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You've got to check out the video of our family snowball fight. It is hilarious! My sister- in-law did this for me....thanks Darlene!

Snowball fight

Enjoy!

Pre-school Christmas Party

Above: Isabella with a new teacher, Miss Bonnie

Above: Little prayer before eating treats.

Today, Isabella had her Christmas party at school. It was so much fun! They started off by giving the gifts they had. Isabella was able to pass out her gift to all the kids. She also got a few things. Then they sang a few songs. Then they went into Blue room and had their Christmas party goodies which included: a mini-cupcake, ice cream, M&M's, and juice. It was way cute because before they ate their treat they all held hands and said a little prayer before they ate. I loved it! (Chase was spoiled and even got to have a plate for himself. So nice of them!) Then they went back to Yellow room and watched the cartoon, The Grinch. Then they were able to go outside and play for the remainder of pre-school. It was way cute and Isabella had a ton of fun!

Christmas Gifts...

Isabella wanted to give a Christmas gift to all the kids at pre-school so I made these little goodies for them. (I got the idea from Lynn my Stampin' Up demonstrator and friend.)

You buy the gingerbread cookies from Little Debbie. Put frosting in a little packet and then get a small bag of the mini-M&M's. It is way cute!

The kids loved them and Isabella loved giving them. I hope she appreciates the gift of giving. If she is anything like her Mom she will!

Well, these seemed really easy until I found out I had to make 48 of them for the 48 kids in her class. It was a lot of work but well worth it. =)

Pre-school Christmas Program

Above: Isabella recognizing her name. (She been able to do this for a LONG time!)

Above: Isabella getting ready to dance and sing a song.Above: Isabella eating Father Bear's porridge.

Above: Isabella sleeping in Baby bears bed.

Isabella had her school Christmas program on Wednesday, December 19th. They showed us some of the things that they have learned so far with a little Christmas touch. Some of the things they did were:

Recognize their name
Gallop
Skip
Jump
Sing songs
Act out stories
Etc.

Isabella had the biggest part of the show. Isabella was Goldilocks. She was so darn cute but SO shy. Once I figure out how to put video on here then I will put the video of her acting out Goldilocks. It is way cute!

We were very proud of her! =)

Interceramic's Christmas Pary...

We had Danny's work Christmas party at Chevy's again. It is always so yummy. The first picture is Danny with most of his employees. The second picture is Danny and Jeff. I had to take a picture of them together because Jeff is SO BIG that he makes Danny look SO small. It is hilarious! =)

Fall leaves...

I took some pictures of Isabella and Chase in my Mom's front yard. They were playing in the leaves and looked SO cute. How could I resist!

My Daddy and sister...

Well, I got to visit my Dad and my sister Thanksgiving weekend. Not quite the way I wanted to visit them but it was the first time that I got to see my sister's head stone and this was the first time that I have been to my Daddy's grave since his funeral. It wasn't a very fun visit but very emotional instead!

I just want to thank Kevin, my brother-in-law, SO SO SO much for keeping my Daddy's and sister's graves looking great. He visits them all the time and brings fresh flowers and cleans my sister's head stone. He is amazing!

Teddy Bear Toss..

Every year we go to the Teddy Bear toss Hockey game. It is my favorite game of the season! When the Condors get the first goal everyone throws the teddy bears down on the ice. It is way cool. This year they handed out light up pom poms to the first 5,000 people. They were a lot of fun. As you can see we were bored before the game!

Little Drummer Boy...

The Clemmons got Chase a drum set for his birhday. Danny put it together right away at my Mom's house. He loved it. He played that drums set forever and still plays it all the time. =)

Black Friday...

Well, Danny spotted a LCD T.V. that he wanted from Target that was on sale the day after Thanksgiving. Well, we drove to Bakersfield Thanksgiving night. Got there at about 12:30. Drove to my mom's unpacked and Dylan and Danny left to "camp out" at Target all night to get this T.V. they wanted. This is what I saw at 5:00 in the morning. =) I went and bought them hot chocolates from Starbucks and Egg Mc muffin's from McD's. I'm sure the hot chocolates felt good since it was 34 degrees when I got there.

Little did they know that they would still have the T.V.'s at Target later that day. So, pretty much they camped out for nothing! Oh well, it is a story to tell.

Isabella's first talk in Primary

On November 18th, Isabella gave her first talk in Primary on what she was thankful for. I first asked her what she was thankful for and she told me:

Butterflies, Sun, Flowers
Mommy, Daddy, Brother, Grandma Hockey, Papa Tractor, Grandma Cookie
Jesus, church, Primary

So, she drew a picture of the three sections and told everyone what she was thankful for. It was way cute and she did the whole thing. She talked so quietly that I think I am the only one who heard her! =)

Isabella's Birthday

Well, Isabella had a great 4th birthday this year. It started off with her Birthday party on November 10th. We had it here at the house. She actually invited some friends from school. That was fun for her to actually invite those she wanted to come. She had a princess party and we asked all everyone to come in there royal attire for the birthday. I think the cutest part of the party was watching all these little girls jumping in the bounce house with all their princess dresses on. There was even a little collage of shoes outside the bounce house.

