I've been having fun with my smilebox during the christmas holiday. I hope you'll enjoy a look back through 2010 with me.

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I found a new charge on my credit card for another year of smilebox. Hmmmm..... I guess I just junked the email asking me if I was going to renew so they just automatically did it. Guess I should pay more attention. I've been noticing that a lot lately. Anyway they won't refund it so as I went to cancel my membership I figured... the moneys already in their hands I guess I'll use it for the year. Now I have to mark February 2011 to remember to cancel my membership. So Here's a look at what I made today courtesy of smilebox. ( They really do have fun stuff)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning

We had a fun and crazy christmas eve at Jody and Dano's house. It was a houseful of people with our family, their family, Grandma and Grandpa, Larry,Becky, Grandpa Don, Daryl and Carol, Heather and Brandt and their kids were home for Christmas and then there was Ben and Mandy and their Kids. LOTS OF KIDS. We had a cute nativity with all those little kids and I didn't even get a picture. We had a lot of good food to eat and did a lot of visiting. We headed home so the kids could open their christmas eve gift. SURPRISE... P.J.'s.

Christmas Morning was a lot of fun. Dad got everyone up which would normally be a huge surprise but now

that he gets up at 5:30 every morning I guess it was to be expected. We got up around 6:15 and everyone had fun opening presents. Cassin didn't want to be left out and he called at 7:20. He hadn't even opened up his gifts. It was so fun to talk to him and hear all about his mission and the people that he has met and baptised. We spent the rest of the day relaxing and playing with the loot. Then we headed back over to Jody's for Christmas dinner. Not as many people Just our Immediate Nilsson family. Carol and Daryl and their kids had their own. It was YUMMY!  Dustin called while we were over at Jody's so everyone got to say hi. He sounded great and we had a wonderful visit. He told us he will probably be home around April 28th. WOW the time will fly. All in all we had a great christmas!

A Day of Christmas Baking

We spent saturday getting some baking done. Kaitlin and Maddi were great helpers in making gingerbread cookies. Everyone took turns rolling out the dough. (It was a little crumbly because I had made it a few days earlier and we were only finally getting around to making them) Kaitlin was our FLOUR GIRL. She put flour everywhere. Everyone got to choose their own cookie cutters and we have a great variety. They turned out great if I do say so myself. Now we just have to get them Iced. Hopefully before christmas

After the cookie making it was time to start on Pies. I was making them for some of the ladies in town who would usually buy them for christmas at the Creamery.  We deciede that it might be a good idea to sell pies as a funraiser for Brandon's school trip to Costa Rica in 2011. We had a few mishaps trying to make pies with the whole family around and I think I started to lose it at the end of the day, but on the whole everything worked out and everyone got their pies. (There were even some for us to enjoy for the holidays).

LET ME IN!

So 2 weeks ago the weather was down to -32 C,(Colder sometimes with the wind chill) and Jeff let the cats in. All three of them! They were in the house for about a week and we would lock them in the downstairs bedroom (thats not being used) at night. Now Bernard, Sara, and Cracker think they belong in my house and they stand near the door all the time and run in as fast as they can whenever it gets opened. They have almost scatched all the new weather stripping off the side of the door frame, and now they hang in the window as they balance on my screen door(minus the screen) and hold onto my wreath. It really is funny. But they are driving me crazy. I just hope the weather stays a mild -7C  instead of dipping way down again.

Sara wants in.

Bernard waiting his turn to jump on the door

Sara with one more try

Christmas Treat Bags

O.K.  I can't take credit for these cute little things because I had to practically be dragged by my little sister Jody to do a craft of any sort. Also the idea came from Tera and her friends. But I am really glad that Jody pestered me into it.( I know when she reads this she will say "WHATEVER"). So mom, Jody, and I got together last night after the elementary christmas concert to make these cute TREE TREATS for teachers, neighbors, church teachers, Visiting Teachers, ETC. It didn't take very long with the three of us working together. We did have to change locations once on account of Finn and Libby wanting to be held by Grandma and Aunt Tricia the whole time. So we moved the operation to Mom's house. Good thing all our houses are only blocks away. Each little envelope holds candy and the three are tied together and then can hang on the tree with the clothes pin. The hard part is choosing from all the cute paper out there.

Christmas Concert

The elementary had their christmas concert last night. I really think it was the BEST one they have ever had. They had the elementary choirs sing at the beginning. Kaitlin is in the Jr. Choir and Maddi is in the Sr. Choir.  Then each grade did a song from around the world. Grade 2 sang Mele kalikimaka-from Hawaii, and grade 4 sang It's a small world and did it in several languages. Really cute. The last number the Sr. Choir sang a beautiful song and the 6th grade did the nativity to it. Yes, there are some schools left that realize what christmas is really about and I'm glad my kids attend one. Now it is the last day of school and then the party starts. Will we be ready in time for christmas? I hope so