Christmas Day!! WooHoo

Well, we would like to say thanks to all our awesome parents. You all made this Christmas awesome. It took us two hours to get threw opening all our presents..WOW! I tried hard to keep up some of our families traditions and our new ones. I cooked candies for days and we delivered them to all the neighbors and we even sung a Christmas carol.On the eve of Christmas we read to story of Christ birth with the girls and tracked Santa on the computer, wrote our letter, Dave and laurel baked cookies together for Santa. On Christmas we had munches and little smokes until I had our dinner made. So basically we munched and played all day. We love you all and missed you all very much. Merry Christmas.

Bad economy....what bad economy?

Ok... so we love all our grandparents!!! Christmas is going to awesome this year.

SNOW!!!!! We are loving it!!

Today the big snow storm came I'm like 6-0, so I am still filling good trying not to get to big of a head. Dave went out and took some pics. Laurel went and played in it after crying about her snow clothes....she did not like the way they made sounds when she moved. After I helped her get over that she was glad to gave them seeing how she was not cold or wet.

SNOW!!!!! Me: 2 Snow: 0

The snow has arrived. I have driven two days in it and have not crashed yet, so I am feeling good about that! Besides being scared to death when I am driving it beautiful. I like stomping around in it. Laurel has had to walk to school as it was falling, but I think she liked it. Addison was like what is this crap? She would freak out if I put he down in it. Thankfully the little girl up stairs was running in it and Addison likes to do everything she does, so she relaxed and did the same. I have taken some pics of the view from my car...and yes I did come to a complete stop before taking this photos. :)

Our Non-Christmas card photo!

Ok, so Dave and I are making a purchase tomorrow that will leave our budget very small this month, so we can't send cards with our family picture this year. If you love us and you like this photo I can e-mail it to your nearest Wal-Mart for your pick up pleasure. So just let me know!

Merry Christmas
From the Binghams
Dave, Misty, Laurel and Addison


**Note: Angela Smith rocks with her camera!!**

Laurels Ginger Bread house.

So, last night we made our traditional gingerbread house. I truly think the hardest part is the crappy icing....Why don't they give you good stuff or gosh what about a receipt to make it your self. I guess next year I will have to research before hand and find a receipt that rocks. Well that's all I have to say about that. Check out her work of art!

Laurel and Addison's first trip to Temple Square.

Christmas is a common!

For Family home evening we bought our Christmas tree, and Tuesday night we decorated it. It was nice listening to Christmas music and just hanging out with one another. I am happy to report that Addison has not pulled the tree over....yet. She just pulls off the pol er bear and says woof woof. I hope all of our family and friend out there are having a wonderful holiday season thus far. We love and miss you all!

Hugs for Utah!!

Turkey Day!!

After many discusstons about whether we should go to Boise or should we not...We did! I am so glad I did not let the snow keep me from going. The whole driving in the snow idea scares the crap out of me, and the fact that it did not even snow made me feel even worse about all my worrying. We all had a blast...we were all like the Energizer Bunny, just going and going and going. We arrived to a nice dinner with Aunt Shauna, Uncle Randy and cousin Krista. It was nice and relaxing. Next day we were off...Up by 8 am at Grandma's...by 9am back to Shuanas...by 10am cooking, watching football, eating game food....lots of people started to show up, including Uncle Larry and Aunt Diana!! Then we ate and ate and ate. The next day we were off at 4:15 am for BLACK FRIDAY!! WOOHOO! I had a blast with Shauna and Krista. Elmo, we came, we saw, we beat some old lady up...but you're Addie's!! Later that day we got to see Grandma Binghams grave and the area was beautiful. We also went to the Fastival of Trees, and celebrated Uncle Larrys birthday and mine. Our last day with the Idaho Binghams we went to the Boise Holiday Parade. It was cold and started to rain, but we had fun none the less. We had blankets, chairs, mittens, scarves...well you get the picture. Before we said our good byes Uncle Randy took us to lunch at this awsome pizza place, The Flying Pie. All in all we had a great time, and it was great to meet the rest of the fam!

Twilight, Twilight, Twilght

Last night AT 12:15AM was the first Twilight showing, so my good friend Angela and her sister, Amy and I went. We all had a blast!

Gingerbread???

I was in shock that this was made out of gingerbread!!!!Q

Thanksgiving Point Ginger Bread Festival.

