Have Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!
Chaz made a sign so Shaina wouldn't go down stairs and sneak a peek of her surprise.
She opened her gifts.
We met Mimi, Papa and Chris at Disneyland. When you go to Disneyland on your birthday and you have a season pass they give you a $62 gift card to spend at the stores, which Shaina was so excited about. Half way through the day we went to Downtown Disney and saw Princess and the Frog. Then went back into the parks to play. It was a very fun cold day. 
These are the inter thoughts of Batman:
It's what kind of party?
Do I have to wear this?
I think you should dress like this everyday!
I am so glad I chose you Bat Girl!
Lets go back to our cave!
Look at these BEAUTIFUL girls!
To show off the projects the did for Personal Progress the girls dressed up in an outfit that showed off what they had accomplished. During the program they stood in a line in the front of the room and each said... I am dressed sew perfectly in {value the chose}. I used {value} to pattern my life by {experience the did}. I learned..........
It was SEW fun! The girls loved it and that made all the time and effort put in worth it!
SHHHH.... Here is what's in the bags.....
I had ton of stuff for them to do, but some of the fun ones they liked were Snack Attack {ate the snack when they said the word on the bowl} and LDS Bingo {the prizes were gummy ears for being good listeners, gummy eyes for keeping a good eye on the screen, a brain for smarts, mouth for keeping it closed and feet for keeping them still} It was a great time! I actually got to listen to conference and so did the kids. It was so easy to prepare and worth the effort. We have new a tradition, can't wait to do it again!
The Young Women and leaders finished reading the Book of Mormon for the value Virtue and for their accomplishment we had a sleepover at my house. It was a blast! We played Book of Mormon Truth or Dare created by Kari, had TONS of yummy food, did karaoke, had a spiritual though and read the last chapter in the book of Mormon, the Bishop and his wife stopped by for a visit, we heart attacked his home late that night, watched a movie, had a delicious breakfast in the morning and went home to rest after a fun filled, non-stop night of fun!
We road our bikes and took along a blanket, our favorite Jones soda flavor and a candy treat to their school's lunch/grass area and did a "Cheers" to going into the next grade. We talked about what their favorite part of school is going to be and what they are most excited for. It was fun and I didn't get the unusual response of "I'm not going to school" from Chaz he actually said that he was excited for recess. It was a positive start!!
Yesterday, at church Chaz and I were walking the halls when we ran into this picture. I started talking to him about what was happening in the picture and asked him, "What would you do if you saw Jesus?"
So I wrote back in my most beautiful smallest hand writing. Since I am just a little tiny fairy.
Here is what the letter said in case you don't have a magnifying glass handy.
Shaina, I am so sorry it has taken me this long to get to you.Thanks for being so patient. I have been very behind lately. I injured a wing while being attacked by a kitten when I was trying to get a very big molar out from behind a little boy's pillow. I gave you a little extra to make up for it. Thanks for the tooth! Sweet dreams, the Tooth Fairy. Ps. I can't tell you what I look like. It's against the rules. But since you are a really good secret keeper I can tell you that I am beautiful and have red hair just like you!
Here are a few more I don't want to forget so I took a mental picture of...
Today Shaina, Chaz and I went to the beach. We all held hand and jumped in the waves. The weather was perfect, the water was clear turquoise blue and more beautiful than I remember it ever being. As we played I looked at my children and thought I wish I could freeze this forever.
We went to the park today and I sat on the bench and watched Shaina and Chaz play. There was a perfect breeze that was blowing. They was no fighting for a moment and again I thought, how lucky am I.
Chris gave my a blessing before I went into the hospital for a small operation when I had the miscarriage. The kids sat on the couch and didn't make a peep. After Chris finished I had tears streaming, but as I looked at Shaina she was crying too. She looked at us and said, "I just couldn't help it." She leaped up to me, along with Chaz and the four of us had a really good long cry and hug.
Lucky to have the priesthood in our home, lucky to have a forever family, and lucky to be me.
Still need to fill these frames.. I have some fun ideas that will take a while to get together. More on that later.
I still have a couple of things I need to do but for the most part it's done! She loves it and that's what was most important to me.
He was having a wild hair day.
