Friday, December 23, 2011

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!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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!