Christmas Gifts

Well we got a lot this year. I got a new fluffy robe! I love it, its so warm and soft. Brian got a gift certificate for window tinting...I think he loved it. Its actually very hard to tell with him. :) Breana got a remote control car, a robe and pillow pet. Bethanie got a barbie house, a robe and a pillow pet and Juliet got an easy bake oven (which I may say is NOT so easy), a robe and a pillow pet (oh and a two foot porcelain doll....but that's another story)....course they got tons more stuff but I"m naming the main things they liked the most.

We went to my parents house for Christmas dinner...it was fantastic. I made truffles and pie and we opened some more gifts. I got some water glasses. YES and Brian got a little knife set from my little brother.....it was great.

But I have to say one of the greatest gift we got was last night. We attended the dedication to the brand new LDS building that was built in Sun Valley. It is literally down the street from us...I mean walking distance down the street and it is the nicest building in Sun Valley. It is beautiful!!! The talks were great, the music lovely and the dedication prayer wonderful. The building smelt new and you could feel the spirit walking the halls. We start going to that building starting next week.

President Johnson told the story of how they originally thought there should be a new church built in Spanish Springs because that is where people were moving but that is not what the Lord had in mind. So with a failing economy, barely a branch let a lone a whole ward to accommodate a church and land issues to be over come....a miracle was had and we have a brand new church to fill up.

Best quote from last nights talks. "if you build it they will come"! don't you love it!?! Its true...the building is soooo pretty its already attracting people to come in and see what we are all about.

Christmas fun

We made stockings for Family Home evening last week. It was nice and fun to see how the girls decorated their stockings...they have such different personalities.

Consintrating so hard!

Finished Products.......So great!

We also decorated our tree. We've added some more since this ( I found some pink ornaments and of course had have those!) hehe.

All three working together

Bethanie asking if she could put an ornament on a certain spot. She asked almost every single time. haha.

Just like with the stocking, Breana concentrates on all the tasks she does.

Juliet being taller then the twins, can reach farther up the tree so she did most of the top ones.

Even Daddy helped out. I made him take like five pictures until I was convinced he looked like he was having fun. :D

Love having Family Christmas things to do. The girls are off for Winter Break for the next few weeks. We are going to try to take them Ice skating....we'll see how well that works out.

IMPORTANT POST

Some knew about the red light on cars, but not the 112.

It was about 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her
and put his lights on. Lauren's parents have always told her never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road,
but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc.

Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called 112 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to
tell the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was and there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on the way.

Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes.

I never knew about the 112 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe place. *Speaking to a service representative at Bell Mobility confirmed that 112 was a direct link to State trooper info. So, now it's your turn to let your friends know about 112.

You may want to Send this to every woman (and man) you know; it may save a life. This applies to ALL 50 states

1. snopes.com: Cellphone 112 Emergency ��
Will dialing 112 connect you with an emergency call center when your cell phone has no signal?
...Claim: Even when your cell phone signal is blocked, dialing 112 will connect you with an emergency call center. Example: [Collected on the Internet,...
...your mobile phone has no signal (so even if you were in a tunnel) if you dial 112 it diverts to a satellite signal and puts you through to the 999 call...
...The global mobile emergency number, 112, is "special" in the sense that (unlike other local emergency numbers, such as 999) it will use any tower your...
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:18:08 GMT http://www.snopes.com/science/mobile.asp

sorry so late

So I've been super busy...I'll give you a quick timeline and some short stories of what happened.

We started out at about 11pm and drove up to the Legends mall. I was hoping to win the years worth of shoes from Off Broadway shoes...sadly I lost. Mom was hoping to win the years worth of Mortgage...sadly she lost. The first lady whose name was pulled, was not there. So then they called the second name which was some guy who was like great, whatever. I'm hoping he was just so cold he couldn't give a reaction and not that it went to someone who was entering to enter. that would be so unfortunate. After that we tried to tell each other where we were going. ...Mom and Susanne went to wal-mart and Rina and I went to target, but our lips were literally freezing so we couldn't talk...that was kinda comical. Course it was 3 am and bitterly cold.

Target was a bust. We were like 150th person in line and by the time we got in the store all the good stuff was gone. I was hoping to get a TV....sadly I did not.

Mom and Susanne were much more successful at Wal-Mart, snagging two TV's. However, someone stole one right out of moms basket....can you believe that? Mom confronted her but she denied it completely so mom did the best next thing. Followed her around the store all the way the check out line and gave her the stink eye! You go mom!

After the disaster of Target, we went to Staples and I was the third in line..so I got my laptop! YES!!!!

We went to breakfast and then finished off most of our shopping back at Target.

By the end of the day, we got some pretty good deals, had some pretty good laughs and made yet another year of BF memories! I love that holiday!