Last night, for Family Home Evening, we with Papa, Maama, Tiff, Maph,Livy,& Sophie to see the lights in Spanish Fork. We ate pizza at Papa & Maama's house first and then went to the lights. We had fun singing Christmas songs with Maama on the way over. Once we got there we piled in one van and went through the park. It was a fun trip except for my whining children.

Christmas Corner Day 9

We made snowflakes with white pasta. On the instructions it says to remember that each snowflake is different and to remind children of that. I was glad to read that as a reminder before we did it. Aubrie's is the first snowflake and Allie's is the second.

Christmas Corner 8th Day

Today we made reindeer candyholders. It was a fun project that required a lot of glue, stapling and a little cussing. Actually more just "Why won't this stick". The girls sang a lot and had fun with their finger plays.

Christmas Corner Day 7

THEY RESTED!!! Aubrie just a few weeks old.

Christmas Corner 6th Day

Tonight for Christmas Corner we made and decorated Christmas Trees. Daddy got to help us tonight. I think they had more fun licking their fingers then actually decorating their tree.

Christmas Corner - December 5th

Today's project was almost a catastrophe, I couldn't get the glue to stick but it finally worked and as you know my kids weren't to happy with waiting for it to dry before decorating. While Aubrie was waiting for her star to dry she made a project with popsicle sticks. I'm not sure what to call it but I was proud of her artistic ability. In the end it turned out to be a lot of fun and the girls enjoyed gluing jems on their star. We also tried learning Stars were Gleaming. Allie did great while Aubrie just sat there. When we got done Aubrie suggested we sing I am like a star shining brightly. I wanted to tell her that I wished that she would shine brightly and sing a song I was trying to teach her but instead smiled and said of course Aubrie lets sing I am a like a star shining brightly. I am grateful to be a mom so I can laugh and cry in the same moment.

Christmas Corner 4th Day

We made Santa's sleigh so he can come see us!!!

Christmas Corner 3rd Day

Today we made hand and feet reindeer. It is really easy! You trace your hands for the antlers and feet for the body. We also "tried" to learn Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.

Christmas Corner 2nd Day

Today, we had Allie read our Christmas story. I found a story on-line that had a lot of her site words. It was fun to hear that she can actually read. Justin and I can't spell things anymore when we don't want her to hear because she will try to sound it out. We sang Jingle Bells and made countdown paperchains. Don't worry that is the last countdown project for us. We have 4 countdown things we have to do each day. I think it is fun though. We also put our 2nd cotton ball on.

CHRISTMAS CORNER

I am so excited to share this fun tradition that I've started with my girls. We call it "Christmas Corner". Each morning, we wake up and go to Christmas Corner. At Christmas corner, we sing a Christmas song, color a Christmas page, read a Christmas story and do a Christmas project. As you read, please note that sometimes we are in our pajamas or just barely dressed without doing our hair or brushing our teeth. We will work on looking more presentable for the camera but we are having fun a long the way. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope each of you will enjoy making traditions with your loved ones. December 1st Christmas Project: Santa Beard Countdown with Cotton Balls

Tranchell Thanksgiving

For some reason, I only took pictures of us preparing the food. I guess it was so good I didn't want to stop to take pictures of us eating.

Mother, Daughter Date

Aunt Laralynn, gave us tickets to the BYU basketball game on Friday night. Justin was suppose to have a Daddy Daughter Date with Allie but got the flu on Thursday night, so Allie chose to take mom as oppose to give the tickets away. We went to dinner and then went to the game. It was fun to have some time with just Allie. She yelled really loud and got into the game, like her mom does at BYU football.

AUBRIE ELLEN

What a goofy girl. I thought she looked so cute one day so I took her to a park to take her picture. I think I took 30 pictures in 5 minutes because she would look the other way, make funny faces, squat, etc. It was a fun moment. She has been telling everyone how excited she is for January because she gets to go to primary. I told her that her teachers were Jared and Digga and then I tried to explain to her that we should call them Brother and Sister Johnson, she said No, It's Jared and Digga, that's what I'm suppose to call them.