Christmas Eve

Yesterday the whole family got together and went up to Payson to enjoy some snow and go sledding it was a lot of fun, and it was so cool to go sledding again! There are some pictures on the family blog so take a look: http://mclaws1981.blogspot.com/.
Merry Christmas!

Elf On the Shelf

Last year around this time I was babysitting at someone house in my ward. It was really close to Christmas time, I'm not exactly sure what we were doing, when the 2 year old little girl comes crawling up to me. She get really close to me and whispers "He's watching us!" Naturally I flipped out and asked her who was watching us. I was so creeped out at this point and was afraid to hear what she was going to say. She quickly pointed to a shelf were a little elf was sitting perfectly. I let out a sigh of relief, but was still terrified because the elf looked really, really creepy. I have decided I will never have an elf in my home who watches my children and then flies to the North Pole at night to tell Santa if they have been good or bad. I think if my parents had done that when I was little I would have had nightmares about it and been afraid of Christmas time. Luckily, they didn't do that when I was little and I won't do it to my children. Hopefully, you will think carefully before you put a creepy elf on your shelf, because they really, truly are terrifying!

Zoo Lights + Family = Christmas Time

Last night for family night we all met infront of the zoo to see the zoo lights together. I was so happy to see Barbara and John after not seeing them for a long time. It was so much fun to be together as a family and have a good time. Every sibling was there, I am so thankful that we all live lose to eachother and that we are a close family. I still look back at all the good memories I have from when we all lived at home. I love them all so much and I am so glad they are my family!

Christmas is Coming

The Scarlet Pimpernel rehearsals are going great! And to top it off, I found out yesterday that my bestest friend Haeley was put in the cast because someone dropped out. Yesterday was her first rehearsal and it was so much fun! In a week from today is CHRISTMAS! I am not ready for this folks. I still have to make/buy a ton of presents and I am absolutely broke. (I think I have 1 dollar!) I'm also pretty nervous because I have to finish 3 personal progress projects by the end of December! Ahhhhhh! It's coming so quickly, but I am getting excited. Maybe this will happen to Santa:

Then I would have some more time!

Christmas

My family had this Christmas tradition: every year we pick out of a hat, which has a slip of paper for each sibling, and it has their name on it. The name that is on the paper that you pick is the sibling you get a 20 dollar gift for. This year my brother Steven picked me, and he got me exactly what I wanted. You're probably wondering why I opened my Christmas present since Christmas is still 12 days away (ONLY 12 DAYS PEOPLE!) Well, it's something I needed early so I could wear it through December! Here are some pictures:



It is my favorite hat EVER. I wish I could wear it everyday. I wore it to Walmart the other day and 3 old guys came up to me and told me they liked my hat, it was pretty awesome. Hopefully you will see me wearing this hat soon. At least you know if you go somewhere with me you won't lose me! :)