Smith Family Ice Cream Scoop: We Love Christmas

Saturday, December 27, 2008

We Love Christmas

"You're going to shoot your eye out with that thing!" Cooper got a "practice" gun, and Tyler inherited his dad's shotgun. They were both very excited!

But not as excited as I am about my Christmas gift... how many girls are lucky enough to get a camera for Christmas? (Me and Melissa, that's who!)

The boys have wanted robes for a long time, and they got great matching robes. Now I don't have to look at their ugly pajama shirts anymore!

Aubrey got a comfy new mattress and new bedding! She said she had the most comfortable night's sleep of her life that night. The quilt and sheets are SO cute!!

This is what happened when I wanted Cooper to let me take pictures of him. He threw a fit, and ended up throwing himself on the floor. I'm getting a picture one way or the other, dude... you can decide how you look in it.

My favorite picture of the day... all of our feet in hand knitted slippers from grandma! Ah, what a great Christmas!

11 comments:

Rachel Holloway said...: YES, you lucky girl! And Melissa too? GEESH! :) I am so excited to see all the pics you take! Yet another talent in the making...; 7:42 AM
Amy said...: Merry Christmas to you!!! I love all the pictures, but I think the feet one might be my favorite! Congrats on the camera...Trent got me one for Christmas too! And do you know what, Andrew does the same thing as Cooper. I guess he was sick of me practicing taking pics on him. And by the way, I love you PJ's!; 8:16 AM
Anonymous said...: Looks good, Mom!; 1:07 PM
girlsmama said...: I got a camera too! I am beyond excited. I see you got a Nikon as well. We should have another Apron Girls get together and take pictures of each other! I'm glad you and your family enjoyed the holiday!; 2:59 PM
Leslie said...: that looks like a GREAT Christmas.
that camera looks GREAT!; 3:25 PM
Tari said...: I love your blog! Glad you had a great Christmas! I love the slippers, so cute!; 4:42 PM
Mike, Sha, Kenna, Kate, & Garrett said...: So glad you had a great Christmas. I love that Tyler inherited Brandon's gun-I love sentimental gifts. Also, love the camera-so jealous-I will be over, or you can come here to take pics of the girls. I need some bad! Aubrey's quilt looks so cute.; 5:07 PM
Brenda said...: That's so nice that Aubrey got a new mattress. She really needed one!; 9:00 AM
V and Co. said...: AHHHH I LOVE YOUR CAMERA! and that last picture of the feet is too dang cute you need to put that in your house somwhere!; 9:14 PM
nikib4kids said...: What a great Christmas for you guys!! I'm so jealous of you....I want a Nikon!! Some day!; 3:55 PM
prRiggs said...: Love the slippers--they remind me of my grandma.; 6:00 PM

To Do Today

* Embrace this day with an enthusiastic welcome, no matter how it looks. The covenant with God to which you are true enables you to become enlightened by him, and nothing is impossible for you.
* When you are physically sick, tired, or in despair, steer your thoughts away from yourself and direct them, in gratitude and love, toward God.
* In your life there have to be challenges. They will either bring you closer to God and therefore make you stronger, or they can destroy you. But you make the decision of which road you take.
* First and foremost, you are a spirit child of God. If you neglect to feed your spirit, you will reap unhappiness. Don't permit anything to detract you from this awareness.
* You cannot communicate with God unless you have first sacrificed your self-oriented natural man and have brought yourself into the lower levels of meekness, to become acceptable for the Light of Christ.
* Put all frustrations, hurt feelings, and grumblings into the perspective of your eternal hope. Light will flow into your soul.
* Pause to ponder the suffering Christ felt in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the awareness of the depth of gratitude for him, you appreciate every opportunity to show your love for him by diligently serving in his Church.
* God knows that you are not perfect. As you suffer about your imperfections, he will give you comfort and suggestions of where to improve.
* God knows better than you what you need. He always attempts to speak to you. Listen, and follow the uncomfortable suggestions that he makes to us--everything will fall into its place.
* Avoid any fear like your worst enemy, but magnify your fear about the consequences of sin.
* When you cannot love someone, look into that person's eyes long enough to find the hidden rudiments of the child of God in him.
* Never judge anyone. When you accept this, you will be freed. In the case of your own children or subordinates, where you have the responsibility to judge, help them to become their own judges.
* If someone hurts you so much that your feelings seem to choke you, forgive and you will be free again.
* Avoid at all cost any pessimistic, negative, or criticizing thoughts. If you cannot cut them out, they will do you harm. On the road toward salvation, let questions arise but never doubts. If something is wrong, God will give you clarity but never doubts.
* Avoid rush and haste and uncontrolled words. Divine light develops in places of peace and quiet. Be aware of that as you enter places of worship.
* Be not so much concerned about what you do, but do what you do with all your heart, might, and strength. In thoroughness is satisfaction.
* You want to be good and to do good. That is commendable. But the greatest achievement that can be reached in our lives is to be under the complete influence of the Holy Ghost. Then he will teach us what is really good and necessary to do.
* The pain of sacrifice lasts only one moment. It is the fear of the pain of sacrifice that makes you hesitate to do it.
* Be grateful for every opportunity to serve. It helps you more than those you serve.
* And finally, when you are compelled to give up something or when things that are dear to you are withdrawn from you, know that this is your lesson to be learned right now. But know also that, as you are learning this lesson, God wants to give you something better.

from "Unleashing the Dormant Spirit by F. Enzio Busche