Happy Birthday Babe

Forgot our camera!- Dang.

We spent a wonderful Christmas in Texas with Heath's family. We enjoyed going to the temple in Dallas, The WONDERFUL polar express ride to the North Pole, yummy food, pedicures, fun activities, movies and great company! Thank you Perry and Angie for making this Christmas so memorable. We of course forgot our camera, so here a few we got from Heath's phone. Sorry!

Stuffing the socks is the funnest part! I love to see what is inside. Such fun little gifts from Santa and everyone. Thank you! Oh, that is Noah's rad red wagon (cup holders and all!)
Heath and I would love it when Brooklyn would come and snuggle in our bed. This is right after church. She is so adorable. Miss you Brooklyn!
Jack and Brooklyn admiring their gifts from Santa. What good kids they were this year!
Good morning Noah. You look adorable in your Christmas jammies. Miss you!
Our gingerbread house. Jack loved the junior mints that we used on our roof- just ask Grammie.

Well, sorry about the TIME it has taken me to post, and the LACK of pictures I took, but hey- at least y'all got a taste of Christmas in Texas. Jones fam- we love you and we had a blast! Miss y'all!

Thanksgiving in Rexburg!

All the sisters in my family went up to the Rexburg house and celebrated a much-loved holiday. WE had oh.....12 pies (not all pictured), yams, mashed potatoes, huge turkey, rolls, mom's jello, cooked carrots and aspargus, ham, stuffing......SO MUCH FOOD. We started the pies on wednesday, finished them on thursday as well as the rest of the wonderful feast, and kept eating it for 3 more days. It was so fun. We saw a couple movies, put up Christmas lights, went to the BYU-Idaho beautiful new book store, did some Christmas shopping, listened to the new "Christmas Best" CD from Em and Tim, and much much more. My favorite part was the WHITE ELEPHANT gifts we did. Usually the Clason fam does this on Christmas eve, but this year we all won't be together so we did it at thanksgiving. Let's Begin:

First, Heaths' gift from Jordan. Heath is a spurs fan, watches every game up here on TV. Jordan and Tim love how much he loves his team......
I have a love for coloring books. We did a lot of that up there- (CLASON GIRLS LOVE TO COLOR) so Harrison got me this coloring book and High School Musical crayons from the dollar store. So funny!
I got cat six beautiful glass cats to decorate one of the guests rooms at the Rexburg house. They were absolutely hideous!
Dan has a strategy. There is this AMAZING pizza place in Rexburg- Craigo's- and when dan goes and gets the all you can eat, salad, pasta, pizza and dessert buffet, he doesn't eat his crusts, leaving more room for the actual pizza pie. So, when we all went to Craigo's, in shifts due to babies being asleep, we saved all our crusts in the ziploc bag. What a funny idea Emily! We all laughed so hard! Dan- you know, that strategy does work. 
Emily is an artist as most of you know. She is very talented and designs Christmas cards, thank you cards and all sorts for everyone! She is so kind. So, Catherine got her some essentials: Glitter pens, kitty thank you cards- and some pretty crazy looking face thank you cards. It was perfect! Good job cat.
Claire had Jordan. She makes this face that we all call "concerned claire"...and Jordan always catches it. So Tim wrote up for her all of the reasons why she is always concerned. They were so funny. Oh claire, we love you.
Heath and Tim. Tim just bought an old GMC truck that he loves, that has a nice gun rack built in it. What a perfect thing to put on your trailer hitch Tim! 
Dan had Annie. Annie has very sensitive eyes, and the whole weekend she wore sunglasses in the house while we were cooking because the kitchen lights were too bright. A regular thing for her to do. She also gets headaches from certain brightness, so Dan made a visor that connects to her sunglasses and and icepac that ties around her neck!

Annie had Claire. She likes to throw tantrums and bang her head against the floor so anne make her a head-sweat band and padded it to protect her head. It was so funny! 

Tim had Harrison. He is one smart boy. So Tim made him a workbook. Cross word puzzles of his favorite words, people and food. Word searches....very very good work Tim.

Just a few of our many delicious pies that lasted the week and more! Gotta love pies.
Poor little Claire burned her hand on the fireplace, so her parents wrapped it and she snuggled with dad most of the day. Bless her heart. She played for two days with that sock over her hand.
Cat's great way to chop onions. Ski googles! It works!
Harrison loves to watch the "Hot Dog" song from mickey mouse with heath on the computer....again and again and again... we love him.

All in all the weekend was fun. A few accidents, burnt hands, throwing up, screaming because he heard his parents come in the room...... a thanksgiving to remember that's for sure.

Christmas Cards and Gifts!

