Another Powell Adventure: Christmas Traditions

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Christmas Traditions

Decorating the tree
Always fun to be together bringing the magic of Christmas into our home.

Fun with Grammy
This year Grammy Jones' get together for the cousins was all about snowmen and cookies.
What fun we have together!

Kindergarten Concert
Sophie participated in a Christmas concert with all of the Kindergarten at her school.

Fun with Friends
We did our annual get together with the Lewis family, and it was lots of fun as usual.

Nativity
Aunt Jenn brought us the costumes and props she used for her nursery this year, and we did a family nativity on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Morning
Here we are on Christmas morning... with all of the anticipation on our faces...waiting to go downstairs to see what Christmas treasures we have been given.

1 comment:

Jones FamilyDecember 30, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Looks like a wonderful holiday! I'm glad you guys got to see the lights at the Temple, but sad you missed out on the Museum. I guess a cousin field trip is in order! BTW- do you guys get fully dressed before opening presents on Christmas morning?! Wow! We are totally in PJs!
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Books I've Read in 2017

Becoming Lady Lockwood - by Jennifer Moore ★★★★★
Simply Anna - by Jennifer Moore ★★★★★
Lady Emma's Campaign - by Jennifer Moore ★★★★
The Lady of the Lakes - by Josi S. Kilpack ★★★★★
The Proud Shall Stumble (#4) - by Gerald Lund ★★★★★
The Invisible Thread - by Laura Schroff ★★★
Number the Stars - by Lois Lowry★★★★
Blackberry Pie Murder - by Joanne Fluke ★★★★
Chariots to Jordan - by E. James Harrison ★★★★
Letters in the Jade Dragon Box - by Gale Sears
My Lucky Stars - by Michelle Paige Holmes ★★★★★
All the Stars in Heaven - by Michelle Paige Holmes ★★★★★
Midway to Heaven - by Dean Hughes ★★★★
Counting Stars - by Michele Paige Holmes ★★★★★
Glimmer of Hope - by Sarah M Eden ★★★★★
Reforming Lord Ragsdale - by Carla Kelly ★★★★
The Star Garden - by Nancy E Turner ★★★★
Longing for Home, Hope Springs - by Sarah M. Eden ★★★★★
Longing for Home - by Sarah M. Eden ★★★★★
Oceans Apart - by Karen Kingsbury ★★★
The Very Thought Of You - by Lynn Kurland ★★★(too much xxxooo etc)
Fireflies in December - by Jennifer Erin Valent ★★★★★
The Washington Hypothesis - by Timothy Ballard ★★★★
Played for a Fool - by Stephanie Black ★★★★ (suspenseful)
The Washington Hypothesis - by Timothy Ballard ★★★★
With Every Breath - by Lynn Kurland ★★★★
The Shadow Falls - by Gerald Lund ★★★★★
A Garden in the Rain - by Lynn Kurland ★★★★
The Kitchen House - by Kathleen Grissom ★★★(hard subject but excellent writing)
The Storm Descends - by Gerald Lund ★★★★★

Shining Moments!

	The other day Sophie and Klara were playing princess. They came up to me and explained about their princess game... And informed me that I was to be the maid and was to do all of the cooking and cleaning for them and also help them with whatever else they wanted. Somehow, to me it sounds more like reality than a princess game... ;). 7/18/15 Last week Sophie informed me that "today at school I found out for sure that I really am a monkey! I found out that you got me from the zoo!" As if that wasnt enough to make me smile...that night while Sophie was saying her prayers, she asked that when she woke up that she would find that during the night had grown lots of fuzzy brown hair all over her body so that she would be a real monkey. 3/16/14 All of the snow this week turned to slush and flooding. The voles got flushed out and started showing up in our window wells. Zach noticed them today while we were checking for water in the basement. One in particular was climbing in and out of holes in the window screen. Zach with a big grin on his face decided to name him E-vole! We are quite proud of his wit! 2/9/14 Aunt Melissa was visiting for our birthday weekend. She was feeding 6 week old Trevor (what a cutie) and Sophie felt the need to join her. We missed the picture of Sophie trying to "feed her baby" with her doll stuck up under her shirt! 1/?/13 Two year old Klara has recently discovered how to give a big kiss on the cheek. For the last 10 minutes she sat here on the chair beside me giving slobbery kisses and laughing...til she got the hiccups! I now have a slobbery smiley face....I love my girl. :) 2/11/13
	Was helping Quin with a cub scout requirement today. He is supposed to start a collection and organize it in a nice way..then show and explain it to someone. Quin went to his room and returned a few minutes later with a box full of socks from his drawer. LOL! Gotta give him a point for ingenuity but I convinced him to try something else. He decided that a cool collection of stamps from envelopes received would be better. 1/21/13
	So I was getting dressed this morning and heard my two girls in the bathroom. Went to investigate and found my almost two year old sitting on the potty while her helpful four year old sister read her a potty training book! She had helped her little sister remove her diaper and get the step to climb on the potty. Maybe she can do the potty training for me this time around! 9/27/12

