Christmas Random Stuff!

So I totally finished this blog entry, only to see I put it on my genealogy blog by mistake.  So I guess it will be in 2 places.  Oh, well.  Leave it to me!

Well, just some little things to remind me of the time of year we are now in.  So here are some recent pictures!

So yes, it snowed it Utah and then after the snow storms, the temperature dropped to super low.  That made it icy and slick conditions.  Because it was so cold I have not taken the train to work since.  I can't stand waiting in the cold, wind or snow.  It's too hard for this grandma!

At work it's starting to look like Christmas, too.  The people in the book order dept. brought over goodies.  Notice there isn't much left. 

Heidi does all our decorations, each year.  This year we have a Scandinavian Christmas tree.  She always does a wonderful job of decorating.  Glad that is her job and not mine!

Above is my little cube Christmas!  Since I have to live here as my home away from home, I like a little festivity!

 This is part of the largest set of nativity pieces ever.  It must be the whole town of Bethlehem!

Here is one of the many nativity sets on the B-1 Floor.

The annual office Christmas party went through several changes of plans before we finally ended up doing what we have done over the years.  Lunch at the Lion House with a wild and rollicking game of "White Elephant"  and somehow we really get some very "white" elephants.  This year was no exception.  I often wonder what the Lion House people think of our rowdy little group of people!

Here we are at Timberline Jr. High waiting for Tyson after his DANCE performance!  Yes, that's right, Tyson danced!  It was for the program of a class he was in.  He isn't a Brecklyn, by any means, but he held his own and it looked like he was having fun.  They performed in 2 numbers.  As Jamie said, I bet you never thought you would be coming to something like this!

And here come "the boys".  All 4 of them!  Sorry it's blurry, my cell phone isn't the steadiest, or is it me???

Then last nite, because I had gotten the random ticket win for the Motab Christmas Choir, we went first to the Lion House, that is Jamie, Tyson, Brecklyn and myself and had a nice little dinner.  Tyson seems to enjoy Salmon.  The rest of us no.  The rolls were fresh, and tasty! 

Breckie had the kid's meal of chicken strips and mashed potatoes, rolls and RED JELLO!
And as maybe you can see, or not, she will be singing the famous Christmas song "All I want for Christmas is my 7 front teeth!"  Yes, it is a wonder this child can even eat!  But, better now than later.  And when they come in, "if they ever do" she gets those wonderful things called braces, like her handsome bro!

So here we are waiting for the show to begin.  Notice Tyson making a face for the camera.  Little did he know I would be posting it!  Jamie is preparing a lesson while we wait.  It was a nice program and that is the last week or two in a nutshell.  One more week and I have vacation!  I love having a little time off!  I think we all need it now and then!  Till later!

The Snow Fort

So it has been cold this week and then it snowed...alot.  And at the moment, it is still snowing.  The kids donned there snow gear and decided to build a fort.

Now there are 3 and one has a moon roof of sorts.!

Brian Turns Another Year Older!

Today is Brian's birthday.  36!  I can't believe my little (big) turkey baby is that old.  He was my Thanksgiving Day turkey exactly 36 years ago! So we started the celebration last nite, but before that My mom, Jamie, Ty, Brecklyn and Grayson and myself went to the German Christmas Markt.  It was in another location and Grayson came for the first time.  This time Logan didn't come because of a friend's birthday party.  Below we are waiting for the show to begin!  Brecklyn is in the 2nd picture with Baerbel and Heidi working on a Christmas decoration.

While waiting for Brecklyn to make her decoration, Grayson plays games!

 

Here is a cute 3 some at Brian's favorite eating establishment!

Here is BJ with his requested cake, black forest, what else???

Happy Birthday Brian.

 

Still 59...

Well, tonight we celebrated my birthday, a little early because of schedules, etc.  We went to the Olive garden for dinner and to gain some weight....

There was a lot of food and we ended up taking a bit home, Brian is eating it now as I write this!
The food and company were great!

Then we gathered at our house, although I wasn't sure at the time why and was a bit confused because we were having cake and ice cream on my actual birthday.  Then I found out why...
I was getting a present, and a very special present, at that!

OK, so I got the most wonderful quilt in the world.  The whole family went in in on this together and it was breathtaking for me.  In these pictures it is a bit hard to see what it on the quilt, but Jamie got into my online albums and picked out pictures of different seasons of my life, my infancy, child, teenage, bride, mom and grandma stages and put those pictures as quilt squares and then everyone had their own square to write or draw on.  Even now as I am writing about it, I am tearing up and my nose is starting to run... Anyways, I love it and I love all of them.  It's beautiful and wonderful.  I appreciate them all so much.  Jamie did most of the labor with some help from Arden.  Thanks Arden!  Thanks everyone.  What a very special birthday, one that I won't soon forget!  I love you all!

Logan's Football Season

 

Spencer asked that I load a couple of football clips on my blog which feature Logan.  Logan is number 1 and the kid with "Pink" socks.  Jamie did that intentionally so she could easily spot him amongst all the other players.  So here he is!

 

 

 

A Busy Month With Lots of Things to Do!

It's the end of September.  It was a busy month.  I thought about blogging often but did I get around to it?  Only in my dreams!

So what happened?  Well, work changed DRASTICALLY.  We lost a lot of our workers to other departments and/or retirements.    Barbara retired, Baerbel and Sylvie and Paola were moved and that left Heidi and myself to man the "store". (so to speak)  It also changed our late shifts from 1-9 pm to 11-7 pm.  And without Sylvie, I have to work all the late Thursdays.  Heidi is going on vacation soon and that will leave me.  We have missionaries, too, but staff is indeed small now... So it will be interesting to see how things work out.  I will be teaching 3 Polish classes this month.  It was supposed to be Sylvie teaching 2 or them, but again, with her new assignment, I now have them all.  And lots of our assignments have changed as to what we do on an average day.  It has been somewhat stressful and hopefully we will adjust or some things will be adjusted.  Well, that's it for work.  Now on to other things.

Brecklyn had a birthday.  She turned 9 and here are some birthday pictures.

Here we are at Jamie's,  and it looks like the gangs all here!

 Jamie had a birthday too.  September is a big birthday month in the family.  Jake has one, too. But I don't have any pics of his.  Sorry Jake!

 And a little fun in the sun, as Logan becomes a real football star!

 This guy got a handsome haircut.  He has also definitely grown a "Foot or two"!

 Ty is also in football, but is playing "Flag" football.  He did really well and made a major touchdown run in Lehi running from the opposing team's 5 yard line all the way to the goal on the other end of the field.  Talk about excitement and a proud grandma!

 Homemade ice cream at grandma's.

 You can always tell who has been on grandpa's computer lately...

I love this picture. Ty and grandpa talking all things baseball!

A little more football action!  Yeah, it's been a busy month, but now it's almost October, one more day to go!  And then I will have one of those icky mile-stone birthdays.   Yuch....
Have a great fall everyone!

New "Tradition"?

Yes, it has been a while since I last posted.  I keep meaning to...and then life gets in the way!

Today was Sunday and in the afternoon we did something that I have been doing each Sunday afternoon.  Homemade ice cream!  And it's easy, few ingredients, all organic and healthy. 

Brecklyn and Ty helped today.  I bought this little ice cream maker at the end of last summer, 2012, at Costco.  It was the last one and it appears they were trying to get rid of it.  So it was CHEAP.  I would call it a steal... because I priced it and the cheapest I could find it for anywhere was $60.00.  It takes about 30 minutes to make the best ice cream ever.

We made a little mess along the way, but it was fun, none-the-less.  Today's flavor was mini mint-chocolate chip.