My favorite things...

I wandered about the house the other night and was so happy to see all of my favorite things. I love Christmas time, and all of the fun decorations that have been collected over the years... First of all, I love Christmas cookies, but what's better
then a cookie with your name on it, that never happens
for someone like me.

Snowman Nativity, my favorite decoration

This is for Tanner, his favorite decoration,

the last thing he told me before they left was

that he wouldn't get to see it, hope you enjoy!

Our Christmas tree, first one we found

and it's beautiful!

The collection of Nutcrackers, my mom gets me

a new one every year, and I always get excited to

see what it will be and then to look at them each year.

We hope you have a wonderul Christmas

Black Friday!

So, I have gone out shopping on Black Friday for as long as I can remember, first with my mom, then with Bret's mom, and then Jenessa- but since Jenessa left, I didn't know what to do! Katelyn and Nadia came to the rescue. They had come home from BYU-I for the week and said they would be happy to come shopping with me so long as I bought something for Katelyn. So we headed out at 5:00 a.m. and had a great time at Kohls, and Target, we went and got breakfast and headed to the mall.

Now, did you know that the Valley Plaza now has Valet Parking???? and you have to pay $5 for it, the crazy part is, people were actually paying for it, and some weren't as they snuck in when they valet was driving away, well this was crazy to me, as we live in Bakersfield for goodness sakes, it's not like we live in a "ritzy" place that uses valet. We took matters into our own hands, and Katelyn moved the tape "a little" so I had some place to park in the crazy madness and then we braved the mall, where Katelyn almost got in a fight because one little lady didn't want to move a little bit- craziness I tell you, all in the good name of saving a few dollars.

Though, we did have fun, saved some money and got some great Christmas presents, and yes I did buy Katelyn a purse that she loved.