What is Christmas with no snow?

One day Braden woke up and got ready to go to work. As I walked him to the front door to say goodbye we both saw that it was snowing! He left for work and I just starred out the window enjoying the beautiful scene. Well, it continued to snow ALL DAY! The kids had plenty of time to play in the cold snow but poor Braden was stuck down the hill all night because the pass closed down. The snow stayed on the ground for a week-the last of it melted on Christmas day! So in a way I had my first white Christmas! It snowed so much that our neighbors tree started to come down on our electrical lines. Bro. Rizzo, our neighbor, came to my rescue (again) and brought his chain saw over. He and my neighbor spent the afternoon chopping branches off the tree! Thanks to them our lines were mostly saved! (the weatherhead was damanged).

Because I have a linen closet...

You guessed it. Ever since we've been married Braden has wanted a gun but in the past we haven't had much extra space. The response he always got from me was, "You don't get a gun until I have somewhere to keep my towels". Now that we're in our own house, and I have a place to keep my towels it was time. So I've been saving money every month from the grocery money so Braden wouldn't catch on. Hal did the research for me and picked the perfect gun-a Remington-something-or-other. We both took Braden to the Bass Pro Shop to get the gun! He was so surprised, delighted and I might add impressed that I saved the money without him even noticing! Christmas Magic!

The Big Day

On November 14, 2008 Karen Kindrick (my mom) and Steve Cox were sealed for time and all eternity in the Redlands Temple! It was a wonderful day. My Mom just beamed and beamed and is still beaming.

Mom and Steve's wedding took place 2 weeks after Sabrina was born. Two weeks after Olivia was born my sister Ashley was married. I dressed Sabrina in the same gold dress that Bridey made for Ashley's wedding!

Olivia loved the flower girl dress. She calls it her princess dress and she would wear it around the clock if I let her (sometimes I do).

No Cookies For Brennan

My brother Will made this very short film starring my cute nephews!

Dear Santa, We've been good...

In years past Levi's been a bit scared of Santa but at my ward Christmas breakfast he really wanted to meet Santa. When Santa asked him what he wanted Levi didn't have a response so Santa suggested a star war toy. Now whenever Levi talks about Santa he says that Santa is going to leave a star wars toy-Darth Vader- under his tree! Despite the look on Levi's face he loved meeting Santa.

Sabrina, I just birthed a girl named Sabrina...

The moment we walked in the door with our new little baby Levi and Olivia started taking turns holding her.
Olivia was very interested in my bracelets from the hospital. I managed to slip one off so she could wear it.

Cinderella dotes over "Baby Brina"

The Mojave River

A few days after my due date Braden and I took the kids down the street to the Mojave River. Of course we drove the truck since we were "off roading". We bumped up and down driving around the river but I still didn't go in labor.