Friday, December 12, 2008

Talking to Santa at the North Pole

Grandpa Peek has a wonderful tradition setting up his
Ham Radio at St. Luke's and letting the children
talk to Santa at the North Pole. This year Cyrus was big
enough to have his first conversation with
Santa over the Ham Radio.
Grandpa Peek and Cyrus
Cyrus and "Scottie" (Santa's Elf)
Cyrus was very excited about the entire experience.
He was so happy to get to talk to Santa.
He was just as excited to see Grandpa Peek! He told Santa
he wants a Goldfish for Christmas and I think
he will be pleasantly surprised. It has been
fun to take Cyrus Christmas shopping this year because
he helps pick out his presents and then forgets
about them once we get home.

Boise Thanksgiving 2008

We have so many things to be thankful for at this
holiday time. We were so blessed to be surrounded
by family during Thanksgiving.
We also have the wonderful blessing of the Gospel truth
in our lives. We are so happy to know that this blessing
is what allows us to be an Eternal Family.


Thanks to my Mom's hard work cooking (and the assistance
of everyone else) we had a festive, food-filled Thanksgiving.
My Mom is sure a "Culinary Genius"! (Thanks Emilie!!!!)

Visitors come from out of town to help us celebrate Thanksgiving.
Grandma and Grandpa Case and Des, Tiffany and Parker came to
enjoy the holiday with MaLea and Jed who live here in town.
Cyrus really enjoyed the company of cousins Parker and Jordyn
and he's counting down the days until we go to see
many more cousins in Ashton for Christmas on his
"Potty Treat/Christmas Ashton Trip Advent Calendar".
Hopefully he will have completed his long but entertaining
adventure of potty training by the time we go.
Side note... *Much to my dismay, my ever-growing baby waist
grew an inch over the Thanksgiving weekend and continues
to expand every day. But so does my excitement!