December 2014

Our cats are getting along fine. Gizmo preferred to hang out in the tree. And  Gizmo and Rosco cuddle often.  Gizmo still has a pee problem. I caught him peeing on our tree skirt and he soiled half of it!  And he peed so much on our love sac that we had to give it away.  If he wasn't so cute and friendly, we would have returned him already. :(

Went to the Festival of Trees and enjoyed the scenery.

 Made some arts and crafts there.

Hammered together cute holiday light-up trains at Home Depot.

 Scott did a great job cleaning out the aquarium, so we bought some new fish to fill it.

Went to some holiday shows at the Clark Planetarium.  Sterling hit his head by his eye on the stairs very hard and basically had a black eye for a week after.

Attended the ward Christmas breakfast which was fun.

We got to meet Santa at the Hebdon Christmas party!

We were lucky enough to score tickets to the Tabernacle Christmas Concert through Scott's mom & dad to see the Sesame Street gang perform.  Our home was pure chaos with 18 people sleeping over.  People everywhere you look, but fun!

These two created their own candy display of Santa on his sleigh.

The next weekend was Grandma Paxton's funeral.  So we did a repeat crazy sleepover with the 18 Cedar City-ites.  And her funeral was very good I might say.

Took the kids and Grandma Hebdon to a magic show at the library.  I also saw Grandma at my sweet cousin Mary's baby shower this month.

Sterling and I enjoyed a great Christmas Eve dinner and program at my parent's home.  I must say, this was the weirdest holiday we have ever had! Marv and Vickie came up to spend Christmas with us.  Marv was pretty sick and opted to stay home and rest.  Makayla had the flu and Lincoln had Chicken Pox, so we needed to keep them home.  Scott of course wanted to be home since his parents were there.  It really turned out nothing like it was supposed to.  Scott's parents were originally going to spend Christmas Eve with my parents and family for the first time up here.  Sickness ruined it all. Oy vey!  Christmas morning came.

Sterling asked for anything remote control.

Makayla wanted an American Girl doll. Lucky girl also got one from Grandma Vickie who made several clothes to go with them.

Lincoln had high hopes of a yellow magic slide that went down the stairs. But that wasn't going to happen.  So he got some surprises instead.

Makayla literally laid on the floor in the morning with the flu.  Later on, she asked to watch a movie and rest.  Scott offered her a priesthood blessing for her sickness.  With Makayla's faith and daddy's priesthood, she literally felt better almost right after the blessing.  I love the power of the priesthood!

Lincoln suffered from Chicken Pox, of course, all centered on his face.  He felt pretty good, just looked too crazy to go out in public.

And Marv was really sick and could hardly breathe.  So Vickie took him to an Instacare the day after Christmas.  He had a chest x-ray taken where pneumonia was discovered.  They advised him to go to the hospital where he was admitted for 3 days and 2 nights.  Holy cow, it was a weird holiday!  Marv & Vickie were grateful they were up here because they think down in Cedar City, they might not have caught the pneumonia at this stage and it would have been much worse.

We also passed around nasty colds with horrible sore throats and coughs.  That, coupled with the flu and Chicken Pox.  So yeah, we can hopefully count this as the worst holiday ever and appreciate the better ones that come along.

Aunt Lisa joined us for dinner on Christmas.

Dad helped Sterling with his car maker.

So what does a family do when they are sick?

How about some nails.

And car races.

And puzzles. Lots and lots of puzzles.

And finally, celebrate a quiet New Year's Eve with making a fruit pizza for the first time.

Let's hope for a HEALTHY new year for 2015!