Cardinals win Playoff game!!!!

So as a belated Christmas present, Bob and Julie bought Dan tickets to the Playoffs game.....and of course, as a perfect husband, he took his wife to the game! O.k. truthfully, Clark was out of town! But I was runner-up! lol!

University if Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Az!

We had a great view of the feild!



At half-time, 3 Door Down sang.

The score was 30 - 24 Cardinals WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah.....just look at Daniel's face! That is one happy Cardinals Fan!

It was a blast!

Presents continued...

The boys got new Bath toys!!!

A pirate ship and lots of other boat-stuff!

Aiden got new Lego blocks!

We built a "woo-dog" with his new Lego blocks!

...and he of course had a lovely conversation with it!

Then destroyed it!

They also got a huge platform full of the alphabet and numbers.....which they're obviously enjoying!

A few pages from Alexxis's Book!

My latest Book: "Lexxi's Story"

I made this book for my niece, Alexxis Paige Boyd.

Here are just some of the pages from the book, I love it cause it's so perfect for her- Lexxi's colors are pink and green:

My brother, James, and Kimberly.

These are just a few pages- don't want to spoil the surprise!

Presents!

One of the best presents of the year was Aiden's personalised Book of Mormon.

As much as I want to take credit for this gift; it actually came from his nursery teacher, Sister Griner.

Inside the book she wrote a message to Aiden, thanking him for being such a memorable child.

She's always commenting on how bright he is, and artistic. It touched our family so much to learn what an impact our son has already become. Thankyou, Sister Griner.

Future Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints:

Elder Aiden Robert Phillips.

Well not anytime soon, but ...he's on his way!

Julie's Book

For the past two months I've been working on a book for Julie of her grandchildren.

This is the finished product.....keep in mind; it's meant to just be a collage:

This is our 2008 family photo. It transferred weird: the "ghost" you see is Aiden. Fortunately it turned out perfectly in the book.

Christmas was perfect!

Christmas 2006, Julie gave each of her sons and their wives a Christmas ornament recognising their "first Christmas together." It's a beautiful ornament which we have had on our tree every Christmas since. Here's my attempt to take a picture of it.....did I mention it's a mirror? lol!

Christmas eve eve (lol) I rounded up the boys and went over to my mother-in-laws for a Phillips girls "Baking Day!" It was so fun, and yummy, too!

Then on Christmas eve, Daniel, the boys, and I went over to deliver presents and a Christmas dinner to the "adopted family." The Phillips' have a tradition of adopting a family in need each Christmas; it's the greatest feeling in the world to see the impact you can make on someone, merely giving food and a few presents.

Christmas eve night, after tucking in the boys, Daniel and I shared our little tradition of opening one present! He got me an autographed, hard-backed copy of the book Twilight.

Christmas day started way too early (if you know who my husband is......I think he woke the boys up!) and we recorded the boys opening their presents!

Then we headed over to Bob and Julie's to open family presents. Which we recorded, too, for the boys to remember!

It was perfect, and I hope everyone was as fortunate to share the holiday with family!