The Holt Happenings: January 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Christmas Eve 2009

Santa's cookies

Making reindeer food.

Ham, homemade rolls, corn on the cob, salad, pasta salad, baked potatoes, cheeseballs and crackers, and crab dip, and a yummy punch. Is that too much for 2 adults and 2 kids?! :) And cookies for dessert!

Hunter wasn't really even into the paper, so Reag helped him lots. :)

Thanks Aunt Chantel and Uncle Eric!

We spent Christmas in our own home again this year. We love being with our families but it was nice to enjoy each other, especially since Nick had been gone alot. We opened a present, had a wonderful dinner with appetizers and dessert and even a special drink. We made cookies for Santa and a special mix for the reindeer (oatmeal and sprinkles) and read stories and really relaxed. Everything was wrapped and ready, so it was so nice to just be together.

December Pictures

Putting together the trampoline the kids got for Christmas a fews days early.

He loves it!

Makin a wish.....

My bestie Chrissy :)

Fountain show at the Bellagio

Bellagio Gardens with the Lichty family. Love them!! This is cute Chloe who Reag adores!!

One of Reag's alltime favorite things to do.

Made out of chocolate!

The Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Cactus Garden

My little helper with the laundry!

Waiting for Nick to come home from working out of town. So cute!

Making Christmas candy

At this point, Hunter wants his own bed and doesn't want to rock, but my dad can still rock and cuddle and he goes right to sleep.

Reagan with Grandpa's puppies. Grandma let her bring one in and Reag had it so warm and comfy and wanted us to stay quiet to not wake her up!

First goose-egg. Learning to crawl and climb was rough today.

What is this kid thinkin?! I walked in the kitchen and this is what I found. Apparently, I wasn't quick enough getting what she needed.

Thanksgiving 2009

Colby

Reagan, Nick, LaMar and Eric

Reagan and cousin McKayla

Bub and Pop

Shooting skeet and yes, I do shoot too. Colby, Justin, Nick

Reagan and Grandpa Holt with new hound puppies. She was in heaven!

Something to Strive For.........

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.”

― Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"Come what may and LOVE it!"

--Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just ordinary people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is just like an old time rail journey...delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and jolts interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride."

--President Gordon B. Hinckley

"I know it is hard for you young mothers to believe that almost before you can turn around the children will be gone and you will be alone with your husband. You had better be sure you are developing the kind of love and friendship that will be delightful and enduring. Let the children learn from your attitude that he is important. Encourage him. Be kind. It is a rough world, and he, like everyone else, is fighting to survive. Be cheerful. Don't be a whiner."

--Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley