Family Pics...

We didn't get the chance to take any pictures during Thanksgiving but we finally all got together.  It's fun having a picture now with Aimee and the babe in the oven! We're so excited! Merry Christmas...from the Carrolls!

 so Aimee and I look a little scared in this pic...raymond's striking a pose and brit and kels are just totally done with pictures... :)

 Love those sisters...

They turned out pretty good for being last minute, in the rain/snow pictures! I sure love my family!

Santa Letters!

I've been typing up Santa Letters from the kids in my class and I just had to share some of them because they were too cute! I love how kids still have the magic in their eyes when they think about Santa.  These made my day! Merry Christmas!!!

Dear Santa,

     I really miss you!  I like you! I never get on the naughty list.  Can you come over to my house and see all my toys?  Please can I have a choo choo train? I want one that’s purple, yellow, white and pink.  I really want to give a picture to you and I want to give you cookies.  They will be on top of the shelf because the cats might make them fall down.  Is your house in the sky?

               Love,

                         Davenee W.

Dear Santa,

     I’ve been good.  I play with my brother when he has nobody to play with.  I want a Monster Truck toy; the ones that move with the remote and I want a cool jacket.  I want to give you a present.  What is your favorite movie? I can give you some tools if you want to make a big people car.  I want to give you a real dog to walk around with.  And a cat too! I know what else! If you need a drink I’ll give you a water bottle.  I got one more and that’s all.  If you want to have food I’ll bring you food that can make you strong.  This is my last one; if you want a beautiful house I’ll give you a lot of flowers. 

               From,

                         Clarence U.

Dear Santa,

     I am nice this year because I pick up my room and I am nice to my class.  Please can I have a Pillow Puppet?  I want a unicorn one and another one for my cousin.  He probably wants a gorilla.  Can I get a dress for my Grandma and my Mom? They are nice too. I really want to get my whole family something. Do we have until Christmas for the presents?  I want a Nintendo DS too and a whole bunch of princess stuff!  I promise I’ll be good forever!

               From,

                         Peyton G.

Dear Santa,

     I’ve been nice this year.  I’ve been helping my friends and I like school a lot.  I really want to get something for my little sisters this year.  Let’s just go with a baby doll for them.  Could I please have a light blue DSi and a game case, please?  And could you get me Mario Kart and Mario and Sonic the Olympic games and Kirby, I’ve missed that.  Santa, I made cookies for you! They’re in the kitchen. If you see the dishes, they’re right on the dishes.  Oh, and how do your reindeer fly?

                    Love,
                            Brae’don L.

Dear Santa,

     I’ve been a good girl this year because I helped my mom. Can I please have a snowflake, a computer, a Christmas tree, a star and a jacket? How do the reindeer fly? Is it because their magic necklace? Thank You Santa!  

Love, 
       Jessau M.

Christmas Party!

Don't we have such cute little Primary kids!  Our branch president read Luke 2 and the Primary kids acted it out!  We had the kids sing which was my favorite part!  Children just bring such a special spirit into it all.  I'm so grateful for my calling! 

We are the Champions!!!

Raymond coached the "Midgets" (5th & 6th graders) this year in Basketball since the High School still doesn't really have a team and he had so much fun! He had a great group of boys this year.   It was fun to watch Raymond coach too...I had to keep reminding him that the boys were only 5th and 6th graders!  He could definitely get into it!

 They won the championship this year!  We were so proud! The first quarter of the game we were a little nervous cause they couldn't make any shots but after a little pep talk from "Coach Wads" they pulled it off 39 to 20. Go Eagles!!!

So now that basketball is over Raymond is going to start coaching wrestling!  He's never wrestled before in his life so i'm sure it'll be fun to watch! :)

The Nutcracker!

My friend Tricia has a ballet studio here in Lander and she asked me to help her this year with the performance.  It was so much fun seeing all the cute little girls in their costumes and they did such a good job! I was sad I didn't ever get to really see it being backstage but I definitely can't wait to have little girls of my own!  I even got Raymond to come...just to give him a little taste of what he has to look forward to!  Secretly he's excited! :) But in his words he's fine with all the girly girl stuff as long as they go hunting with him too! (My dad tried that with me too...didn't turn out so well) I just hope that when we do have little girls of our own we can find a teacher like Tricia!  I only took one picture at the end since I was so busy but a lot of other girls I know from Primary and school were in it too and they did such a  great job! Here's Tricia with her girls...

Halloween in December!

I'm totally late with this post seeing that it's December but I was looking through my camera and I realized I never put these on! So here they are for my mom! :) Our friends the Johnson's had a spooky backyard for Halloween which was so much fun! Raymond loved it because they had him dress up to scare the kids as they went through.   I was sad that I never got a picture of him all dressed up on my camera... but it was such a fun night!

Cute little Ruby!

 I loved Linda's costume!

 Ava & Josie!

Raymond and I were kinda boring this year on Halloween and we didn't start carving our pumpkins till six at night.  But for being thrown together, they turned out pretty good! Happy Halloween...in December! :)

Willoughby's Visit!

Raymond's sister Marinda and her family came to visit us and we had such a good time while they were here!  We were so glad for no snow too!  On Sat. when they got here we went to Riverton to go to the Pumpkin Patch and the Corn Maze...Noah was loving all the Pumpkins!

 Especially the ones he could carry!

And of course Raymond had to take him to go see the "trac-too"

This picture makes me laugh every time I see it! Raymond told Emmie to be tough!

Noah found some dried corn and started eating it! :)

We went to Sinks Canyon on Sunday, it was cold but the kids had so much fun exploring...especially Kirk!

Ethan & Emmie

How gorgeous!

They loved all the big fish! Too bad you can't catch them! :)

We made Monster Tacos  that turned out pretty darn cute I think!

Marinda has a lot more pictures from when I forgot my camera so I'll have to put more up but we are so grateful that they came to see us! It was so good to have family close by even if it was just for a weekend! We miss you guys already!