Then on her actual bithday day, Noveber 12th, Makayla and Brenda and I took her out. We went to lunch, Isabella's choice. She picked Tio Pepes! =) Then we went and saw the Bee Movie, which was really good. Brenda bought Isabella a kids combo at the movie theatre. She got popcorn, a slush, and a little bag of Skittles. She loved it! Then we went to Cold Stone after the movie and we all got ice creams. It was a fun day! Isabella had a blast!



Then on November 14th she celebrated her birthday at school. She was SO excited to take cupcakes to school. We got her a butterfly cupcake cake from WalMart. (The best place to buy cakes from!) She got to pass them out to the kids and then she got to choose 4 spankings or 4 hugs from Miss Mary. She chose 4 hugs, of course! =)

My smart girl...

Isabella wrote her name for the first time yesterday all by herself. (pictured above) And to top it off, she wrote it on one of her teachers Christmas Cards. How perfect is that!

She was so proud so she had to keep writing it over and over and over again. She filled up an entire piece of copy paper, front and back, with letters.

I think that Mommy was even more proud of her. I was just thinking,....is she ever going to be able to write her name.

I wasn't thinking when I named her that she'd have 8 letters to remember. =)

Gymboree Music

Christy at Gymboree hooked me up and lets me take my kids to any class that I'd like. We have been going to the family mucic class. They have so much fun learning about new instruments and learning about music culture. It is too cute.

Isabella's new gymnastic class..

At the end of October, Isabella started her new gymnastic class. The four year old class is a lot different from the three year old class. She is now doing something the entire time of the class. They have stations and rotate each station. It is really cool. It is also an hour now instead of 45 minutes. It is really hard for Chase to wait that hour. I need to be creative and have fun things for him to do. The bottom picture is of Isabella doing a bridge. I'm not too sure how hard it is to do that but Miss Jessica seemed pretty impressed! =)

Time to catch up...

I have been so far behind on photography that I haven't been able to keep up on my blog. Get ready for some catching up! =)

You've got to see this...

My brother made a total elf of himself! Check it out:

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There is only one word for this, "Office"

Our Christmas Card this year...

Just in case you don't get one here it is...

What is Christmas to Misty...

1. Wrapping Paper or Gift Bags? Wrapping Paper. It's way more fun for the kidos.

2. Real or artificial tree? Artificial all the way! We had a bug infested tree one year and NEVER again. I love the real tree smell but I just get a wreath from Costco and all is good!

3. When do you put up the tree? I would love to do it the day after Thanksgiving but I am never home so as close to right after Thanksgiving that I can get. It went up a week after Thanksgiving this year.

4. Do you like Eggnog? No way, YUCK!!

5. Favorite Gift received as a child? I liked everything. My mom told me that I would even get happy about socks! =)

6. Do you have a nativity Scene? Definitely! That and snowmen are my two favorite things to decorate with. I would love to have a nativity from every country. Maybe someday!

7. Hardest person to buy for? It used to be my Daddy but now I would say my Mommy.

8. Easiest Person to buy for? Isabella and Chase.

9. Email or Mail cards? Mail cards. I have done it every year since Danny and I have been married. This will be my 8th year! =)

10. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Grinch(with Jim Carrey) and Elves.

11. When do you start shopping for Christmas? The day after Thanksgiving. I usually buy a few things before then but that is the main shopping day. I love it!

12. Favorite thing to eat during Christmas? Anything Peppermint.

13. White lights or colored lights? Colored lights.

14. Favorite Christmas Song? Anything. I love Christmas music!

15. Travel for Christmas or Stay home? We always travel since my family lives in Bakersfield.

16. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes, if I sing the beginning of Rudolph.

17. Angel or Star on top of the tree? Angel

18. Do you open presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Growing up we always opened everything on Christmas Eve. That was our tradition. Then I married Danny and his family does the same. I don't get Christmas Eve with my family anymore. I am just thankful that my family is open to waiting for us! =)

19. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Everything is busy!

20. Up early or Sleep in? Whenever we wake up, we wake up.

21. Are you gifts signed by Santa or Mrs. Claus? Santa.

22. Do you tell the Christmas story. Every year! We always tell the story of Jesus birth.

23. Do you leave cookies out for Santa. The kids do. I never did as a kid.

24. Favorite Christmas Tradition. Doing the 12 days of Christmas for a family who needs a little uplifting.