Hello all. I have such creative people in my family. (Both the Clason side and the Jones side). My sister Emily has designed different Christmas cards for anyone that would like to send some out this year. They are beautiful! With each purchase, $5 will go to our friend Nie Nie. Click on "Christmas Cards for NIE NIE" to the right, to see her great designs and all the information regarding your purchase. My sister-in-law, Britni, has used her creativity and has started a wonderful Children's Boutique business online. She has set up a website with all the wonderful things she makes and sells. (See link on the right: CAMBERLYN). 

It's Over!

Today was the Primary Program. It turned out pretty well. We have about 10 kids on our ward roll, and about 4 come so doing a program was going to be a challenge. So, as a Presidency, we invited all the grandparents in our ward to bring there grandkids. We had 26 show! It was great. About two weeks ago we started writing the program and practiced it yesterday. We all met at the chapel and ran through it one time. Then we served them pizza and prayed that it all would work out. It was chaos (well maybe not, but you know how you get stressed out about stuff and then you start to get hot and irritated and thinking of all sorts of things that you should have said or done). Our Primary Pianist is AMAZING. She composed this beautiful version of "I love to see the Temple" with piano and violin. The girl that learned it only practiced the day before! She is unbelievable. She began when she was 3 and played beautifully. Everyone did well and the sunbeams were so cute: "My name is Madeline and I like horses and I am a child of God." One little boy held the microphone so close to his mouth (touching his lips) and spoke really loud. It was so cute. Another little boy sang really loud especially during the chorus of "We thank thee O God for a Prophet."  Anyway, it went well and it was nice to have a lot of kids in sharing time and singing time. Now I am excited to sleep now, instead of dreaming about kids throwing up, crying, not showing up.....the works. So thanks to my counselors, music leaders, and teachers for helping with everything! 

Happy Birthday

Grandma, I wrote this on Saturday and Saved it to post today, (November 1oth, your birthday) so sorry the date is November 8 up above. Haha)

Happy Birthday. I love you so much and I hope today is fun for you. I have been thinking the past few days about the memories I have of you and the reasons I love you. 

1. You taught me how to read music and play the piano.

2. You make the best homemade chicken noodle soup.

3. You love and respect my dad and mom.

4. I love that your hands are always cold even if it is 100 degrees outside!

5. How you always had gum- BIG RED gum

6. When mom got that wire stuck in her finger and you ran over to the rescue!

7. When you forgot to put chicken in your homemade chicken noodle soup!

8. When you and Aunt Grace would play duets together.

9. When you and I would play duets together.

10. "Breakfast" "Dinner" and "Supper" never "Breakfast" "Lunch" and "Dinner"

11. When you and Grandpa would watch westerns with me when nobody else would. 

12. How hard you worked all your life- mom, school teacher, grandma, friend, mother-in-law

13. Apple juice in cereal-what? 

14. Oatmeal and toast. Every morning. 

15. That you've served multiple missions.

16. How you raised my Dad to be the man he is today.

17. Bongo

18. Christmas Juice

19. Grandpa's Stories.

20. Muggins/ all the games you would and do play with us.

21. The love you have for your family and most importantly your love of the Lord.

Happy Birthday. I hope you know how much I love you and care for you. Your life has been an inspiration to me and a guide. I love you so much. 

Places I Have Been

No kids to blog about. School is boring to blog about. No creativity here, so Emily gave me a list of like a million things I could write about. So I chose one for this week. Places that I have been. I have chosen just a few that have given me many sweet memories. Let's start with Wisconsin.

For years I begged my parents to let me visit my cousin and Aunt and Uncle in Wisconsin. Finally, the summer before my Senior year in High School they let me go. We went on a church history tour throughout the midwest. What a wonderful experience that was for me. I learned so much about the history of the Church and experienced things that many people will never have the opportunity. I will be forever grateful for that vacation. I will never forget how much my testimony grew that summer. Thanks to all that made that trip happen for me. 
Heath and I went to Puerto Vallarta on our honeymoon. It was so beautiful. We went snorkling, swimming, hiking, ate our meals in very nice restaurants and even experienced lock down during a hurricane. I had never been anywhere like that. What a fun way to start our lives together. Constant adventure!
Nauvoo. Beautiful. Inspiring. Historic. Colorful. Calm. Spiritual. Nauvoo. Need I say more? This place had such an impact on me. I will never forget all I learned there about the strong and faithful pioneers. 
And Lastly, England. My mother is from there and when I was in eighth grade she and dad took my sister and I to visit our Nana. We saw where my mom was born, where she lived when they went back after living in America. Where my Granddad went to art school- and met my relatives I have never met before. I am so grateful I was able to learn more about my mom and her family. This is Big Ben- the architecture in England and Scotland is incredible! Breathtaking really. 

This is just a few of the many places I have been- but the few that have impacted me in many ways. Thank you to all you helped me get there! I love you.