Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

These pictures were taken at our ward Christmas party! Preston wasn't sure what to do on Santa's lap so that is why he is just sitting there, no smile or anything.:) Maybe next year there will be a smile. At least he wanted to see Santa and sit on his lap, so that was good!

We have had quite the snow storm up here! It is so beautiful when it is snowing, so pure and white and clean. It has snowed at least a foot, and I wish we had a camera that worked! I am not sure what happened to our camera, it broke. We have had it for about five years and it was our first digital camera and was probably the cheapest one there!
So I wish we could post pics of the snow. We have been enjoying it so much. Which is kind of strange for me, I usually don't like being cold and out in it very long, but this year it is different. I think my attitude is different all around since we moved here for Joel to finish school.

I am truly humbled by this time of year and having the extra opportunities to reflect on the birth of our Savior, his life, and his Atonement. I think it is the greatest time of year. I love everything about this time of year, the Christmas tree, the lights on the houses, the music, the goodies, and the nativity. We just put up a little fake tree (to save some money) and Preston just loves it! We have the rest of our stuff in storage, so we bought some cheap bulbs to put on the tree and had a couple of ornaments Preston got from Grandma and Mom and Dad. He loved hanging the ornaments and got really into it. I loved watching him be so involved this year.

I am 33 weeks now and have 7 more weeks to go! I am pretty much all ready and have everything I need, except for my suitcase for the hospital.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Love,
The John Family

First Snow in Flagstaff

These pics were from the first snow we had. I think it was in November, and I finally got these pics back so I wanted to post a couple! It also snowed a little last night. This is a funny one of Preston!

Halloween 2008!

I know this is so late, but I wanted to post a couple of Preston's Halloween costume. I LOVED his costume this year. He was a little red dragon and I thought he looked sooo adorable. I was thinking that it is probably my last year of picking his costume, but who knows? Some of them turned out fuzzy, I think it was because he was moving so much. He liked Halloween a little bit more this year. We attended our ward's trunk or treat and on Halloween we took him to a carnival they had at the college for kids. That was really fun! We also took him to our dear friend Paula's house to trick or treat. She loved seeing him and we were able to visit her for a bit. By 6:30p.m. he was pretty pooped. It was a fun night!

Barbershop!

This is at the High Country Chorus Show in Pinetop, AZ, Summer of 2008. Dallin Durfee joined them as their new tenor. William Sullivan and David Sullivan complete the quartet.

I just love my husband so much! He is so cute! Those of you who know him know that he loves to sing barbershop more than anything in the whole world. He has done such a great job on his barbershop blog, which is on my links, I think it is called Composition 4. You should all go check it out, it shows videos of them singing, it is a really neat blog. I am so happy that he loves his hobby, I actually enjoy it too. I enjoy going to his concerts, competitions, conventions, and the music is great, it is so wholesome and uplifting and I am so happy he loves it and our little boy is starting to love it too. There is a DVD where Joel is singing with his former quartet "JDJ and the Upright Bass" and Preston will want to watch his dad and he will sing some of the words too! I just love it!

I still need to post Halloween and the little EAC get together pics, so keep checkin' back.