Favorite Quotes & Sayings

“There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.” -Robert M. Hensel

"Gratitude turns what you have into enough. "

"Night is nothing more than a shadow, an illusion. It can only be defined by what it is not. Though darkness feels cold and often causes confusion or disorientation, it has no power of itself. While we face what seems at times to be impenetrable darkness, remember that the human soul is capable of the most brilliant light. A light that can warm, invigorate, and ignite the souls of others, especially in the darkness." - Anonymous - after Vegas in October 2017

"No matter how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you always have the choice to turn around." - Anonymous

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.” -Albert Einstein

"Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see." - Corrie Ten Boom

"Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling... It is not something you do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for." - Rachel Janovic (inside cover of March 2014 Ensign magazine.)

"What I am looking for is not out there; it is in me." - Helen Keller

"When it comes right down to it, the secret to having it all is believing that you do."

"Character is what you are in the dark."

"Don't prepare the path for your child... Prepare your child for the path."

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." - C.S. Lewis

"We can do anything we put our minds to, Sometimes it all comes down to deciding to begin."

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

"You don't have to be great to start...but you have to start to be great!"

"To be in your children's memories tomorrow you have to be in their lives today."

Books I've Read in 2016

A Generation Rising - by Gerald Lund ★★★★★
Stardust of Yesterday - by Lynn Kurland ★★ (too much extra stuff to enjoy story)
Christmas Jars - by Jason F Wright ★★★★★
The Immortal Nicholas - by Glenn Beck ★★★★★★
The Gift - by Richard Paul Evans ★★★★★
Legally and Lawfully Yours - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★★
A Voice in the Wind - by Francine Rivers ★★(violent, graphic) didn't finish
Dreams of Stardust - by Lynn Kurland ★★★★★
Sonoma Rose - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★★
The Quilters Homecoming - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★★
Before I say Goodbye - by Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★★
When I fall in Love - by Lynn Kurland ★★★★ (medieval swearing)
Circle of Quilters - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★★
Dancing in the Light - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career - by Carla Kelly ★★★★★
Doing no Harm - by Carla Kelley ★★★★★
As You Are - by Sarah M. Eden ★★★★★★
The James Miracle - by Jason F Wright ★★★★
If Only - by Richard Paul Evans ★★★
Letters in the Jade Dragon Box - by Gale Sears ★★★★
In Love and War - by Carla Kelly ★★★★
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ★★★★★
Cold Sassy Tree - by Olive Ann Burns (**stopped reading- content)
Lost Among the Living - by Simone St James ★★(cursing & scenes)
Mrs Drew Plays her Hand - by Carla Kelly ★★★★
Safe Passage - by Carla Kelly ★★★★
Sarah's Quilt - by Nancy Turner ★★★★
These is my Words - by Nancy Turner ★★★★★
Until the Dawn - by Gale Sears ★★★★★
Softly Falling - by Carla Kelly ★★★★★
My Loving Vigil Keeping - by Carla Kelly ★★★★★
Lord Fenton's Folly - by Josi S. Kilpack ★★★★★
Upon the Mountains - by Gale Sears ★★★★★
See Me - by Nicholas Sparks ★★★ (scenes)
Esther the Queen - by Heather B. Moore ★★★
A Heart Revealed - by Josie Killpack ★★★★★

Books I've Read in 2015

Eleanor and the Iron King - by Julie Daines ★★★★
The Secret Keeper - by Kate Morton ★★★★
Ruth and Naomi - by Toni Sorenson ★★★★
The Last Knight - by Hilari Bell ★★
The Forgotten Garden - by Kate Morton ★★★★★★
The Star Prophecy - by Joan Sowards ★★★★★
Peter - by Toni Sorenson ★★★★★
Double Fudge Brownie Murder - by Joanne Fluke ★★★
The Master Quilter - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
The Rent Collector - by Camron Wright ★★★★
Edenbrooke - by Julianne Donaldson ★★★★★
Blackmoore - by Julianne Donaldson ★★★★★
Bridges of the Heart - by Joan Sowards ★★★★★
All the light we cannot see by - Anthony Doerr ★★★* ( bad language!)
Timepiece - by Richard Paul Evans ★★★★
Chariots to Jordan - by E. James Harrison ★★★★
The New Year's Quilt - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
Gifted Hands - The Ben Carson Story ★★★★★
A Quilter's Legacy - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
The Runaway Quilt - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★★
The Sugar Camp Quilt - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
The Cross Country Quilters - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
The Water Seeker - Kimberly Weeks Holt ★★★★
I knew their hearts - by Jeff Olsen ★★★★★
My Name is Resolute - by Nancy E Turner ★★★★
The Boys in the Boat - by Daniel James Brown ★★★★★
Son - by Lois Lowry ★★★★
Messenger - by Lois Lowry ★★★★
Gathering Blue - by Lois Lowry ★★★★
The Glass Castle - by Jeannette Walls ★★ (didn't finish - language, narcistic, vivid memory??)
My Name used to be Muhammad - by Tito Moment ★★★★
The Christmas Quilt - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
Round Robin - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
The Giver - by Lois Lowry ★★★★
The Quilter's Apprentice - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
Wedding Cake - by Josie S. Kilpack ★★★★★
The Wedding Letters - by Jason F. Wright ★★★★★
The Wednesday Letters - by Jason F. Wright★★★★★
Parenting with Love - by Glenn L. Latham ★★★★
The Book Thief - by Markus Zusak ★★★ (language)
Fortune Cookie - by Josie S. Kilpack ★★★★

