Friday- Christmas Eve!!!

Christmas Eve! on Christmas eve all the boys, Tim, Ben,Jaylan, Scott, Nicholas, Joseph, Mike, Joseph's friend Tony and Nicholas two brothers Luke and Jake played flag football at Brimhall jr. high. It was fun to watch them think that they were proffesionals. : ) Matthew has fun eating the grass and trying to run out onto the field. Dad took lots of pictures, i told him he thought he was a ESPN photographer. After the game, Nicholas, Scott and Micheal jumped in to the pool. Not something i would have done. It was fun watching their eteremly cold faces. I think they said the water was around 60 degrees. I have a video of them jumping in but it wont download onto there, maybe i will get it to sometime.

After the swimming, Mrs. Clause showed up, ( my mother, its her second year doing it, she loves it and so do the kids) then we had a family picture out front and then a wonderful christmas eve dinner. delish. Then it was the nativity with all the kiddos. They did wonderful, probably because they had such a great director. :) ( me) And then we had sibling present exchange. Amy had me this year and i had her.  I got really cool vinyl from Amy for my kitchen. It says Amber's Cafe and chocolate served daily. I cant quite figure out where to put them though. When i do, i will post a picture. Then it was time to go home and to bed. Nicholas and i each opened one present from my mom when we got home. One was a set of books and the other was a Disney Apple to apples game.

Christmas Week- Wednesday and Thursday

On Wednesday, Teresa, her girls and i made candy. It was fun. We made english toffee, fudge and carmel. They carmel took over two overs to make and then it had to sit without being touched for 24 hours but it was delicous at the next day. The best carmel i have ever had ever. Our fudge didnt work the first time, but i blame it on my brother since he took over our fudge making process. :) The second recipe worked though. And Grandma Walker's English Toffee was the best i have ever made i think. It was fun to teach Teresa and the girls the different stages of candy so they could see when things were done.

On Thursday, they went ice skating. Everyone mostly did but matthew and i. He was tired from all the excitment of the week and needed a good nap. That night we went over to my moms for carriage rides and hot chocolate. My mom has a friend who ownes ponies and horses and has an old fashion carriage with fringe on top and gives rides during the christmas season. This is our second year doing them. Matthew enjoyed riding around in the carriage and looking at the christmas lights. It was his first time seeing all the lights and seeing horses. Unfortuantly i didnt get any pictures of that.

Christmas Week- Tuesday

Tuesday- Train Making Day! I love making trains. Ever since i can remember our family has made trains out of Lorna Doone Cookies for christmas. When we were little we used to deliver them to different people after we made them. It was fun to get the family together and make them again. although not everyone made trains.

Helping ellis, he only got a little bit done before he decided it was time to eat it



micheal's bat mobile.




Lindsay's castle





Tim's Mesa Arizona Temple





My beautiful train, it got stuck in a snow storm.





This is cyrus's something, it is complete with a dead person outside on the left, blood and everything and a couch and big screen tv on the inside. that is what i call an imagination.




Matthew found a oreo on the ground and throughly enjoyed it until i took it away. mean mommy.



Christmas Week- Sunday and Monday

All of my family was in town for this Christmas so we did a lot of family activites together, all were optional but i went to most of them. :)

Sunday- Temple Lights. It was Matthew's first time, he didnt seem so excited. I think he wanted more action. :)

Monday- Hiking up to the wind caves. This was a love hate thing. It was fun to say that i back packed matthew all the way up there, but it killed and it took forever. I started out with him in the front, but it only took like ten minutes for that to officially kill my shoulders. So i switched him to the back. He fell asleep half way up, which was nice but it made him just feel heavier. I hiked with my niece Sabrina the whole way up, we were kinda slow, everyone else left us behind, except mom amy and tala were behind us. On the way down my dad carried him for me because i just couldnt do it anymore. we made much better time on the way down. : )  



matthew getting ready for the hike



Us at the top. Doesnt matthew look tired? :)



us looking over the edge of the wind caves.



Jennifer and Todd Chessman Wedding

Jennifer, my sister, and Todd got married on December 18th,2010. Here are a few pictures from the event

. There are more and cooler pictures here, http://mewalker.blogspot.com/2010/12/toddifer.html

I didnt know i had a puppy.....

This is what happens when you are trying to find something to make for dinner.......... He loved it by the way. When ever i turn my back, he high tails it as fast as he can to the bathroom, i now have to remember to keep the bathroom door closed.