2013 Scrapbook!!

I know I've been completely AWOL on the blog for the past few months... er year, but that is because I've been scrapbooking!!
I made it my 2013 New Year's Resolution to scrap more and blog less. I've done really well keeping up with our pictures and now I have our family's 2013 scrapbook ready to print!

I'm printing with Adoramapix again, for the fifth time. I absolutely loooooove their books (and prints). Their photo-books lay completely flat and are printed on actual photo paper. The quality is amazing and the price isn't too bad either. Right now they are having a 40% off sale til the end of March. I'm getting my 68 page, 10x10 inch book for $90!

Feel free to click through the book (be sure to click "view larger"). But here are some of the pages from the end of last year, that I haven't shared yet! Enjoy!!

Christmas Nelson Style

Christmas Eve was a Nelson year. We spent the evening with Dustin's sisters, parents and the Jensen's.. but for some reason we didn't get any pictures taken! I'll have to steal some from Jack, Jill or Kristi (please?!) We had a progressive dinner starting at Jack and Gaye's with some yummy salads and Christmas songs. Then we moved to the Dalley's were the main course was served and the kids ran around like crazy and played outside in the freezing cold. To end the night we came to our house and decorated cookies and visited. We had fun but missed the Greig kids so much! Hope they get feeling better soon.

After the party died down and everybody went home we opened our Christmas Eve presents.

Pajamas of course!

Then we finished The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, read the Christmas story from the Bible and The Night Before Christmas and it was off to bed to wait for Santa!

Santa brought Estefan and Allie new bikes and Mark and Luke got an excavator.

I still hadn't finished Luke's Christmas sock by Christmas Eve (bad mom, bad mom..eh).. so I stayed up and visited with Santa and got it done so he could fill it with goodies.
It turned out pretty good I think!

The big kids opened all their presents and Luke played in the paper and stole candy from stockings.

After all the presents were opened and a big breakfast at Grandpa Glen and Grandma Shirley's house, the kids put on their new Christmas duds and we went to Church.

It was so fun to go to church on Christmas day! I don't remember having Christmas on a Sunday since I was really young. I loved listening to the choir and hearing the wonderful talks (including Grandpa Glen) and feeling the sweet Christmas spirit all around.

I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!! Now Happy New Year!

The best way to spread Christmas cheer...

is singing loud for all to hear!

Last week, before the stomach flu took over my house, we went to St. George to play tunes for Grandpa Bill and the old folks.

After, we went to the temple to see the lights and nativity. It was freezing!

It was still early after we visited the temple, so we decided to head over to Tuacahn to watch the live nativity and see Santa.
The kids loved this train!

It was sooooooo cold! I repeat, so COLD!
But the kids and all were good sports and we had a great time.

Bushy Christmas Tree

Usually we head to Cedar Mountain to get our Christmas tree but this year we stayed in Nevada and got a big ol' bushy pine.
It took us a while to find the perfect one, but Dustin always comes through!

The kids enjoyed the "cold white stuff" as Mark called it.

The Whipple's got the biggest tree I've ever seen!!

When we got home we were so excited to get to the decorating.. but half our lights didn't work. Dustin made a quick trip to Home Hardware and then we were back in business.

Our little elves :)

Even Luke helped a little!

We love our big ol' bushy Christmas tree!