game on". Larry plays xbox with his brother on line quite a bit so it is a great present for him.

I had other pictures from when Larry's family came but they weren't that good, the kids did not want to cooperate when I wanted a picture. I wish that I could have posted some of those but I will tell you that Madison got High School Musical boots which she loves and whears them all the time. Zach got a Star Wars light saber which he loves as well.