Christmas

  

This is year I had an amazing Christmas!  On Christmas Eve, my grandparents and cousins came over and we had dinner and hung out.  We decorated gingerbread men with these cool stickers and frosting.  After they left, I gave Santa one of my gingerbread cookies and eggnog for his treat.  I also set out some carrots for the reindeer!

For Christmas, I seriously got everything on my list!  One of my favorite presents was My brand new Ipad mini. I love it. I also got some new clothes and a brand new pair of DC's. 

I got some super cute Cutie Pop dolls. They are all based on baking!  I even got Carmel, which is awesome because I didn't even know she came out yet.  She wasn't in any of the stores of on the websites!  Santa rocked that one!!

It was also great having Lexie home. I really missed her. It is going by too fast and I know she's going back to school soon ... that part makes me a little sad!

Gingerbread Houses

Today we went over to the Smith's house. We had breakfast for dinner, which is the best!! 

We decorated gingerbread houses after dinner. My Mom split us into teams. My team was Angie, Brooklyn and I. We had so much fun!!

They kept telling us it wasn't a competition this, but if it was a competition .. WE SO WON!!! Me and Brooklyn have been planning our gingerbread house for weeks! Angie always has cool ideas too, so we make a rockin team!! 

We all had a great time!

Gifts for Teachers

  

For Christmas I gave my two teachers designer clipboards handmade by me. I am pretty proud of this gift! 

We took paper and modge-podged it to the clipboards. We then wrapped ribbon around it and added cute buttons. My teachers were super impressed!

They looked super cool when we were done! Ms. Horne's was mint green and Mrs. Oglesby's was purple. They loved them and use them all the time!!

Gifts for Friends

I got creative this year and gave my best friends a super cute Christmas present! I gave each of them a little gift bag. In each gift bag there was a pair of fuzzy socks and a nail polish. On the gift bag there was a card saying "Hope your toes stay warm and cozy this winter!" 

My friends loved them. Each pair of socks and nail polish were their favorite colors.  Mom and I are already looking for ideas for next year's presents!                      

Baking With Grandma

Today I went baking with Grandma  Janice at her house. We made sugar cookies and english toffee. We made the english toffee by boiling oil and letting it harden then cracking it with the but of a knife. We then dipped it in chocolate and rolled it in nuts. They were delicious! 

We then decorated our sugar cookies like Christmas trees and stars. I love putting tons of sprinkles on them. 

Everything was scrumptious! I hope I get to bake with Grandma again soon.

ICE

Today we went to Ice at the Gaylord with the Sands. This year's theme was Madagascar. It was really fun. 

I was cracking me up to see little Everly in her coat and the gigantic blue snowsuit they give you. She was waddling around like a penguin. It was freezing but cool at the same time. 

At the end we went down the big ice slides. But this year we got to go snow sliding in the Kung Fu Panda area outside. Me and Dad got in the big tubes and slid down super fast. We even raced Matt and Aidan. They won but they were pushed earlier than us. 

Afterward we got Outback. Overall it was pretty fun. 

Can't wait to see what will happen next year.

Voice Recital

Right after my piano recital was my voice recital. We all had cute matching outfits. We each had a striped shirt with a swirly music note design. Each kid had a different colored shirt. My shirt was green. and I wore it with my black jeans and my hair done up. 

We sang... 

Shake it Out

So Small

We Are Young

Price Tag

Rolling In The Deep

If I Die Young

 Beautiful

We also each had a solo part on one of our songs. I had the duet in the second verse of So Small. All of our songs and dance moves were super fun to do. I love voice and can't wail till next year.

Piano Recital

 

Today was my piano recital. I played "Why Ya Wanna" by Jana Kramer. The thing was I had forgotten my music! But luckily I knew it by memory.

I won my Handel award.  Now I can put it with my Beethoven and my Bach statues. I also earned  a $15 iTunes gift card ...which I spent ASAP!!

Piano is super fun and I am glad that I do it. Can't wait till next year.

Primary Presentation

  

Today was the Primary Program ... Here is my talk:

In John 13:15, the Lord said, “For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.” 

Jesus Christ came to earth and set a perfect example for each of us to follow.  When I think of His example, I think of three main things – Obedience, Prayer, and Service.

Jesus was always obedient.  No matter what Heavenly Father asked Him to do, He did it!  He did not ask questions or try to get out of it .. He just always did exactly what His Father asked Him to do.  I can follow the example of Jesus by obeying my parents and by keeping the commandments.

All through the scriptures, there are examples of Jesus praying to Heavenly Father.  He often said we should pray “in all things” .. not just when we need something, or not just when we are sad .. but every day about everything that is happening in our life.  I can follow the example of Jesus by saying my prayers every day and learning how to really talk to Heavenly Father.

In Acts 10:38, it says that Jesus “went about doing good” – He showed us tons of examples where He put others before Himself.  He was always concerned with others and showed us the importance of being kind.  I can follow Jesus by always showing love to others and looking for ways to help people.

I know that if I do these things and follow the example of Jesus, I will grow closer to my Heavenly Father right now and be able to return to live with Him one day.  I know that the Holy Ghost will be stronger inside of me.  Most importantly, I know that following the example of Jesus is the best way to be happy.

I must say I did  a pretty good job on my parts. I gave my talk, and I also had a singing part. For my singing part I had to sing the three verses of "We will Follow the Lord" with my group.  We did pretty good but my group started too early and we weren't super loud but I think we still did good. 

I was kinda nervous to give my talk, but people told me I did great. I might even get the Special Plate. I hope I get to speak in church again.  

I also got a new dress ... WHICH I LOVE!!!  My Mom curled my hair and I was looking fine!!

Trick-or Treat

This year I went trick-or-treating with the Sands over in their neighborhood.  I was Merida this year from Brave.  I'll post some better pictures later of my costume.

Everly and Ashton were Ghostbusters with Beckett being the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. Aiden was a zombie baseball player.

It was lots of fun and we got some great candy!