Christmas Party 2010 OH MY!

So every year I have my Christmas Party.. Every Year it gets better and better and better and this year... well It was fun and full of life and well... IT was just awesome!



I learned a few years ago that I never get pictures of my party or the guests... Mainly because I am always in the kitchen and cooking and watching and well... this year Cholie got the idea she was taking pictures... One of these years I am going to hire Ben and Mandy to take pictures.. I always try to get Mandy to take pictures for me... BUT they did not come this year.. I was very sad! Love you guys.

So the first picture is of Kristen Wes and Hillary McKay. ( I work with Hillary and her Husband on Stake Activities).

Pitured is Beren McKay, President Gary London, Erick Saganic

My dear sweet Ann Romish and Laura Saganic

Yes you got a picture of me... Cholie.. (You know if you just waited for me... you could have been Sister Leitch..) LOL

Beren, Jared Bounty and SIster London

Jared and Jen

Jen and Kristen

Jen, Sister Loni Shriber and Me... I look like I am 9 months Pregant... NOW that would be funny!

John and Cholie Ash and Bishop and Sister Hall (He will always be Bishop Hall)

Jared (Just thinking what he is going to eat next!)

Peter and Jen and Calab (Next door Neighbors...I love theses guys!)

Bishop Shriber

Allan Brown fixing the train for 100th Time

Brandon West eatting another Scone

Jackie Johnson (my old assistant) I miss Jackie!

My Dear dear dear Sharron Hall... I so love this Lady and I will always.. WIth her granddaughter Emily!

This is just a part of the photo's that were taken and I am always sad because I do not get to take more pictures of everyone but this year thank you Cholie.

It was really fun.. I started at 4:30 and it ended at 10. Yes I was tired and yes I had a final the next day but over all it was so worth every minute I got to spend cooking, and cleaning, and fixing and swearing and just making all the food that I did. (I burnt my self good so I had to say a few good words..) Sorry Mother.. It is the PA in me!

I learned that left over turkey is good for something and that is Turkey Enchiladas.

So I made 6 pans of Turkey Enchiladas, total of 204 rolled corn tortillas!

I have 3 pans left and my cultural studies class is coming over on Monday Decemeber 20th to eat them!

I had chips and salsa.. I learned a few years ago that people just love to eat chips and salsa so I made salsa ... ok I added stuff to the store bought stuff and it was yummy!

Little smokies are always a hit so we had them and refried beans and well It was food every where you looked.

I think when it was all over and done with there was about 75 people and it was just fun in my little home.

last Class

I will have to start that I am crying and it's just that I have a bad habit of doing that.

Tonight was the last night for my English class and cultural studies class and well.. I just cryied. I am a big baby... I guess it is that I started out the quarter crying because I did not know where I was going and what I was going to be doing and then trying to work and well... I was all over the place... and then here it is the last class and I have learned so much.. and I made some wonderful friends. and well... I am a big baby!

I just have a hard time dealing with saying good-byes. and then on top of it all... The one person that helped me the most is retiring from teaching and we had a party for her and we were toasting her and well more tears.

I will have to say that we had a awesome group project that just about made me cry again so all night I was almost in tears..

My peer group however did say we had the best group project and that they scored us super hi! maybe because one part of the group project was to do something for the commuinty and We did a food drive and well it turned out AWESOME! super high for me... What a great way to end a class.

I will post the video as soon as I am able.

All I really want to say is... with every step comes movement and with every movement come a new step!

Pre-Christmas Cookie PHOTOS

Ok I love this Holiday SEASON... LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!

So I have worked hard to get the HOUSE ready.. THE train is up and the trees are decked!

So Saydee was in the door first and I wanted to catch her face as she was looking at the trains.. YEAH I was at the wrong place.. BUT she did have fun.

Shelby.. ITS ok.. thing happen.. KIDS will be kids

I put a train out and YES the kids touched it!

So we started out with Pizza and then went to BAKING!!

Dan and James and Mallory rolling out cookies.

THE DETAILS in Mallory is what I loved I showed Them how to do it and it was magic.

we had the whole house filled with cookies!

I am so glad that I got it all on film..

MAYBE a little to much sugar!

I love this picture of Saydee... LOVE IT!

PLEASE NOTE that Saydee's BOW matches her shirt..

LOL INSIDE JOKE HERE!!

LOVE IT!!

Don't Worry Ted You have no controll!

IT was just a big old sugar mess worth every minute!

Little Rhett... HE was just taking it all in!

Merritt just kept cool!

THIS is when the VIDEO took place!

Part 1 of many pictures...

OK So tonight was cookies.... It was fun.. JUST be prepared to eat a lot of sugar!

After all of the baking and prep work and when it was all done.....

There was a few dishes...

LUCKY I have a dish washer...

LUCKY I had all the laundry done before the washing machine died on me!

post cookie making

It was was fun... This is just the ending of the cookie making... Pictures to come!

Picture me, at this

SO I have been told that sometimes when you are feeling blue or other times and when things just are not going the way you think they should or just not happening the way one would hope that it might just be best if you sit down and write...

OK so just take a minute to think about what I am going to write.. I am wearing a pair of RED and BLACK plad sweat pants.. dont know who or where I got them from.. and a brown plad shirt.. and my black dress socks..

LAUGH really LAUGH all you want right now because that is what I have on and the mood I must be in...

Maybe its the fact that my THESIS was due on monday and I had not yet finished it and everyone says let me look at it before you turn it in and I do and they HELP me alot with corrections and what needs to be done but then it turns out to be something I wanted but I could not write it the way I wanted to write it and I feel that I just failed big time and well... NOW I am feeling the blues and thinking what am I doing and just saying WHY ME and the funk is I am confused!!! CONFUSED with my life and what is happening with it at this time.......!!!!

I was not going to even start to get the chirstmas decoration out and do anything until after school was over but I feel I need to do it this week.. So I am starting that project.. on top of everything else.. I might be just a little crazy!!!!

Oh dont worry I have been popping my vietim D everyday I am not depressed I am just conficted!

I guess what I have to do is make a list an check it twice... I have never been one not to understand where I was going or what I was doing... but sometimes a big old foot needs to kick me in the butt and say do it now... (No mother I do not need your foot kicking me)


Hope everyone can understand what and where I am coming from...

Love ya

What a night of sleep wont do

I am feeling better this morning after a GOOD night sleep.. Its funny how December changes the mood of everyone as well as me.

I am in hyper speed right now trying to clean the house and get everything ready for CHRISTMAS!!

I can do this!!!