Merry Christmas

Christmas is always such a wonderful time of year. We got to spend last weekend with Alex's Family except for Hiromi who had to work :( we had a great time in Redding for a few days. It was rainy on the drive up to Redding and back home. We watched Christmas movies, played scrabble and ate waaaaay to much delicious treats. Collin and Lydia got sooo many gifts it was awesome and they were so excited when Santa dropped off their gifts early so that we could all celebrate Christmas together. Chloe is getting more comfortable with being around other people now she is a little less afraid of everyone now and was comfortable enough to walk around and cuddle up to people it was great I think she enjoyed the holidays.

I was lucky to have Christmas Eve and Christmas day off of work. My Grandparents and Carolyn and Genelle came to visit for Christmas Eve and Christmas day at our house. We hung out and had a nice laid back Christmas. It was a lot of fun. We played Hand and Foot a card game that we always play when we get together we had 2 games going on Christmas Eve night. On Christmas morning we all woke up around 8AM and got ready and sat around the tree and opened presents together. We again ate a lot of delicious treats that we probably shouldn't have, but that's what Christmas is about... eating a bunch of yummy Christmas treats and Sees candies and then going on a diet for your New Year's resolution.. which I am getting a jump start on this year as this week I am going to meet up with a trainer at the gym and start going regularly in January.

We got a lot of great gifts for Christmas this year. Alex and I got a Blu Ray player from his parents and we have already gotten some movies for it. I got an Amazon Kindle! Alex already has one, I am very excited about mine though Its gonna be nice to not have to lug around my huge books anymore and I have the scriptures on it and everything it so great. We got checks and gift cards and movie tickets. I got the Apples to Apples game and we played it on Christmas day. Alex got tools and I got a cook book that I am excited about. We are hoping to see my Aunt, Uncle and Cousins soon when they come to visit if the weather is ok.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Love,

Sherrie

2010 First Presidency Christmas Devotional

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The Birth of Jesus (taken from lds.org gospel art book)

Christmas is near

I am so excited for Christmas this year. I love this season. I have really enjoyed the lights, decorations and events that all celebrate the birth of Christ. The Nativity Exhibit was beautiful this year there were so many beautiful Nativity's and they are all so different. I love the Christmas fragrances from Bath and Body Works. Their winter candles and lotions are amazing. I just got the Fresh Balsam candle and I love it!! It just might be my favorite thing I have ever smelled. I took some quick photos of the decorations that are in the house as of now.

Pumpkin Patch

Since Downeast is now rubble in the part of the mall that caught on fire.. I started looking for work and have had a few possibilities. I applied at Wells Fargo for a teller position because I would really like that and it would be a great job. and while I am still waiting on the results of that possibility I had also interviewed at the Pumpkin Patch and got a job there, so that's basically whats going on with me and work as of now. I should be hearing from Wells Fargo by the end of this week. I have had three in person interviews one of which was a group interview and I also had a phone interview. I am hoping it works out because then I could be full time between both jobs.

Alex is loving his basketball coaching experience. He really likes coaching and he is really good at it he might even be the JV head coach next year apparently which would be awesome, but he still needs to go back to school and also decide what he wants to do for a living... goodness..

I decorated the house for Christmas and by "I decorated" I mean it was really all me. nobody else did much decorating at all. I did both big trees and the little tree. I got everything out of the attic and all. I spent a whole day decorating and then half a day doing the big Christmas tree. Alex put up a few ornaments and mom helped me a little bit with the lights. The boys did put the lights up outside, but I get most of the credit for decorating this year. I wanna take some picturees and put them up in a post so hopefully I will find some time to do that :) we will have to wait and see.

I am really enjoying my new job. I really like the people I work with they are all awesome and I am learning a lot working in a new store. I am so excited for Christmas and I have most of my shopping done already thankfully, but I am sure as always there will be some surprises and I'll have to buy something last minute. I really enjoyed the Nativity at the church last weekend. I performed with the ward choir and it was nice I really felt the Christmas spirit singing the words to the songs about Christ's birth it was beautiful.

