Friday, December 31, 2010

Christmas Morning

Mitchell left  a cookie for Santa and some carrots for Rudolph..... And he was trilled the next morning to see that he came!!!
My favorite part of the morning was watching each one of my boys help Caleb open a little gift...

Oh I just love these boys of mine.


They are such treasured gifts to me.


Merry Christmas my merry Moody boys! 

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Images of our nativity

For unto us a child is born...












A Christmas Eve birthday

Dallan's birthday is on Christmas Eve.
A Christmas Eve birthday is perfect for him because he is made of Christmas Spirit!
He is Merry and Bright- a right jolly old elf who has always loved Christmas.

I loved our first Christmas together.
He insisted on a real tree in our little basement apartment.
He made a fireplace and Mantle with poster paper and boxes where we hung our first stockings.

Dallan is a person who carries the spirit of Christmas with him all year long.
He never has a cross word to say to anyone.
He notices the lonely.
He puts the needs of others before himself.
He loves with out condition.
He is humble.
His testimony of the Savior shines from his eyes.
He quietly serves
He is a peaceful and happy soul.

What a gift he is to me.
Happy birthday Dallan. 


I love that I get share an eternity of Christmas birthdays with you.

Friday, December 24, 2010

On our door tonight

On our door is a magic key that only Santa can use to come in!
May your Christmas be Joyful!
HO HO HO!

Finding Santa

We've been looking and looking
and hoping to find him
and thanks to Make a wish- we did!
He listened to Mitchell's questions

Snuggled little Caleb
and joked with my boys
who are wondering if they are too big.
Don't worry Santa, we believe!!! 
We'll leave you a cookie on Christmas Eve (and a carrot for Rudolph too.)

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Cosmo Claus

There's only one person that can get Mitchell as excited as Santa, and that's COSMO CLAUS!


Ra Ra Ra ahem HO HO HO!

Snow days!

This week we had the first SNOW day I can ever remember, so we did what any responsible family would do to make up for a missed day at school...

Got buried alive

Made snow caves

Played Rummi Cube
Made Christmas cookies
And let uncle John pull us on sleds with the 4 wheeler!
HAPPY SNOW DAY!!

My Merry Mitchell

My little Mitchell just had a very merry 4 year old birthday! After he was born, he came home from the hospital in a stocking and has been a precious gift to our family ever since. 

When he was given a name and a blessing, Dallan blessed him that he would be a JOY to his mother.  And  a JOY he is. 

Mitchell lights up the room with his big brown eyes and twinkly smile.  He has a delightful personality and always has a lot to say. 

He loves to use his imagination and can usually be found with a cape on and a sword in hand. 
He has a fascination with my "squishy arms" and loves to squeeze them whenever he can.  He even has a little song he likes to sing called "I love my mommy's squishies." 
Mitchell can be a tease.  He likes to catch the primary chorister with her eyes open during the prayer.  (don't ask me how he knows, he must have X ray vision)  Whenever we go somewhere, he'll joke by saying "Mom, I forgot my shoes!!  Just kidding."
Mitchell has a sweet soul.  He loves the stories of Jesus and he tries hard to choose the right.
One night after he had been tucked in, he told me he was nervous to go to sleep because he was afraid the Lord might talk to him.  I reassured him that usually the Lord talks to people with a peaceful feeling in their heart.  That seemed to do the trick, until Dallan came walking out of Caleb's room next door. Mitchell screamed bloody murder until he realized it was Dallan.  He sighed and said, "Whew Dad, I thought you were the Lord!
 
I feel so blessed to be the Mother to such a wonderful little boy. A Christmas time birthday is fitting for my merry little Mitchell.
I love you to pieces my Mitchie Mitch.

To read Mitchell's birthday story from Granny B visit her blog.

Friday, December 17, 2010

The Christmas Spirit

"What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He 'went about doing good.' As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours."
Thomas S Monson

Cousins

Cousins are friends that will love you forever.

One of my favorite things about living close to family is watching Mitchell become best friends with his cousin Emma.
A cousin is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.