Christmas Time Fun

This year I have done so many fun Christmas things

I think my Christmas celebration started in early November

in Oregon...with the cold weather, fireplace, and Cmas movies

Then it continued with the Polar Express...and the fun didn't stop there

Tonja, Arlene, Nicole, and I went to Dland in December

I have always wanted to go during Christmas...and never have until this year

It was awesome! We had such a great time!

The Sunday before Cmas...my Dad flew into town

And suprised everyone!

We had dinner and watched Scrooge on the projector at Chads house

It was so cool to spend time with my Dad for Christmas

(Hopefully I will get pics soon!)

Then right before Christmas

Kathy, Trev, Bev and I went to the Forgotten Carols

I absolutely love going to the Forgotten Carols

It was the perfect thing to bring the real spirit of Christmas

Forgotten Carols
Hard to tell but that is the castle with a shooting star
I was pretty impressed with my own photo skills

Santa at the Cmas parade
Mainstreet, the tree, lights, and SNOW!!

Disneyland Parade

The Castle

Im a big nerd! I could not stop smiling and I may

or may not have gotten slightly teary eyed when it snowed on main street!

Its a small world

Arlene, Tonja, Nicole, and Me

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I still do not know where the month of December went...

However this Christmas has been one of the best!

I have too much to post about...

So there will have to be post Christmas posting...

But I hope everyone has a Fabulous Christmas!

Thanksgiving

I can't believe Thanksgiving has come and gone already! Where does time go?! My Thanksgiving was a fabulous one....We had just the Nuttall crew over at Trev and Kat's new house! We had such a great time! Which leads me to what I am most Thankful for....my family. I have the greatest family...I love so much. I do not know what I would do without a wonderful set of parents, and my awesome siblings and sister inlaws, and don't even get me started on my nieces and nephews (It's really not describable the love I have for each of those kids!) Im incredibly grateful for a family that loves and cares so much for me, grateful we all get along and have so much fun together. Im grateful for the examples they are to me. Mom, Dad, Trev, Kat, Parker, Evrett, Fletch, Joss, Chad, Nic, Malleri, Merissa, Ella, Sawyer, Lucy, Chris, Heather, Madi, Cami Love you all very much!
To see pictures of the Nuttall Thanksgiving see

www.thenuttallclan.blogspot.com It was a great day!

If you just Believe....

Last weekend Arlene, Tonja and I went up to Willliams....to ride the Polar Express! Call us 5 year olds...But we had the greatest time! I would suggest this to anyone - don't get me wrong...It probably would have been even more fun with kiddos....But don't worry I'm pretty sure we had more fun than any kid on the train! There was Christmas music playing on the train - they served hot chocolate and cookies - and read the story to us on the way to the "North Pole" - where Santa got on the train - and apparently I was the only adult on the nice list...Because I was the only one of us that got a magic bell from Santa (Arlene and Tonja you know you are still a tad bitter!) Anyway! We had a fabulous time and it made me even more excited for Christmas! (Like I needed that!) 

I Believe

Mr. C.

Too bad they don't look too excited (FALSE!)

Waiting for the Train

Store front in downtown Williams So Fun!

Christmas Tree in the middle of downtown!

OREGON

Our cute little house

Be AFRAID of Sasquatch!!

Me and Arlene on a Bridge

The beautiful temple (note the red leaves)

The Column in Astoria

This is us in front of the Bayview bakery

By far our fav place to eat

This is where the cute old man stopped to take our pic!

Multnomah Falls

So I have been a bad blogger lately...for anyone who reads Tonja and Arlene's blogs....I am slacking! Two weeks ago the 3 of us went to Oregon for 4 fabulous days! We had the greatest time - words can't even describe how perfect this trip was! I could write for pages and pages everything we saw and did but I'll leave it to the pictures and highlights!

Highlights of the trip include.....

*Seeing and hiking to AMAZING waterfalls
*Staying in a cute little beach house for $20 ( for the whole weekend)
*Listening to Christmas music as we drove
*Watching Christmas movies every night
*Going to Tilamook Cheese Factory
*Seeing the Goonies house and other places from the Goonies

*Seeing the angry ocean hit up against the rocky beaches
*Meeting a sweet old man who just pulled over on the side of the road just to take our picture and proceed to tell us all the best places to eat on the coast (loved him)

*Seeing the end of the Oregon trail
*Facing my fears and eating at the BIG FOOT pub and grub YIKES
*Seeing the beutiful fall leaves everywhere
*Seeing the Portland temple (Pretty sure its my new favorite)
*Traveling with Arlene and Tonja (we make quite the combination)

I absolutely loved this trip! Oregon was beautiful! Cant wait to go back!

FEELING GOOD

I VOTED today - don't know if it is because I live in Phoenix or what but there was no waiting at all I walked in....voted....and left within 5 minutes! It was a beutiful thing!! Just wanna say it feels good to vote - sounds cheesy and cliche...but I am proud to be an American... Glad we have the oppurtunity to live in this country -Im grateful for the founding fathers who I know were men of God - who fought hard to make this country what it is. I realize this country is not in the best of situations right now - but it could be so much worse! It makes me proud that so many people are getting so involved in this election. I think it is awesome! I hope it all turns out for the best! I am excited to see history be made one way or another today.
I also find incredible peace in knowing that good, bad, or indifferent in the world, the church will always stand fast and unwavering. Im grateful to have that foundation in my life. It brings incredible peace of mind - no matter what happens around us the church teachings and leaders will not change and will always lead us in the right direction.

Disneyland

As you can tell by pictures and for those of you who read Kathy's blog...I went to Disneyland with the Trev and Kat fam! We had the funnest time! I loved being there with Parks, Ev, Fletch, and Joss - they made it so much fun! (Trev and Kat you guys were ok to be with :) JK!!) Actually I have been to Dland more times with Kathy than I have anyone else - we first went to Dland together when we were 14 years old! Who knew 15 years later we would still be going and this time with her 4 kids! The boys were so cute and they braved all the big kid rides - we somehow talked/tricked them into the Tower of Terror! I never thought I would go to the haunted mansion 6+ times... but I did and I loved it more everytime! It even made me teary eyed (get help!) dont know if it was because that is Parker and Ev's fav movie and they were excited or if I just got excited for Christmas - prob a combo of both!! Can't wait to go at Christmas time although I may lose my mind (in a good way) because two of my favorite things...Christmas + Disneyland = OVERWHELMING!! Thanks Trev and Kat for letting me tag along!