Live In the Moment

And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less” (Elder Ballard’s talk May, 2008 quote by Author Anna Quindlen speaking of her children)

- I put this on here to remind me to take time to enjoy the little things in life, or to enjoy the moments that make some of Life's Precious Memories.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Pre-Christmas Present Opening

This year we will be at Nathan's parents' house for Christmas, but I wanted my parents to be able to see the girls open the presents my parents were giving them and I wanted to see Matthew (my brother) open his present so perhaps I wouldn't be so incredibly homesick for Christmas (for those that know me, I get really homesick. Quite literally, I get sick.) So, it ended up being a Pre-Christmas Present Opening Party where we opened the presents that were either to me, Nathan, Emily or Meredith or from us for those presents that were to or from my family.

This picture is of meredith hugging her dolly (that she absolutely LOVES). We couldn't get that dolly out of the box fast enough for her. And Matthew is showing us his cool present from me.

Funny story for this picture. I was talking to my Mom in her room and had Matthew's present with me because I was supposed to wrap it. But I was in a chair and very comfortable so I just put it next to me kind of hidden and forgot it was there. After forgetting about the present being there Matthew came in and sat on the bed. He saw it and says, "cool". I was mentally shooting myself because I just KNEW I should have wrapped it before when I had a chance. I gave him a hard time and said I'd have to return it to get a present that would be a surprise. Poor boy, he started crying because he really wanted the toy. I had to tell him I wouldn't return it and he helped me wrap it. I did get little additions to the watch that were a surprise though.

Nathan got some nice basketball shoes. Meredith helped him try them on.

This was one of my gifts from my parents. My Mom bought me a knew Christmas decoration which I love. It was bells that were the 12 Days of Christmas. I collect bells, so it makes it even better. Of course, I don't just collect any bell. It has to be something special. And these bells are definitely special to me. I also got some knives, which I haven't got to try out yet, but they look really nice and I can't wait to go home and use my gifts.

Here is Emily undressing her dolly. She likes to undress her dolls so that I am ALWAYS looking for clothes to put back on the dolls.

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