SOME MORE CHRISTMAS

WE ARE READY HERE AT THE OLIVER HOME!! I LOVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY PARTY'S TO  ATTEND I LOVE SEEING MY FAMILY AND LOVES ONES, I LOVE HOW EXCITED ZAK GETS TO GO TO THESE PARTY'S, I PUT MY OLD WINDOW THAT I GOT ON THAT ROAD TRIP THAT ZAK AND I TOOK IN OCTOBER ON MY MANTEL I LOVE IT THERE I ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR IT FOR VALENTINE'S I KNOW CRAZY GIRL LAST YEAR AFTER CHRISTMAS I GOT THE FLOCKED GARLAND TO GO WITH MY FLOCKED TREE, I LOVE IT.  I HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!

{VISITING WITH SANTA}

WE HAVE TAKEN ZAK EVERY YEAR THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING TO GO GET ZAK PICTURE TAKEN WITH SANTA FIVE YEARS AGO HE WAS ONLY FIVE DAYS OLD, I KEEP THINKING WHEN I TOOK HIM I CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS FIVE WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS PICTURE TURNED OUT SO GOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS A VERY LARGE FAMILY IN FRONT OF US AND THE MORE WE WAITED THE MORE SCARED ZAK WAS GETTING HE WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE SANTA BUT WHEN WE HAD TO WAIT HE WAS GETTING A LITTLE SCARED I WAS REALLY GETTING WORRIED HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT ON HIS LAP I WAS LIKE O NO THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING BUT THEN WHEN WE GOT HIM UP THERE SANTA SAID COME SIT WITH ME AND TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT HE STARTED TO CRY THEN SANTA SAID I CAN'T HEAR YOU, COME UP ON MY LAP THEN HE DID I LOVE THIS PICTURE I TREASURE THESE PICTURES I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WENT IN THE STORE BEFORE ZAK WAS BORN THINKING I HOPE HE COMES BEFORE THANKSGIVING BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE BORN, I REMEMBER TELLING MELISSA SHE WAS ALSO HOPING HE WOULD COME CUZ SHE GOES SHOPPING THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING WE BOTH GOT OUR WISHES. I LOVE THIS SANTA I LOVE HIS OLD SLEIGH, I HOPE NEXT YEAR HE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER OR SISTER TO SIT NEXT TO HIM. EITHER WAY IF NOT I KNOW I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE ZAK, WE LOVE HIM SO, SO MUCH.

CHRISTMAS CLASS TREAT'S AND TEACHER GIFT'S

FOR ZAK'S CLASS WE PUT TOGETHER SNOWMAN SOUP  A PACKET OF HOT CHOCOLATE WITH SNOWMAN MARS MELLOWS AND SOME LITTLE CANDY CANES WITH SOME HERSHEY KISSES,  AND ALSO GAVE THEM A SNOWMAN BOOK. WE LOVE SNOWMAN AT THIS HOUSE. I ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN DOING UP THINGS LIKE THIS. FOR HIS TEACHER AND THE DIRECTOR WE GAVE THEM THIS METAL SNOWMAN THAT HAS THREE PARTS TO HIM, SO WE DID A SCARF, AND A MOVIE GIFT CARD AND SOME CHRISTMAS CANDY. ZAK CAN'T WAIT TO HAND THESE OUT TOMORROW  AT SCHOOL HE ALSO GETS TO TAKE A GIFT TO EXCHANGE AND HAVE THERE CHRISTMAS PARTY. 

CHRISTMAS IN THE KITCHEN

WHERE HAS DECEMBER GONE? IT HAS BEEN CRAZY BUT I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHRISTMAS I HAVE IN MY KITCHEN, THIS YEAR I DECIDED TO BRING MY OLD DOOR INTO MY KITCHEN I LOVE IT THERE, SOME TIMES IT IS GOOD TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND, I THINK MY RED TABLE THAT I GOT THIS LAST SUMMER AT A YARD SALE WILL STAY RED, I WAS THINKING OF PAINTING IT BUT WHEN I USED IT FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY AND NOW CHRISTMAS I LOVE THE RED. I WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAYS VALENTINES!! I GOT THE WHITE FLOCKED TREE THIS SUMMER AT A YARD SALE FOR $.25 I LOVE IT I ALSO GOT THE VINTAGE SANTA AND HIS REINDEER AT A YARD SALE FOR $1.00 I LOVE GETTING OUT THESE THINGS I LOVE TO FIND THEM AT YARD SALES. I WILL SHOW YOU MORE OF MY HOME. I LOVE THE MAGICAL FEEL THAT IS IN MY HOME. I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR HOUSE A HOME AND TO FILL IT UP WITH LOVE AND HAPPY MEMORIES. I HOPE EVERY ONE IS ENJOYING THIS TIME A YEAR AS WELL.