Last weekend we went to the Ginger Bread Festival at Thanksgiving point. We were a little disappointed because most the houses were just made by PTA groups, but there were a few that stood out! We did have a great day out with one another. we had lunch and went to watch Dave couch too and that was fun ( we love to watch dad do his thing).

Report Card Day!!!!!

We are so proud of Laurel. She made 7 A's and 1B!

sneak peek

Up at 1:26 in the AM

Well, I am just setting here waiting on Dave to get back from Wal-Mart. He is my Hero this is he second time in a row going. Addison is sick, and we needed medicine for her. She is Happy right now because she is watching Elmos World Holiday Video for the like 6th time today. WOOOO HOOOOO for Elmo!!!! He is my third favorite red head now!

Camp Rock Party!!!

Laurel has been wanting to have a party for some time now, so I thought I would have a Camp Rock party for her. So...tonight was the party, and we had a lot of fun. There were five girls total. I made mini hamburgers,flavored popcorn, m&m's, red vines, chips, soda. We watched the movie and played the game...and then had a dance off! So here are some pics and a video.

The Wii

Well this Video is sooooo Funny. Laurel was doing the 100 meter on Wii Olympics.

Oh, scripture time!

So during our scripture reading, Addie just doesn't have a lot to do. So she occupies herself however she can, and it's usually funny. So even though recording your children does not qualify as listening to the reading, I did it tonight......for posterity's sake.

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She does this until tired, as evidenced by the following photo:

Trick or Treat..... smell Daves feet..... Addie better give me her candy to eat!

Well, Halloween was different here in Orem, UT. Everyone dresses up... Crossing guards, Mailmen, Grocery store workers... well you get the drift. Laurel school does a huge parade and all the parents come( yes they are all dressed up too) Dave, Addie and I went to watch it was a lot of fun. We went trick or treating that night, and Laurel and Addie made off with lots of candy! Later that night we had pizza shaped like a pumpkin and watch Journey to the center of the earth. We love everyone and miss you all!!! Have fun looking at our pics. :)

Addison

Ok, So I the most awesome friend that lives upstairs. Her names Angela, and the other day she snapped so photos of Addie. I think they are soooooo cute so I had to post them for everyone.

This past week.....

Well, this past few weeks I have been busy! Making 50 Carmel Apples and chili for 15 people for church. Then helping Amy with two Custom parties, and making cookies for her class. Then Making things for Laurel school party... Wow...I am busy. Well with all that I still found time to take some pics so check them out!

The Binghams had baked potatos!!!

In honor of Bingham family traditions we made Aluminum art this past week with our dinner guests. They were a little stressed, but they made something non the less.

Vegas on $12 a day

So the $12 a day thing caught your eye, right?



It's TOTALLY not true. We did go to Vegas this past weekend, and it was a sweet deal. We stayed at the Excalibur Hotel. The Excalibur is right next to the Luxor, New York, New York, and the MGM Grand. We swam, ate, petted stingrays, won $875 playing Baccarat.....of course we didn't play Baccarat, I don't even know what Baccarat is. We had a great time, and we will probably never go back. So we obviously took pictures, and Misty loves slideshows, so here we go!

The Best Day Ever!

Well, Laurel thinks it was the best day ever!! You ask why? It snowed...she said the lord answered her prayers. This being the first time Laurel had ever seen snow, we went to church and stayed for the first two hours and then ditched. We got the girls all dressed in their new snow clothes, and went to Sundance. We played in the snow. Laurel made a snow angel.

Addison was a little confused by the whole thing. What is going on...what is this stuff falling on my head?

The best part for me was when I fell....on my butt.

Dave was a master at snow ball fights. Overall, we had good old fashion family fun. So in Sponge Bobs Famous words...It's the best day ever!

3rd Grade field trip, as chronicled by Laurel

Laurel had her first Utah field trip on Friday. She took her camera (thanks Papa!), and here is her video report:

The Hat

I think it speaks for itself!

DJ Laurel

This video is funny because Laurel had no idea I was at her door. The only disclaimer I have is her room was dirty still, and the video is side ways.

Sunday afternoon.

So, there is a Provo Craft outlet here in Orem, and it has super cheap crafts. These pics are from one Sunday afternoon when Laurel and I painted Halloween decorations for the house.

Our Jockey

Calling all Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles.....Here is Laurel's Third grade picture. Be looking for it in the mail in the next few days!

Lateness happens

So this is what happens when I can't sleep...I use my new technology skills in ways I probably shouldn't. Enjoy!