Christmas Highlights

It was a wonderful holiday season! The long awaited snow came and I love it! I can't wait for more. I really enjoyed the white Christmas.

Emily's Gingerbread house

My niece Kristina

Zoie even had a Christmas dress!

Rachel in character for her play - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Christmas Eve...getting ready for Santa

Christmas Eve Dinner

We had a nice Christmas Eve dinner with family and did our traditional Nativity play. We even had Ryker to be baby Jesus. It was a nice evening with tons of yummy food.

King & Queens Ball

The 6th grade had an etiquette dinner and dance, which they called a Kings and Queen Ball. It had a medieval theme. Each of them had dance partners and danced at least two times. Mothers came and decorated and during their lunch watched them used their manners which they had been taught the previous weeks. It was fun to be there and watch.

Frandsen Family Photo

Since we were finally all together for Thanksgiving, we had our picture taken.

I think it turned out quite nice.

Joy to Everyone

I hope everyone enjoys this movie and Merry Christmas to you all!

( you will have to turn off the music below)

A Night Off!

Nicole and her friend Nicco gave me a wonderful night off of cooking! They came down on Monday night and made dinner for our family and then we all had family night together. They made homemade mini pizzas and even provided our family night lesson and games. It was a great day to not have to think about what I was going to make for dinner! And the games were so fun to play! Thanks Nicole and Nicco! :)

Christmas at Temple Square

The beautiful Salt Lake Temple at night.

Mom & Dad

Matt, Emily, Curt, Cindy, Rachel and me.

This year we had the rare and wonderful opportunity to go to temple square for some Christmas joy. The first Sunday in December we got to go the devotional. Mom, Dad and our friend Cindy were able to come too. It was wonderful to hear from our Prophet and his counselors speak and to hear the music from the choir.

The next weekend we got to go the choir concert and it was magnificent! I just sat there and tried to enjoy every second, knowing I may never get tickets to this again. The music was glorious and the conference center was decorated so beautifully. It may truly be my favorite part of Christmas this year.

Braces Off!

Rachel got her braces off today! Yah!