Christmas Day in the Morning

What a beautiful start to our Christmas morn- thank you Heavenly Father.

Thank you children for letting us sleep in till 7:30.

Thank you Santa for all the fun presents.

Thank you Mo for being so much fun to watch!

Thank you Hobby Lobby for providing such nice thick wrapping paper. There were no little mice nibbles in any of the corners of our presents. Also a big thank you to the blog I got the idea from years ago to wrap each person's present in their own paper. Then I just don't put tags on the presents and they have to wait to find out which paper their presents are wrapped in until Christmas Eve.

Thank you Target for making an "American Girl" doll named Jenny with green eyes & blond hair for a fraction of the cost of the name brand dolls. Thank you JcPenney's for making a matching doll dress to Genna's Christmas dress, she was more than thrilled to discover she could match her doll.



Thank you sweet children for letting us experience Christmas through your eyes.
Thank you again, Heavenly Father for our jobs to provide for so many nice things.


Thank you Troy for sending me on a fun scavenger hunt and for totally shocking me with such a fun addition to my scrapbooking supplies. Thank you Cheryl for finding such a killer deal for him!

(sorry about the scary picture of my basement & me!)

Thank you Grandma Koski for making the almond coffee cake wreath that evolved into our traditional Christmas morning rolls.


What a blessed Christmas morn!

Feeling Fallish

Our weather lately has been incredible! I love the cooler mornings and the warm but breezy afternoons! I can hardly believe it is almost the end of September. I have been slowly putting up my Halloween decorations. I figured I would wait till November and put out the fall stuff. I promise next week there will be a peek at my spooky trimmings. I have a few things I'd like to get, one more thing to make and a gift certificate to spend at one of my favorite stores. So, check back next week.

Until then, here are some of my favorite pictures I took last fall.


Ok, and then one more funny thing that I couldn't help but try... Troy and I had a lot of laughs over this tonight.

1972- the year I was born

1990- the year I was graduated. Yep, that hairdo was right on compared to my senior pics.

1970-the year after Troy was born

1988- the year he graduated. Troy's hair was a lot lighter and longer then.


Go here to give it a try.

Bishop Bennett

For the past year Troy has been serving as the first counselor in the Nebraska City Ward bishopbric. Bishop Herrick has been serving for 5 years now and we knew his time was soon up. When Troy got a phone call to meet with the Stake President, we weren't really too surprised to find out what his new calling was going to be.

On Sunday Troy was sustained as the new Bishop in our Ward. It has been a humbling experience for Troy, but I know he is going to do a wonderful job. I know there are going to be some sacrifices coming up for our family, but thankfully I know there will be blessings as well.