Love,

Sherrie

October Fire and Family!! (should not be combined )

Ok, So mid October some crazy guy decided to set the mall on fire right next to my store.. so that sucked... at first the situation didn't seem like a big deal and then it just kept getting worse and worse they evacuated the mall and then there was smoke coming out of the roof, then the fire was supposedly out... and then it burned for the rest of the entire day they were pouring water into the mall for Hours! it was terrible. and now everyone is pointing fingers and asking questions as to why it got sooo bad.






Sooo the stores in that part of the mall certainly are not gonna be open for black friday this year. and my store is one of them :(


We went up to good o'l Redding, CA for Halloween and brought Chloe with us. We had a lot of fun and discovered caramel sal ted hot chocolate from Starbucks! super yummy. Don't knock it till you've tried it! And yes, Chloe was dressed up for a shark for about 2 minutes because I thought the costume was cute (however it was too small, oops) I just didn't want to make Chloe wear it because dogs hate that.. Me and Anna carved a super awesome pumpkin of a spiderweb and also decided to wear spiderwebs on our faces!! October was an awesome month!!

Humdrum..

I have had a pretty good weekend. Worked a little bit and spent time with the family and watched general conference which was of course amazing! so many wonderful talks and inspiring messages over the weekend. It was so hot here this week and it finally cooled down today a little and sprinkled rain a bit this morning even. Alex and I have been enjoying taking afternoon walks lately with the dogs. I don't like how it has been getting dark outside earlier in the day now. I feel like the days are getting shorter and shorter. I am excited about the holidays coming up! Its gonna be so much fun! we just put out the Halloween decorations and the pumpkin candle scent in the air has me feeling festive.

Me n Chloe
Prince

i havent blogged in awhile..

So I have been kind of absent from my blogger account for months and I miss it I just am never on the computer. I seriously am lucky if I check my email once a week it's that bad. I really like blogging though so I need to make the time for it I suppose.

So I watched the General Relief Society Broadcast that came on yesterday and again today and it was so wonderful. There is just something so spectacular about hearing the prophet speak. I could be falling asleep or doing something distracting and once he starts speaking everything else is forgotten and I am intently listening and I can feel the spirit. I love the stories he tells and wisdom he shares along with the messages.

On a separate note I haven't really been up to anything super interesting to be honest. just working and working and hanging out. Me and mom had a ladies night while the boys were out on the father, son & son-in-law camping trip this weekend. We went shopping and went to a movie. We saw "You Again" with Kristin Bell and Betty White. It was pretty cute we both liked it. Alex and I went out to see Resident Evil: Afterlife in 3D and it was pretty awesome. We liked it a lot though I think it requires a certain taste in movies its not scary or anything its just kind of violent. The effects were so cool in 3d though i was really impressed with the slow-motion,action in 3d with the sound and everything they did it really well. I think it's like the 4th movie in that franchise and they are based on video games so its not exactly realistic. Oh and Dinner for schmucks was hilarious!! I haven't laughed that hard in a movie for quite some time!

Next semester were planning to take some classes. mostly pre-requisite type stuff so nothing all that fun.. maybe I'll try to squeeze a fun class in there somewhere. A friend and I were talking about taking a sewing class and I think that would be fun and beneficial for me as I have been spending money on alterations lately and I would like to be able to just do it myself. I currently have a hard time sewing on a button properly. The button will usually stay on but one side always ends up looking bad and has uneven string sticking out and the thread is all over the place.

So I was on amazon.com and impulsively bought Chloe a Halloween costume ( I know, I'm so weird for doing that) but it looked so cute and it actually looks pretty cute on her so I think we will put it on her for the trunk or treat or something take a few pictures and take it off. I think she will like it though because she loves wearing her BYU t-shirt for games and stuff. Chloe is going to be a shark for Halloween. Alex is planning to be a shark attack victim and I am supposed to be a lifeguard though I have no real intention of dressing up yet. Alex is kind of excited about it though.

I think I have written too much now for a single posting so I'll stop now and hopefully I will get back into the hang of posting more often.