Books I've Read in 2014

The Child Whisperer - by Carol Tuttle ★★★
A Lantern in her hand - by Bess Streeter Aldrich ★★★★
Gables of Legacy (Books 1-6) - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
Longing for Home #2 (Hope Springs) by Sarah M. Eden ★★★★★★
Longing for Home - by Sarah M. Eden ★★★★★★
Wonder - by R.J. Palacio ★★★★★
The Hiding Place (true story) - by Corrie Ten Boom ★★★★★
Gables against the sky - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★★
The Gable Faces East - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
Dancing Under the Red Star (Margaret Werner story) - by Karl Tobien ★★★★★
The Parenting Breakthrough - by Merrilee Brown Boyack ★★★★★
One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich - by Alexander Solzhenitsyn ★★
The Silence of God - by Gale Sears ★★★★★
In the Shadow of an Angel - by Lynne Larson ★★★★★
Fresh Courage Take - by Dean Hughes ★★★★
Through Clouds and Sunshine - by Dean Hughes ★★★★
The Winds and the Waves - by Dean Hughes ★★★★★
Hearts Crossed - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
The Captains Angel - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
Captive Hearts - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
Captain of her Heart - by Anita Stansfield ★★★
Putting on the Brakes - by Patricia O. Quinn ★★★
David Copperfield - by Charles Dickens ★★★★★ (765 pages!)
Rocky Road - by Josi S Kilpack ★★★★★
Every Graceful Fancy - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★★
Tranquil Light - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
A Loving Heart - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
A Far Far Better Place - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★

Books I've Read in 2013

The Best of Times - by Anita Stansfield ★★★★
Baked Alaska - by Josi S Kilpack ★★★★
Snakewater Affair - by Liz Adair ★★★★★
After Goliath - by Liz Adair ★★★★
Shades of Gray /Noble Cause - by Jessica James ★★★★
Train to Nowhere - by Kay Bratt ★★★★*
The Lodger - A Spider Latham Mystery - by Liz Adair ★★★★
Missing Persons - by Clare O'Donohue ★★
The Double Wedding Ring - by Clare O'Donohue ★★★
The Devil's Puzzle - by Clare O'Donohue ★★★
Heaven Is Here (A Memoir) - by Stephanie Nielson ★★★★★*
The Frozen Trail - by Lisa Dayley ★★
Of Grace and Chocolate - by Krista Lynne Jensen ★★★★★
A Blind Eye - by Julie Daines ★★★
The Double Cross - by Clare O'Donohue ★★★
A Drunkard's Path - by Clare O'Donohue ★★★
The Lovers Knot - by Clare O'Donohue ★★★
Bridge to Forever - by Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★
Twice in a Lifetime - by Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★
Ties That Bind - by Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★
Where I Belong - by Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★★
This Time Forever - bt Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★
Flying Home - by Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★
Claim - by Lisa T. Bergren ★★★★★
Sing - by Lisa T. Bergren ★★★★
Breathe - by Lisa T. Bergren ★★★★★
In the Company of Others - by Jan Karon ★★★★
The Lost Quilter - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★★
Home to Holly Springs - by Jan Karon ★★★★★
Light from Heaven - by Jan Karon ★★★★
Janitors - by Tyler Whitesides ★★★
Shepherds Abiding -by Jan Karon ★★★
Enduring Light - by Carla Kelly ★★★
Borrowed Light - by Carla Kelly ★★★★
A Common Life - by Jan Karon ★★★
These High, Green Hills - by Jan Karon ★★★★
Out To Canaan - by Jan Karon★★★★
A New Song - by Jan Karon ★★★★
A Light in the Window - by Jan Karon ★★★★★
At Home in Mitford - by Jan Karon ★★★★★
Tres Leches Cupcakes - by Josie S. Kilpack ★★★★★
The Giving Quilt - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★★
The Gift of Angels - by Rachel Ann Nunes ★★★★★
A Quilters Holiday - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★
The Aloha Quilt - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★★
The Quilter's Kitchen - by Jennifer Chiaverini ★★★