Christmas Eve 2010

It was a busy Christmas Eve. 

Troy painted walls.

Alyssa painted a picture. 

I ran and then did errands and finally cooked.

She found time to read.

We watched the Christmas 2010 LDS Devotional on LDS.org. 

Then, we pulled out Jesus' white stocking.  

We read our former letters to Jesus from the last few years. 

It came time to write him new letters full of promises for 2011 year.   

We wrote in our journals too!

Then it was time to surprise Alyssa, so we sent her to her room to read for awhile.   

She kind of got mad that we sent her away, as she really had no idea.

The scene

Her much earned bike, 6 of us contributed to this gift!

Alyssa paid $213.21

Sold her former bike for $60.00

Grandparents contributed $125.00

We paid the remaining $148.20

Total $546.41

Thank you Grandparents!

Stocking

Wanted, Needed, Thoughtful gifts

Alyssa's spring break airline tickets

Headlamp

Her lip gloss, she finaly got it back! 

You can ask her why it was taken away two months ago.

Her new swim parka.

An electric blanket from Nana.

I think she was most excited for this poster from Sister Miller.

A hat from Nana

Necklace from Troy

Life is good shirt and new jeans only $14.40

Family gift:  security system with four cameras!

Uncle Nick will install this week.

A Merry Christmas today and a white Christmas tomorrow. 

Happy Birthday Jesus!