What is your New Years Resolution??

Kung He Fa Choy everyone!! And now it's time to ring in the new year with increased determination to improve ourselves and our lives. How can we do it? A new years resolution!! Last year I resolved to improve the spiritual lives of our family by having a short easy family devotional each morning. Although we haven't been perfect at it, it really brought out family closer to each other and to the Lord. So I'm thinking, that since Keira will be baptized this year, my family resolution will be somewhere along those spiritual lines, to increase the testimonies of our family members & our spirituality. BUT my personal resolution? Maybe to lose those holiday pounds I've put on, maybe to be more organized (the same old ones right?)

Don't forget!! To make a resolution actually happen? You need to record it somewhere you can see it all the time, and plan out a course of action on how to do it! Otherwise, it's only a wish! SOOOO please tell me, I'm burning to know what YOUR resolution this year will be????

Our New Year Birthday vacation

Yesterday we braved the treacherous roads and snowy weather over the pass to spend a week with my in-laws in Yelm. The scary roads were a small price to pay! When Jeff & I were first together we lived with his parents while I was finishing High School. So it feels like coming home... I'm on the computer in our old bedroom! You know the old jokes and stories about how women seldom get along with the in-laws? Well in this family that is SO NOT the case! Mary is my 2nd mother & I love her & Ralph so much! They've welcomed me into the family with open arms & took care of me as a teenager as if I was one of their own. So spending only a few weeks of the year with them, it's time so precious to us!


This week we get to celebrate the coming in of a new year, 2009! Jeff & I will have been married for 9 years this year, and together for 17 years. I will be praying to discover my weaknesses so I can know how I can improve this year. Also, Keanu will turn 3 years old in 3 days. I asked him & he says he wants a MUD CAKE for his birthday!! SO stay posted for pics from his birthday!

I have a new sister in-law!!! Congratulations Robbie & Rachel!

I am SO thrilled, for today was an AMAZING day!! My littlest brother, Robbie got married to his sweetheart Rachel today. We were able to go to the Columbia River Temple and watch them be sealed for time and all eternity, the ceremony was so spiritual, and awesome. I could feel the spirit so strongly & I could see the joy in their faces. Rachel, words cannot express the joy I feel in having you as a sister and part of our family! She is such a wonderful, beautiful woman, and they are both so lucky to have one another!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Well, I'm hoping everyone had a great Christmas!! We enjoyed our Christmas Eve with grandma & grandpa Grimmer, with a delicious ham dinner and acting out the Christmas story with the kids. They had such a hard time going to sleep, they were so excited! Christmas morning started later than usual, and the kids just loved their gifts!! Especially Keira's educational laptop, and the boys spring horse and train/car table were hits. They've played and played!! We spent the rest of the day at grandma/pa's house with family playing games and enjoying family time. Here are some pictures from our special holiday.

Christmas Farm Impliment Parade

For those who don't live in Sunnyside - I know, it's a weird name for a parade!! They take all the tractors, semis, farm machinery, and fix them up in lights and Santas and all kinds of decorations! It actually is pretty amazing! A friend said that this year brought in 30,000 people to watch! Keanu, Keira and I watched with friends, sipping hot drinks and munching cookies. Afterwards we walked down to town center to see the ice sculpture and big tree. It was pretty warm compared to last year, about 35-40 degrees and dry (last year it snowed and we froze our petuties off)

Tree trimmings

We had a special family home evening trimming the tree this week! Mostly I handed out the decorations and everyone ran to the tree too put them on the tree. We tried to move them around so there were even! This is DEFinately a KID tree! Colored lights and fun decorations! I still miss having a beautiful mommy tree, all color coordinated with fancy bulbs and ribbon... Someday I will again, but for now the kids can have their fun colorful gaudy tree!

Note: As you can see, Kalani had a complete meltdown towards the end - look at that sad sobbing little face! Keanu thought the cinnamon ornaments were cookies, and tried to eat one (I think I have a pic of that here too), and so all of them are gone now, broken by kids who try to eat them!