Christmas morning

I would like to start off by telling about Christmas Eve. We went to my parents house for dinner. We got there at 4:30 and at 5:00, Hannah started throwing up. At first she was down stairs playing and then we brought her up and layed her on the couch and she just kept doing it...yuck, sorry for the details. Anyway we all ate, while she fell asleep on the couch and then we were going to have the grandkids act out the nativity, and Hannah had woken up and decided that she was feeling better to do her part. Makenna was an angel, Hannah was a shephard and Alexa was a sheep. They all thought it was so fun, even though, no one could really hear the story very well, because all the little "animals" were getting tired and making too much noise. Oh well the older ones all had fun. Hannah really started feeling better too. We all went home and then the "elfs" came and brought the kids new PJ's to wear. Then they went to bed. I was worried Hannah was going to wake up in the middle of the night sick, but she didn't. And Santa came to our house!!
Now Christmas morning... Makenna and Hannah got woken up by mom at 6:30, yes I know I am crazy but I couldn't wait any longer. Alexa woke up at 6:45 from us being loud downstairs.
Makenna and Hannah both got a barbie house and barbies to share and Alexa got a stroller with a baby. Along with that from Santa they got a movie and books. They also each got this Wow Wee animal, that purrs as it goes to sleep and blinks its eyes. They are really cute. Makenna got the White Tiger(Feffer) and Hannah got a Panda Bear (Tiki). Alexa got one of those little Fur Real pets, she got a polar bear. Along with some clothes from mom and dad.
They really had a good fun Christmas. They had fun opening their presents and had fun with the family. Hannah was fine on Christmas day, and didn't get sick at all, which was good. We were very blessed to have such a good Christmas this year. I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year!!


The girls with their new PJ's from the elf's....

Alexa with her new stroller from Santa
Hannah with Tiki
Makenna with new High School Musical Barbies.

Ugly Sweater Party

On Tues. the 23rd, Matt and I went to an ugly sweater party. I got mine from my sister in law, she said she had bought it in Park City years ago, and actually paid a lot of money for it. Matt decided to go to this second hand store by his work and found this beautiful pink sweater with cute snowman on it. Ha Ha!!
It was a fun night, we ate dinner, played games and then they passed out awards for the ugliest sweaters. We got second place and got two free movie tickets... Such a fun night.
Here is a picture of us in our ugly sweaters.. (and me with my ugly glasses)

My hospital trip

On Monday the 22nd, I woke up and started to get ready, when all of the sudden, my vision started to get blurry, it was like I was looking into a white cloud, and throughout the day, it just got worse. So at 4:00 I called the eye doctor and they said that since it was getting worse, I better get to and ER. So I went to Jordan Valley Hospital, where they wanted to do an MRI, to make sure it didn't have anything to do with the blood clot that I had in my brain, when I was pregnant with Alexa, so they did that and everything came back great! No more blood clot, everything is completely gone!! That's the good news, the bad news, they weren't sure why I couldn't see out of my left eye.
They had me go up to the University Hospital, and had the eye doctor come in and look at my eyes and run some tests, and decided that my eyes may becoming contact intolerant. I had these popularise, or something like that under my eyelids, they are just like little bumps, but it was affecting my vision. So they gave me some steroid eye drops to use for the next 5 days, and said that I can't wear my contacts for at least 2 weeks, and to just wear my glasses,YUCK!! Then told me to go see this eye Dr. at the Moran eye center on Monday,(today).
So I went back in today, and she said that my eyes look really good, and that it was a good thing I had gone in because I almost could have had a corneal ulcer in my eye. She said that I have to wear my glasses for another week, and then to wear my contacts for like 4 or 5 hours a day, for a few days. She also said that it could have been caused by using the Kirkland Brand Saline Solution, cause it has harsh chemicals in it. So she wants me to make sure that I am using the Bausch & Lomb, or the Opti-Free solution on my contacts. I guess there really is a difference in name-branded stuff for some things.

Thanksgiving Point..

Dec. 20, 2008
We went with Matt's family to Thanksgiving point. We got there and decided to eat first. So we ate at the deli there. Then outside they had two of Santa's reindeer out for the kids to see and pet. They loved petting them. Alexa thought they were really neat, she just wanted to sit and look at them.
After we saw the reindeer, Susie (Matt's mom), Carlee(our niece), Matt, Makenna, Hannah and I, decided to brace the cold and go see the lights in the horse ride wagon. Everyone was else was chicken and thought it was too cold and went in their cars. It was really fun to go in the wagon, even though it was freeeezing. The girls were really good and were having fun until the last 5 minutes, then they started crying that it was soo cold and their toes were going to freeze off.
Overall it was really fun and we enjoyed seeing all the fun Christmas lights there.


Matt and me in the cold
Carlee, Hannah and Grandma.
Our fam...except Alexa she was in the car with her aunt and uncle, and grandpa.
Alexa having fun looking at the reindeer.
Makenna and Hannah, petting the reindeer.

Makenna's School Program....

Dec. 19, 2008
Makenna had her school Christmas program. Her class sang a bunch of Christmas songs, and then they did a dance to "Jingle Bell Rock" She really did sooo good. She is so good at learning songs and she really does a good job at performing them. She knew that dance really well too. It was fun for her and it was fun to watch her also!!

Christmas Dance Recital!!

Makenna and Hannah had their dance recital last night, and it was so fun! They both did so good, and this time I took my camera! So if you know Hannah, you will notice that in these pictures, there is something a little different about her... Can you guess?? She has hair!! My little Hannah, really doesn't have a whole lot of hair, so in her dance at the Festival of Trees, she has on this little cow girl hat, and you can't see any hair underneath, so she looks like this little boy in a dress... Well yesterday, before the recital, I went to my sister, Stefanie and she put some extensions in Hannah's hair. So now for her recital she had little blonde curls, bouncing with her as she shakes!!! Call me crazy, and I'm sure nobody would have cared that there was a little girl up there on the stage dancing with no hair, but I thought she looked so cute with blonde curls!!
Anyway here are some pictures of them before and during the dances. They both did so good, and knew the dances perfectly!! I am so proud of my little dancing girls!!

Hannah and Makenna waiting for the recital to start.
Makenna and Hannah
Makenna
Hannah (with hair, now in these pictures, the hair does look kind of fake, but it really didn't look that bad on stage, she looked really cute)
Hannah dancing!!

Makenna dancing!!

Gingerbread house!!

We decided to make our own Gingerbread house this year. Makenna and Hannah had a blast helping put the candy on the house, and showing us where things were "supposed" to go!!!