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All I can say is.....WOW!

Today I had the AMAZING opportunity to join my hubby along with some of his co-workers to go shopping for Toys for Tots! (Some of you probably remember me writing about this last year so sorry if it sounds like a re-run!)
So, every year around Christmas, the company that Preston works for (Wadsworth Brothers) makes a HUGE donation to Toys for Tots! Last year was Preston's first year going and after I heard about how amazing it was, I couldn't wait to tag along this year!
Our first stop was Walmart! At first, I really didn't know what to expect. I mean, people were telling me to just grab things, but for me, being a person that won't buy something unless it's on sale, it was kind of hard to look past the price and just throw things in. Well, it only took me a few minutes to realize that they meant what they said! I couldn't believe what I was seeing! They had extra workers there just to take our filled up carts to the front and to hand us empty carts! They had like 9 check out lanes that were just for us!
And the stuff we were getting wasn't the cheap stuff either! They were throwing in digital cameras, bikes, Ipods, movies, huge doll houses, clothes, shoes, guitars, just about everything a kid could want. Just at Walmart we filled up a Semi truck and a huge trailer.
Our next stop was Costco! They opened early for us and had everything ready. They even had doughnuts, muffins and drinks waiting for us! =)
They had all the big orange carts lined up ready for us to SHOP! We pretty much cleared out Costco! We were grabbing books by the stacks and clothes by the piles, tons of diapers and wipes, boxes of toys, coats, shoes, movies, basketball hoops, sleds, dolls, EVERYTHING! You know the racks of dresses they have in the middle? Well, that was empty by the time we left! People were just standing around staring and thanking us! It was hard to fight back the tears! It felt so good to be a part of such an amazing thing! Even if it wasn't my $!
After we finished up at Costco, (and over $150,000. later) we drove all the toys up to the U to drop them off at the army base! (I finally broke down and cried pretty much the whole way there) I thought it would take FOREVER to unload but with all the marines and workers it didn't take long at all!
I am so proud that my hubby works for such an amazing company! This really is what Christmas is all about! =)

Walmart shopping
Costco Shopping

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Temple Square....

We decided last minute, to take the kiddos up to Temple Square. We have been wanting to go for a while but it has been SO cold lately. We're glad we waited cause the weather was perfect! We took Trax up and the kids loved it! Well, for about the first 15 minutes then they started to get bored after that! The lights were pretty but it seems to me that there weren't as many this year. Anyone else feel the same?? Anyway, we still had a great time! We went in to see the statue of Jesus! Kayston had never seen it before and I couldn't help but tear up when I was explaining to him about the holes in His hands and feet. I felt the spirit so strongly in there, I could have stayed all night!************************************************************

Sugar Cookies and Friends

We had some of our friends over the other night to make sugar cookies! The kids loved decorating them and seemed as if it were a contest to see who could get the most sprinkles onto one cookie!

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SnOw FuN!!!

We had gotten a lot of snow over the past few days and the kids were DYING to get out and play in it! Kayston, being the trooper that he is, hopped right back on the sled behind the 4-wheeler! Crazy kid! The sound of it made my stomach turn! Bry preferred the front with daddy!

After sledding, they decided to build a snowman! Bry was pretty much done at this point, but Kayston has so much love for this big fella made out of snow! He looks at it everyday and gets sad to see that he is starting to melt! I was the picture taker, warm, inside! =)