Christmas 2010

 I am just feeling so incredibly thankful this Christmas time! I have such a wonderful family! It's a very big family indeed and I love everybody in it!! I have had the opportunity to do a special service project this season too; For my dear friend Amber. She and her husband (and family) have had a rough year and I wanted to remind them how many people love them and want to support them through this trial they are bearing. So I have had help from her mom in collecting fabric from many of their friends and family and we put all the fabric together and her sisters came over and helped quilt it together. Now we have a beautiful Quilt of Love to help remind them we all want to be there for them in their time of need. So when they are feeling lonely they can cuddle up in their blanket and its like getting a big hug from all of us. I was also able to visit her daughter in the cemetery. It was a very emotional experience for both Jesse and I; as we talked about Ambers' Molly and also the loss of our niece Marie (a few years ago, before I was even a Fox actually). We are so so grateful for out baby Maia and I thank the Lord each day for the opportunity I have to be a mother. Sometimes I just think this is what I was born to do, be this little girls mom. Maybe that's why I keep hurting my wrists and can't massage 'cuz of the pain! Because I just need to be her mom right now :) Anyway the blanket is a surprise which makes it even  more fun for me to work on! Secrets are sort of a difficult thing for me but I must say I have done pretty well keeping it :) But I know it will mean a lot to them. I wrote a little poem to go with it too:

This quilt is big enough for two

Because it was made just for you

From some you love and some you know

That all have a lot of love to show

When you're all wrapped up its a big warm hug

As long as Moose (their puppy) doesn't use it for a rug

We know sometimes your far away

That's why we made this to send your way

To let you know how much we care

And we'll always be there for you,

We Swear!

I have so many amazing friends that I am grateful for! I have my little community of people I love and care about and I love all the technologies available to me so I can keep in touch with them all!

So Christmas! We had a wonderful time with my family But lets start from the begging! Everyone got sick! We all had our chance with the throw up yuck! It didn't last very long so at least we had that! And everyone was finished with it by Christmas eve! So after I got the quilt done it was time for some family time! We went all over looking for this supposed awesome new iceless ice skating rink sounds interesting at least right? Well here is said "rink"

It's tiny!! And we watched people try to skate on it and they were just walking in ice skates on it.. So pretty much not worth it!

then this photo made me laugh because they had signs rather than like guard rails to enclose the "rink"

So then we went to Southglenn Mall or whatever the outdoor shopping is called now and they have a tiny rink that is real ice so that's where we skated! My mom met us there and brought this SUPER adorable Santa suit for Maia, and since it was Chilly we put it on her!

Santa Baby!

Then later that evening Jesse, Mandy, My Dad and I went to an Avalanche Hockey game! It was really fun! The Av's lost but we still had a good time! We got a great deal too! It was family night so we got 4 tickets and 4 MEALS for $99!! It was crazy!

We enjoyed it, it was my Dad and Mandy's first NHL game, now they know a little more about Hockey than they did before!

The next day was Christmas Eve and our tradition is to have scones and a program over at my Grandma Browns home. And that's exactly what we did! We helped make and devour some scrumptious home made scones and meatballs. Then we sang some Christmas songs and exchanged a few gifts, then we played Catch phrase for a while. Then went home to put the baby to bed! We opened up some cute Christmas jammies before bed though! Maia got some cute owls, Jesse a ' Everything's bigger in Texas' t-shirt and Cougar Blue jammie pants (can I say that Jesse has Jammies? or do they need to be called Pajamas for a man?) And I had a purple shirt to match Maia's owls and teal pants to kinda match Jesse. Then my Mom game me some BYU pink jammies too!
Christmas Morning!

Santa was good to us this year!

This is an Owl I made for Maia, it matched her Jammies and a pair of shoes she got, in this photo she was dancing with it!

In this photo you can also see the projector and digital photo frame my parents got us!!! We had a great time opening gifts and giving them as well! I made microwavable bean/rice heat bags for all the girls! Jesse did help with them as well! Hopefully everyone got them! Then we had a nice lazy Christmas day! For dinner we had probably the best Turkey of my life! It was so buttery and moist, simply delicious! Either because it was the best turkey or because food was finally tasting good again! 

The next day we had a Brown party after Church at my parents house! It was great to get to see everyone! I haven't seen them all for a long time! We had some homemade burgers, fries and onion rings and played The Game of Things. It was splendid! Later this week we are having another Brown party hopefully Steven and his girlfriend Ali will be able to make it too! For Maia's birthday we are having Lofgrens over! So excited! Of course their will be snow cuz I planned it and people will have to travel so Grandma, Grandpa and Sonja wont be able to come but all other Colorado Lofgrens will hopefully still make it! I will post about after Christmas after her birthday!

Maia and I used sponge curlers and had super cute hair for church!

Dec 26th 2010

My lovely Family minus Mitchell who is serving our Country in Afghanistan