Friday, December 25, 2009

It's Christmas time!

Hello to my favorite time of the year! I, like most people I assume, LOVE Christmas time! There's something about this time of year that makes things absolutely magical!

We had our friend "Freddie" here all month again, helping to make sure A & B were on their best behavior. He's a sneaky little elf and we found him in some funny places!

Janna & I kept our tradition alive of seeing Peter Breinholt's Christmas concert, and this year Mama Crook came too! LOVED the show, as always!

We had an early Christmas with Janna & Claire the week before Christmas, which was just as fun as the real thing!

Claire was SO happy to get her very own Hairspray CD- she's slightly obsessed with the movie and all the music! It's a riot to watch!

Abby & Brenna were just a little excited about the text messaging device they got from Janna & Jason! We were all dying laughing at their reaction!!

My cousin David's new wife own an amazing Dress-Up line and gave Claire and my girls these ADORABLE "flip-slips". They wear them constantly-- even to school one day and they both said that everyone LOVED them! We do too- thanks Jenn!

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Our official December 25th Christmas morning

Sandie & Matthew spent the night with us and we got to enjoy the fun day with them!

The one thing my girls asked for was those dreaded Snuggies. They were more than excited to open them (for some reason) and I'm just mad that I didn't come up with the idea of a backwards robe. Oh well, they love them!

And the BIG exciting present of the year was the bikes
they got from Grandma & Grandpa Carlton!
I was in charge of picking them out and must have had a brain lapse when I chose the Hannah Montana bikes, but they were the least tacky choice out there!
Unfortunately they aren't getting much use right now, but they're all set for the Spring-time to roll around!

We LOVED Christmas this year, and hope you did too!
Sorry there was no official card from us... keep your fingers crossed for next year!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Abby's BIG Baptism Day!!!

December 5, 2009 was a big day for Miss Abby Jane Carlton.

She chose to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.


It was a beautiful day, and she was lucky enough to have her Dad be here to perform the baptism. She has been able to see several of her ward friends get baptized, and was ready for the big day! When she came out of the water, she said "Wow- that was cool!"


Abby & her daddy!

And Abby and the mom :)

I'm proud of my little girl and for her desire to make the right choices.

She even bore her testimony for the first time the following Sunday and it melted my heart to see her want to do that all on her own.