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT,YOU BETTER NOT CRY

HAPPY DEC 1ST EVERYONE. WHAT A MAGICAL MONTH DEC IS I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!! IT MAKES IT SO MUCH BETTER WITH LITTLE ONES IN THE HOME, THE ELF HAS BEEN COMING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW HE ALWAYS COMES ON DEC 1ST WITH A CHOCOLATE CALENDER, HE EVEN BROUGHT SOME SANTA BUBBLE GUM TAPE, AND OF COURSE HIS LETTER TO THE FAMILY. SOME LITTLE BOY SURE DOES LOVE THE ELF, THIS YEAR HE IS A NEW ELF, WHAT A CUTIE HIS  NAME IS JOLLY. MRS CLAUSE NAMED HIM THAT BECAUSE HE IS JOLLY, AND CHEERFUL REMINDS ME OF SOME LITTLE BOY WHO LIVES HERE. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS MONTH TO SHARE, AND MAKE FAMILY MEMORIES, AND TO REMEMBER THE REAL REASON WE CELEBRATE THIS TIME OF YEAR!! HAPPY DECEMBER!!!

SHOW AND TELL

THIS WEEKS THEME NOV 26-30 WAS FARM, AND THE LETTER F, AND NUMBER 5 FOR SHOW AND TELL ZAK BROUGHT A FIRE TRUCK HE LOVES THE FIRE TRUCKS. HE ALSO BROUGHT HOME ANOTHER BOOK THAT HE CAN READ WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM.

SHOW AND TELL

WEEK OF NOV19-22 ZAK ONLY HAD SCHOOL ON MONDAY THE THEME WAS CORN& THANKSGIVING AND THE LETTER C SOME OF THE CUTE THINGS THEY MADE. O HOW I LOVE THESE CUTE ART WORK THAT ZAK DOES.

SHOW AND TELL

NOV 12-15 THEME WAS BARNS, THE LETTER B AND THE NUMBER 5 FOR SHOW AND TELL ZAK BROUGHT HIS BLANKET, HE WAS SO EXCITED HE LOVE'S ALL THIS BLANKETS.

SHOW AND TELL

FOR NOV 5-8 THE THEME WAS NEST, THE LETTER N AND THE NUMBER 4 FOR SHOW AND TELL ZAK BROUGHT A NEW LEGO TOY, HE ALSO MADE A CUTE NEST THAT I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF.

VISITING TEACHING HANDOUT FOR NOVEMBER

I LOVE GOING VISITING TEACHING I LOOK FORWARD GOING EACH MONTH, WE HAVE SOME REALLY NEAT LADIES WE VISIT, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND THERE EXAMPLES, I HAD FUN DOING UP THERE LITTLE  HANDOUT.

LOOK WHO CAN READ

TODAY ZAK CAME HOME FROM PRESCHOOL WITH A BOOK, THAT HE LEARNED TO READ, BY THE END OF THE YEAR HE WILL BE ABLE TO READ 15 BOOKS, WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM HE IS OUR LITTLE SMARTY PANTS. I LOVE THE LAST PICTURE ZAK IS READING TO HIS BUDDY LACY. I LOVE HOW HER PAW IS ON HIS ARM. I AM SO GLAD ZAK LOVES BOOKS I HAVE READ BOOKS TO HIM SINCE HE WAS A BABY, I LOOK FORWARD EVERY NIGHT TO READ TO HIM, WHEN HE WAS LITTLE I WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE LIBRARY FOR STORY TIME. WATCH OUT IF YOU SEE ZAK HE MIGHT WANT TO READ TO YOU. HE LOVES HIS NEW BOOK, AND LOVED TO READ IT TO DADDY AND ME AND LACY.

{WHOOOO WILL STAND FOR TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS}

TODAY'S LESSON WAS ON THE PROPHET MORMON, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM, I AM IN LOVE WITH OWLS RIGHT NOW SO I SAW THIS HANDOUT AND I AM SURE YOU HAVE SEEN THE OWL CUPCAKES BEFORE, SO TO GO ALONG WITH MY LESSON WE TALKED ABOUT STANDING FOR TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, IN ALL THE EVIL THAT THERE IS AROUND US, I TOLD THEM THEY NEED TO BE STRONG, AND I TOLD THEM SOMETIMES IT WILL BE HARD. BUT I TOLD THEM BLESSING WILL COME IF WE CHOOSE THE RIGHT AND DO WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO DO. ALSO I HAD TO MAKE SURE TO WRITE THIS ONE DOWN LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS MAKING THE CUPCAKES ZAK SAID MOMMY WHAT DOES CUTIE START WITH I TOLD HIM C HE SAID WHEN IT IS THE LETTER C FOR SHOWING TELL I WANT TO TAKE YOU CUZ YOUR A CUTIE. THAT JUST MELTS MY HEART, THE THINGS THIS BOY SAYS TO ME AND OTHERS SOME TIMES I THINK AND YOUR ONLY 4 AND SAYING THAT. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. 

