Christmas 2011

I don't seem to post as often as I used to. Hmm Oh yeah it is because Ellie requires more of my time at this age. But it's okay. She is totally worth it. Christmas came and went so fast this year. I always look forward to the long break from work. This year it ended that I got 17 days off (counting the weekends) but I was so excited to get to be a mom. I usually come home, play with her for a bit, feed her, bathe her, and get her to bed. It was fun once I figured out her daytime schedule.
We went up to Utah for a couple days. We left late Thursday night after Roy's work Christmas party. We decided that would be perfect so Ellie would sleep the whole way home. This worked wonderful. Ellie slept the whole time. We got there in 5 hours and 11 minutes. But Roy on the other hand should probably not have been driving. He was so tired he was imagining he was going under imaginary over passes and ducking from them. He also could swear he saw hundreds of deer lined up on the side of the road doing the Conga. ( He is much more paranoid about deer since his incounter with the one in Park City 3 weeks after he got his new Mustang.) Anyway we did make it safe.
We spent Friday finishing up a few gifts. Christmas Eve we went to the cemetery to decorate Roy's dads headstone, and then spent the evening at my house. My Grandma Prisbrey came up to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas day with us. We woke up at Roy's house early Christmas morning to open gifts. Ellie was completely spoiled being she is Grandma Smith's first grand kid. She loved the wrapping paper, but soon realized there were objects within the paper she would be able to put into her mouth.
We then got ready for the day and headed back over to my parents house because my little brother Zach was Skyping from England. He has been out on his mission for about 14 months. It was good to see him, but he is still just goofy old Zach. We went to church with my family and then headed to Roy's house for Christmas dinner. He invited his friend Wayne over since he didn't go out of town to see his family. It was pretty fun day, and I was beat by the end.


Our Gingerbread House



Ellie in front of our tree in her Christmas dress.


Ellie with all her gifts and what Santa brought her.

Pulling stuff out of her stocking.

Ellie eating the wrapping paper.

Happy about her singing cow she got from Aunt Aubri.

Mom and Ellie interested in her Twilight Turtle.

Ellie showing off her book "Everyone Poops" (If you know Ellie she is not a fan of pooping. Hopefully this will help. Her face is priceless.


Ellie looking at her guitar from Aunt MaryAnne.

Ellie enjoying her laptop from her mom and dad.

Oh and how can you not end with this picture. Good thing Santa's beard was real.

Naughty or Nice

Ellie has been such a good girl this year. I am not sure after this picture if she will still be considered on the nice list... She has got a death grip on Santa's beard.

Gingerbread House

Growing up I usually got to go to my grandmas house and make a gingerbread house. It has been a little difficult since I moved away, but this year my grandma had all the pieces baked and ready for me to pick up at Thanksgiving. I finally found a few minutes in my busy life to decorate it. I think it turned out pretty cute.

Johnny Elf

When I was growing up each year on December 1st Johnny Elf appeared in my house. He was there to help Santa Clause keep a closer eye on my family. (mostly the kiddos) He would move around each night and I always looked forward to searching for him in the morning. As my family grew, a second elf began to come. So for years Johnny and Eddie Elf visited our house from Dec. 1- 25. They disappeared on Christmas Eve catching a ride on Santa's sleigh. 6 years ago I got married and moved out of the house. Maybe the elves didn't know where I lived, but they have never found me. Maybe it is because we have little Ellie in the house now, but Johnny has found his way to 3267 Casey Dr.

A Day Out With Friends

Yesterday was a very busy day for me. I usually get lots done around the house on Saturdays but not yesterday. I started the day watching my friends little girl while she played the piano for the primary program practice. Then I had an old friend come into town (we have not seen each other in 3 1/2 years). We went out to lunch and ate at Smash Burger. Mmmmmm! We had lots of catching up to do.

Angie Marie and Angie Marie. Hehehe we call eachother twins because we have so many silly things in common.

• same name


• both have a little brother named Zach


• both played the flute


• both were FCCLA president in HS


• Both worked at Prestwitch Farms


• We both have 3 kids - just 2 of mine are dogs

I am sure there were more things we came up with 10 years ago, but at least you get the idea.

I ran to JoAnn's to get some fabric for some Christmas gifts I plan on making. I got home, changed and went to a baptism for a guy in our ward. (We are ward missionaries so we try to attend all of them, seems to be 2 or 3 a month lately.) After that I rushed down to the Sunset Station Casino where I met some more friends at the theater to see Breaking Dawn. It was pretty good to me since I never got around to reading the last book. I have been distracted by a little "bean" who always wants to play. Anyway it made for a busy day and it is good to know I can still get out with friends even though I am a mommy now.

Megan, Michelle, Tara, and Angie waiting for the movie to start.

Just Because

Just posting this because I have the cutiest little baby in the world.

6 Years

Well I am a little late posting this but Roy and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary on October 20th. We hardly got to see eachother that day. Between my job and his school schedule that day I felt happy to get a kiss. I did have a little message written with dry erase marker on the bathroom mirror. But don't worry. We did go out together (even without Ellie) to celebrate 2 days later. Roy's mom was here to watch Ellie. We went out to dinner at Panera Bread. (Kind of lame but I was not too hungry). Then we went to the Vertical Horizon Concert at the Silverton Hotel/Casino. We had pretty good seats. I would say the 5th row. Then we got to meet the band afterwards. Trust me we didn't wait for hours in line. We were some of the first out so we were 2nd line to see them. So we bought their new CD and had them all autograph it. They were pretty nice.

These past 6 years have flown by and I am sure we are on warp speed now that Ellie is here. She will be 6 months next week.