Cami's Orchestra Concert!

Cami looked so pretty and did so well!

Celeste is our cousin Jeremy's daughter. She is very gifted!

Chloe is in our ward and Cassie's age.

Alison and Savannah are Cassie's friends.

Cami is behind the music stand but did awesome!

Alison and Celeste are practicing.

At Porter this was Cami's first Orchestra concert. She went to Conley last year and they didn't do Orchestra in 4th grade. They had the 4th, 5th and 6th graders. Her cousin Celeste just moved to Porter and is in the 4th grade orchestra with Alison, Savannah, and Chloe who are Cassie's friends. Cassie wants to do the flute next year. Cami did so well. It is fun to have her play when I can help her. Yes I played the violin up through high school and loved it.

Cami's 5th grade Flight Field trip!

Cami and Lizette in the helicopter.

It was so real and moved.

Melissa and Emma- Cami's friends.

Lizette is one of Cami's friends.

Cami had fun flying and moving the airplane around.

Cami is in the pick shirt flying an airplane. She did so well! She landed the airplane and everything!

Mrs. Brown is her teacher and was flying with her! She is so great to Cami!

One experiment ws to blow over a ping pong ball that is one cup and the ball flew into the other cup. She liked that one.

Cami learned how to steer an airplane.

Mrs. Brown Cami's teacher on the bus.

I went on Cami's flight field trip with her to Lowell Elementary School where they have 2 trailers that where set up to learn about airplanes and helicopters. It was cool. They had different stations. One was inventions to see what happens with air etc. The other was computers similators where they get to fly and land. Then they got to ride on a airplane and helicopter ride where it demonstrated what really happens. I had fun with our group.

Christmas lights at the Temple!

All of us in front of the temple. I am glad we will be together forever.

I am almost 3 months pregnant and feel connect to Mary this season. I don't know how she did it! She must be very amazing!

Carli was so good and loved the lights!

Eric, Cami, Cassie, and Carli in front of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus.

Cassie wanted to pet the camel. The wise men and Camels are at the front of the temple. They are life size but you can't tell in the pictures.

This was on the street we drove through and a lot more houses but the pics didn't turn out.

A cool street we go too every year.

We went to the temple in Mesa and looked at the lights for FHE. It was fun and I always love being at the temple. Carli loved it since last year she was a newborn. We also drove by this street in town where cars always come to see the lights. We go every year.

Cassie's Ballet class performance!

Cassie has improved so much in dance. This was her ballet class. They had a Christmas performance for families.

Cousins over!

We watched Jeremy and Kara's kids Sat. and had fun making reindeer ornaments! The kids were great and Jeremy's 4 girls spent the night.

Oue Activity Day activity!

The Harmony Park Ward Activity Day Girls!

I am one of the activity day leaders with my girls. It is a primary program where the girls make goals and memorize the articles of faith and then receive there Faith in God award before they go into young womens. We have such a great group of girls and it is so much fun! We went to the Mesa, AZ temple's visitor center and watched the Luke II video on the Savio'r birth. We then walked around and saw all the amazing nativity sets from around he world. We gave the girls their Christmas gifts which were keys that had the articles of faith on them. They will be memorizing them this next year.

Our ward Christmas Party!

Carli is always so cute with her big smiles and giggles.

She loves to pose for the camers by the Christmas tree.

Eric, Carli and I having fun at the party!

Carli and Cassie with Santa-the pic downloaded blurry.

Carli was a little nervous about Santa but warmed up quickly with her sister there.

We had fun sitting by the Wheeler family. I knew Brian in high school and my Aunt Paula is their Aunt also.

The primary children sang with jingle bells and Cami and Cassie are in back.

The youth played christmas songs with bells.

The youth also did a cute couples dance.

The bishopric and RS Presidency performed Christmas music with plastic tubes and blowing into bottles. It was amazing!

Cami with Shaylee and the Wheeler kids.

We had fun at our ward Christmas party. We ate AZ mexican food and watched a slide show of ward pics. They also had some musical performances. And Santa came. Carli was a little scared at first but warmed up to Santa with Cassie. Cami said she was to old his year because she knows the real Santa is too busy to come. Cami even helped serve the dessert all by herself.

Merry Christmas!

Decorating for Christmas!

Carli sitting on the stairs by our garland. She always is so happy!

Carli and Eric checking out our blow up snowman!

Carli putting up her first ornament from last year:)

She loves the Christmas Tree:)

Cassie posing with our front walkway lights.

Cassie posing with all our snowflake lights.

In Cami's front window on our 2nd floor outside is our baby Jesus picture with our star lights.

We decorated our wedding tree and have it by our front window because it matches all our snowflake lights outside.

For FHE we went and got our real Christmas tree and every year we get hallmark ornaments to hang on the tree. My Mom started the tradition and I have mine since I was a baby:)

We love Christmas time and decorating for Christmas! We get to use all our wedding snowflake decorations which also makes it fun. It is fun to see Carli push the buttons to play all our music stuffed animals. She loves to dance with them. I wish my immediate family was closer but we get to go after Christmas to TX to be with them. I love celebrating the Savior's birth! I can't wait to go to the temple to see the Christmas lights and the displays of the Savior!

Thanksgiving!

Carli is wearing her VT Hokie shirt and having fun!

Eric brought me roses-they are so beautiful:)

Carli playing with her pilgrim Pooh!

Cami and Cassie telling Carli the traditional Tom Turkey story.

The kids are practicing Michael Jackson's moonwalk! And he lives on in all of us-:)

Kelly's kids came later. I saw the videos and Harli was so cute dancing!

Go Brenda and the cousins!

Kara's kids, Brianne, my kids, and Matt's!

Brenda and Matt Tolman cooking like pros!

Yes I am 2 months pregnant and already look 4 months along. Yes Mom we are holding the turkey you gave us:)

Well Carli got sick the day before and so I was sad to have to stay home and not have fun at my cousin's house- Matt and Brenda's. But they let Cami and Cassie come over and saved me and Eric some food. Eric also had to work because Intel is 24 hour operation and we chose New Years for his day off because we will be in TX. Thanks to Brenda a Matt for cooking so much! It was yummy! They had fun dancing and doing the moon walk. Carli was still all smiles even though her stomach was feeling bad. We put up our Christmas decorations on Sat and that was fun. Carli loves all the singing stuffed animals!