Temple Square, Salt Lake City

In July we took a trip to Utah/Idaho in.  My sister Stacy and Ella came with us while Jeff stayed home to start his new job!

Sisters

Summer Fun, Birthday Fun

Happy birthday to Nathan and Ella!

Yosemite

 We stayed in Yosemite with the Records and Dad this summer. 

 Marshall and Sam

 There was snow on the "Sentenal Dome" hike.

Grandpa with Sam, Marshall and Clay

Graduation for Marshall

Marshall graduated from preschool in May. 

I took the boys to visit my parents in Santa Barbara while Corbett was traveling for work.

The boys enjoyed picking berries, baking bread, going to the park, beach and jumping on the trampoline.

The Park

My boys are ACTIVE and LOUD. I'm sure that some appreciate just seeing pictures of them being active:)

Merry Christmas Clayton

December 2010

Here are some of the things we have been doing to enjoy the Christmas Season:

Grammy Jackson gave this to us a couple of years ago. Our elf is named "Fred". This is one of our favorite Christmas traditions.

See the Lights:

Christmas Dinner at our church: Marshall got to sing with the other Primary children ages (4-11). As you can see, he's a lot like his dad and likes to sing! When you press play (below), he is the one that you can hear loudly. Corbett also sang some harmony in a couple of songs, it sounded great.

Christmas Devotional: We were able to hear Inspiring Chrtismas messages from the Prophet of the world and hear beautiful music from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

http://lds.org/broadcasts/archive/christmas-devotional/2010/12?lang=eng

Smell the season: I love to make my own popuri to fill my house with the scent of the season. One year my friend Kara Mortensen gave me a cute bag of this for Christmas; I've done it each year since.

1 Sliced lemon or orange, 1/2 t. Cloves, 1/2 t. Nutmeg, 1 Cinnimon Stick, 2 C. Water
Bring to a boil, then simmer on low. Be sure to add water when it gets low.

Baking/Cooking:

Made candied Apples. I've never done this before, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Yes, total desaster, burned the candy, but Marshall and I still had fun. I call my cooking ability "Babe Ruth Baking" I strike out a lot, but hit lots of home runs.... and this is what gives me the hope to keep on trying" I hope that I will be a more consistant batter (baker) in the future.

Gingerbread houses out of grahmcrackers with our friend Chelsea.

Marshall mostly loaded candy on a plate and called it "good".