December 2010 "A Busy Month"

We had all the grand kids over and made "Santa Hats!!

Gwyneth

Gabrielle (she will always be "Ellie"to me)

Doug opening stocking

Cynthia

Alize

Mandi

Sam climbing on his new log bed!
(that his dad Justin made for him)

MaKayla

Izzy

Emily (Stephanie & Brad in background)

Andy (his favorite thing was sitting in all the empty boxes!)

Grandkids visiting Great Grandma Boberg

Alize, Mandi, & Izzy reading about the Birth of Jesus
to the residents of Beehive Homes

Mandi ( in her pink train car)
at the Polar Express parade at school

Our Tree

Alize at her piano recital

Emily dancing at her first dance recital!

December 2010 was a very busy month. We went to piano recitals, dance performances, school programs, visiting family, yummy treats, watching favorite Christmas movies, church programs, delivering "12 days of Christmas", shopping, opening presents, Secret Santa's, etc. I had Christmas carols playing in the house every day. I love listening to the beautiful music. It helped to keep the True Meaning of Christmas in our thoughts. It was a wonderful month! Here is a collection of some of our adventures.

39th Anniversary

Silhouette (on our anniversary)

Arriving at Disneyland

Christmas tree on Main Street

Haunted Mansion

Mickey & Cynthia

Castle at night

A picture( of a picture) of us on The Tower of Terror Ride

Us with Santa

Doug & Mater!

Castle

"It's A Small World" Clock

For our 39th wedding anniversary (Nov. 26th) we decided to get away. It was our "off" year for Thanksgiving so we went to California. My sister Beth got us a cool suite for 3 nights at her hotel. It was very nice. We ate Thanksgiving dinner there with her and then we spent 2 days in Disneyland/ Disney California. We had never gone alone so it was a different experience. We had a great time. I was amazed at how beautifully decorated it was for the holidays. It really was magical! My favorite ride has always been "It's A Small World". I love it. We had fun strolling through the shops. I took over 250 pictures so it is hard choosing some to post here. We really enjoyed getting away and spending time together.

Izzy & Emily Performing at The Jubilee of Trees

Emily

Izzy going on stage

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Izzy & Emily performed at the Jubilee of Trees. My pictures of Emily performing were all blurry so I took some of her outside later. It was fun watching them. You can tell they love their dance classes. They did a good job.

Ali's 8th Birthday & Baptism

Ali & her #8 doll

New "skull" jacket

Ali's Family

All the cousins with Great Grandma B.

Baptism cake

Ali and her dad (she is so excited)

Well, sweet Ali turned 8 on November 5th, and she was baptized on the 6th. (It was also the weekend of the 5K so it was a very, busy time) All of her cousins were there and we had a party after the baptism. Her Grandma Francis made her a cute baptism cake. We are very proud of you Ali!!!!

Snow Canyon 5K

The end is in sight!!!!

Before the race

At the finish!

"2nd" place medal

We did it!

Luann

Stephanie

Yea... 2nd place

Alex crossing the finish line

My time 34:16 (not bad for an old lady!!!!)

On Saturday November 6th, I ran in my first 5K. Stephanie (my daughter-in-law) and I have been walking all summer and about 5 weeks ago we decided to enter the 5K. We started running a little each morning. We practiced on the hills through the beautiful lava beds. I am so glad she encouraged me on those days that I didn't think I could go any farther. When we found out other family would be in town that weekend (for Ali's baptism) we asked if they would like to run with us. So I ran with Stephanie, Luann (daughter-in-law), Alex, Ellie and Izzy (grandkids). Stephanies' sister Dianne also came and ran in the half marathon. It was a beautiful fall day. It was easier than I thought it would be. Having all the spectators helped push me along at the end. We entered the stadium and ran around the track to the finish line. I actually took 2nd place for my age group. Alex took 3rd for his. (overall he took 22 out of over 300 people in the 5k) It was a fun experience and I hope we can do it again. We bought purple shirts so we could pick out each of us in the crowd of white tee shirts!