That's all

I am posting this from the new laptop that "Santa" gave us for Christmas!!! YAY!!! Okay, that's all.

Merry Christmas!

Some kind of Wonderful

The other night I drove Rob's coworker's car home so that he could replace her starter for her, for free, of course. He was driving his truck home, which had a couple of trimmers in the back that he was going to fix for my dad, and it really got me thinking about the great guy that I am married to.

This is just a perfect example of how Rob is always helping others and I really admire him for this on a couple of different levels. First, it amazes me how he has such a broad knowledge of how to build/fix/better all kinds of stuff. And then it amazes me how willing he is to give up his limited free time to help others. I can't count the number of times he has helped someone move, work on a car or truck, work on a home remodeling project, rescue someone stranded, lay sod, mow a lawn for free, fix sprinklers, roof a house, haul hay, repair lawn mowers, ATV's, snow blowers, etc! During winter time, if he's not at work, he is on his 4wheeler plowing snow off our street and anyone's driveway that hasn't already been cleared.

Rob provides a great example to me of how to serve with love. He is very giving and generous with his time, talents, and possesions. Thanks for being the person you are, Rob!

Christmas Music

A few years ago, it was the Sunday before Christmas and I was in a bad mood getting ready for church. Rob had to work that day, and I was missing him, then while I was trying to get the kids ready the power went out. Argh! So we did the rest of what we could and then I climbed around the garage trying to get the door open so I could get our car out. When we got to the church, the power was still out and the chapel was pitch black, which should have been causing chaos but surprisingly there was none Everyone was silent, listening to Christmas carols being played beautifully on the piano and there was an amazing peaceful, happy feeling in the room. It was one of my favorite Christmas moments and I don't think I will ever forget it.
When the lights finally did come on, I discovered it was our friend Justin Reeve, who is very talented, playing from feeling. This year for Christmas he has created a site with 25 days of Christmas Music. He asked for suggestions, let people vote on their favorites and then took the top 25 and every day until Christmas he is recording an arrangement of that song and posting it on his site. The music is beautiful and I encourage all to check out his site: http://christmas.justinreeve.com

May you all feel the never-ending love of our Savior, Jesus Christ this Christmas season!

True Blue... Christmas Style

So... if there were still any question left in anyone's mind as to who Rob's favorite teams are... he has taken the liberty of subtley making tribute to them in the Christmas decorations in "his room" See below:

Had to include this photo cause YES that is an original 1989 Nintendo Super Mario Bros game we are playing.... awesome!! but anyway...

Okay, so here we have all 3 team Santa hats on the big screen where he watches all his games.

Next, we have the stockings, Megan's is the Jazz one, Austin's is the Cowboy's, and baby Kaylee has the brand new Cougars one.

Now onto the tree: there's 1,000 blue and white lights, and all the ornaments are either a shade of blue, silver, or white, or team specific. If you look really close you can even see the BYU candy canes. Yes, I know he has a problem... this is actually my fault though, I put the idea in his head and now he has run amuck...

Since we do believe in karma at our house, hopefully this will mean a good month for the 3 teams that make up Rob's "True Blue"

Merry Christmas!!