SPECIAL DAY

MY CUTE NEPHEW KARTER GOT BAPTISED YESTERDAY, WHAT A SPECIAL DAY IT WAS!! MY BROTHER DID SUCH A GREAT JOB, I HAD FUN MAKING THIS CANDY POSTER FOR HIM SINCE HE LOVES CANDY. I ALSO MADE THE CUPCAKE TOPPERS TO GO INTO THE CUPCAKES. I HOPE HE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS SPECIAL DAY. WE LOVE YA KARTER!!

AFTER HALLOWEEN SALE

I LOVE TO LOOK FOR GREAT DEALS AFTER A HOLIDAY, THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN MY MOM, ME AND MY SISTER(EVEN MY SISTER IN IDAHO WAS LOOKING FOR HER) WENT TO RC WILLY LOOKING FOR THIS WITCH, WE WENT TO TWO, NO ONE HAD THIS WITCH I HAD SEEN HER BEFORE HALLOWEEN AND I REALLY LIKED HER, I LOVED HER SMILE, SO I THOUGHT I WILL GET HER AFTER HALLOWEEN THEY WHERE ASKING $49.99 AFTER HALLOWEEN SHE WAS 70% OFF $49.99 . SO WE CALLED THE OREM STORE THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD ONE MY MOM AND SISTER SAID SHE IS YOURS AREN'T THEY SO KIND, THEY SAID THEY WOULD HOLD HER TILL THAT NIGHT, BUT I KNEW WE WOULD BE UP THAT WAY ON SATURDAY, WE KNOW THE STORE MANAGER SO I CALLED AND TALK WITH HIM HE SAID THEY WOULD HOLD HER TILL SATURDAY. WE WENT ON SATURDAY TO PICK HER UP AS THEY WHERE GETTING HER I LOOKED OVER AND SAW HER SITTING THERE I GOT ALL EXCITED THINKING THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE BUT THE MANAGER GAME OUT AND SAID O I AM SO GLAD YOU FOUND HER. I CAN'T BELIEVE SOME ONE PUT HER BACK BUT I KNOW THAT SHE WAS SUPPOSE TO COME HOME WITH ME. SHE WAS ONLY $15.00 BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THAT CUZ I HAD A STORE CREDIT. I AM SO HAPPY TO ADD HER TO MY HALLOWEEN WITCH COLLECTION.THEN I SAW IF THE SHOE FIT'S CANVAS DURING SWISS DAYS AT THIS CUTE OLD HOUSE THAT SELLS STUFF I WAS GOING TO BUY IT BUT I ASKED THE LADY IF I CALLED HER IN OCT, IF SHE COULD MAKE ME ONE SHE SAID YES, SHE GAVE ME HER CARD. SO WHEN OCT CAME I CALLED HER SHE NEVER CALLED ME BACK, SO JOSH, ZAK AND I WENT TO THE COWBOY POETRY ON SATURDAY, MY HONEY WAS SO NICE TO STOP SO I COULD GO SEE WHAT THEY HAD.  I FOUND THIS ONE  LEFT, IT WAS 50% OFF I KNEW I WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE IT. SO I BOUGHT IT. I KNOW I AM CRAZY BUT I LOVE TO FIND A GOOD DEAL. JOSH SAID JOKING TO ME GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT, AND I SAY THEY SURE DO.. HAPPY AFTER HOLIDAY SALE SHOPPING!! 

THIS AND THAT HALLOWEEN

TABLE IN OUR KITCHEN, I MADE THE BANNER LAST YEAR

ONE OF MY FAVORITE WITCH THAT MY MOM GAVE TO ME THAT HOLDS CANDY

OUR FRONT ROOM

WE SAW THIS WITCH AS WE WHERE DRIVING ZAK KEEP LAUGHING HE THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE

THIS CUTE WITCH WAS AT THE ART GARDEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO GO

OUR FAMILY 

JOSH AND I DRESSED UP THIS YEAR AS DORTHY, AND SCARECROW, JOSH IS SUCH A GOOD SPORT, WE ALSO GOT TO DRESS UP THREE TIMES. I WAS GOING TO SPRAY LACY BLACK, BUT I WAS NOT SURE HOW SHE WOULD DO, SHE LOVED STAYING IN HER BASKET. ZAK THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT LACY COULD COME WITH US TO ONE OF THE HALLOWEEN PARTY'S THAT MY MOM AND DAD WAS OVER, AND ALSO THAT SHE GOT TO GO TRICK OR TREATING WITH US, WE ALSO WENT TO THE CARE CENTER, AND ALL THE OLD PEOPLE JUST LOVED LACY, I LOVED THAT WE COULD BRING A SMILE TO THERE FACES.