Williams Family Christmas

I'm absolutely devistated I can't find pictures of when the Williams were all together. It was so special to have so many of Brice's siblings here and together. Jan, Jared, Nicole and Mike (her boyfriend) came in a day apart. We celebrated the holidays playing games, going snowboarding, cooking healthy food, watching movies, and just being together during the holiday time. There was even a visit from Aunt Patty and we did some line dancing that evening while some of the family was out at temple square including the two little ones. Josh and Brice Sr. came up a couple times so we literally had some wonderful family acitivites only in the absense of Tiffany and Walter, who were with his family up in New York.

We hope to keep a tradition going where we can get together with Brice's family during December. It was a wonderful time to be with them all and we miss them already.

Misener Family Christmas

For as long as I can remember, one of my favorite Christmas traditions was held at Grandma and Grandpa Misener's house on the 23rd of December. We all gather in their family room for a fun talent show and then Santa visits! Grandpa would typically tell us a very spiritual story after or before his visit to be sure the 'true meaning' of Christmas stayed in focus. It is still difficult not having Grandpa to tell his stories. This year was wonderful and I think everyone wanted to hang on to this tradition - literally all of my cousins were there on the Misener side. It was packed in that room - but SO wonderful to be so close to our family and share again the 23rd of December together. The talent show has switched from us grandkids - to our children which made it that much more meaningful. I was very proud of Jayci for being willing to share her Christmas song. She didn't do much of the hand motions but she sung in front of this huge crowd - and that is a BIG step for her.

Most of the group. Some of us had to be in the other room. It was amazing being with everyone.

Amy's daughter Sydney playing her flute. All of her children did musical numbers.

I was so proud of Jayci for singing her song, In a Little Stable.

She still doesn't know Santa - and her name was the first called.

Jaxon shared a similar reaction.

The whole family gets their turn on Santa's knee.

Jayci thought Santa was a lot more fun when she got to actually open the present - too bad he was already gone by then.

Moran Christmas Party 2009

Brice works with some wonderful people and I was really excited for their Christmas party this year. It is difficult with all their crazy schedules to be able to see these people much (well for me anyway - not for Brice). They had a very nice formal dinner at the Marriot hotel in downtown Salt Lake. Then they had a legit DJ come for some dancing. We had to request some country which they played 2 songs and we got to enjoy dancing together and even doing a couple tricks since I'm not too pregnant yet. Afterward it was really enjoyable dancing with our friends and especially watching Kamden break dancing. The hidden talents of these people!

The Williams, Williams and Morshedi's. The three 2 nd year residents at the Moran. What wonderful people.

Best friends at Keys..

I really think we could have a successful sitcom regarding this circle of friends. Story after story, after good time, after story. I genuinely love these girls. Jami and I have birthdays 1 day apart. For Jami's big '29' - we decided to go to Keys on Main. A dueling piano bar located in downtown SLC. One of our favorite past times from our 8th South days was going to the Tavernacle which has a similar idea. This was my first experience there - but hopefully not my last. You can request seriously ANY song and they will play it - BUT of course people have the option of paying them off to stop it - and you can pay more to keep it going and so on. They are extremely talented piano players and it was fun singing along with everyone to the songs. It was a blast. Happy Birthday Jami! Love you girls.

Jami and Shorty

Brice is a sweet heart to hang out with me and my girls.

Clark Planetarium

This months theme in my little preschool was Outer Space. What better place to go than the Clark Planetarium! They had excellent little displays, and a large scale where you could 'travel' to a planet and see how much you weigh there. Here are some of the pictures of the other activities we did. This was the 'black hole' where you watch coins go down. We made a small donation and I was loving how much the kids LOVED watching the coins go down the black hole.

A replica of one of the space stations

Just for fun - seeing themselves on TV

An actual rock from the moon!

An actual space suit

A replica of what a place on the moon looks like. This was called the 'moon walk'

This was the Mars walk. They have a sign to keep all the kids off the rocks... hmm... not sure what else they would walk on.

In my little preschool the theme this month was OuterSpace. What better place to visit than the Clark Planetarium! Here are a few pictures from our little field trip.

Snow is here - but they still want the sand box

It took a while for the snow to get here this year - it has been cold - but then December hit and the weather got in the Christmas spirit. The kids were excited to play in the snow - but instead of just the snow - they played in the sand box in the snow. Winter here we come!

Just a water race this time

Brice's new outlet with triathlons has been a nice switch from motocross. A lot less nailbiting and worrying.... it's been a lot of fun to attend the events and see him enjoy his new 'hobby'. Well now that the season is over he's been finding other ways to compete and found one at the recreation center. He used to swim for BYU and decided to sign up for 7 events at the adult swim meet. They had some really good swimmers there. The entire USU swim team was there along with people from various other big local universities who have since 'retired' - like Brice. Anyway - here's a couple videos from the event. My parents came and supported him and helped with the kids who did GREAT until the very end.

Brice is in lane (****)