Christmas Parties 1 and 2

So I am a little behind on updating from our parties this weekend, but since we had one Friday, and Saturday, AND Sunday it has been a busy week for us. Not to mention just trying to get everything ready for the Big Day (Yah! Almost here!). But I wanted to make sure to share some of what our weekend was like just so I will be able to remember oh like next week! Friday was Jeromy's family party in PG and since we had huge storm #2 (or was it #3) come in that day I was a wreak from the get-go, but we treked out and made it like an hour later. The kids had fun and just played with the other kids. It is nice to have parties with them because there are still alot of younger kids for them to play with. Then we stayed the night at Jeromy's moms house, which was nice cos I did not want to try and do that drive home. We were up with Jeromy's parents til 4 in the morning playing cards! FUN! It was a good time and we shared alot of laughs. The next day was my dad's side of the families party which was in Payson. Luckily that storm had cleared to make room for another one so we were given a break that night! We had alot of fun there too. Asher and Coy would just run from one end of the church to the other and watch the older kids play b-ball. Then on the stage someone had brought a remote control dinosaur for the kids to play with. Asher was amazed with it, Mccoy...not so much. The dino was so cute so I decided to see how much it was online....130.00! Not that cute! Anyway there was a part where someone was taking family pictures if they wanted them done on the stage. Asher of course hardly moved from the stage so we were just letting him play. My uncles family was getting there pictures done when one of my aunts yelled for my dad. We looked over and there in the picture just a smiling was Asher!!! No one even noticed up there he had manuvered himself into the pose! I so wish the picture would have been taken cos it was the funniest thing! Anyway, it was really nice to spend time with my Grandma Dixie and Grandpa Clyde. They are all I have now and I wish I would make the time to see them more often. My grandma looks so fragile. Anyway the party was a good time and is nice to see everyone even though thats about the only time I do is the christmas party once a year. Sunday was Jeromy's family tradition to go to Sizzler for dinner then look at lights. We usually go to temple square but decided this year to stay closer to home so we just drove around Provo looking then went to the Festival of Lights in Spanish Fork. Beautiful like always. Anyway I thought this would be short and sweet and it so wasnt. Hope everyone has a safe and beautiful christmas! Love you all!

ITS HERE!

Today Jeromy and I went out to get some more christmas shopping done. We came home and went downstairs to start wrapping. Little did we know that this is what we would come back upstairs too! I really don't know how it is that I have lived here my entire life and still dread this first snow fall...and all that follow! I just get really tense and freak out about being out there, driving especially! Anyway, I just wanted to share with everyone that the snow is HERE! And is probably here to stay! :(

I took a fun tag from my cousin Bethany for Christmas. Thought it might be fun to sit back and think about the small things that I love about the holiday and try to steer clear of the hectic scene!

Christmas Tag

1. Do you like hot chocolate or egg nog?

Hot chocolate! Egg Nog is too rich

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just put them under the tree?

He wraps them and leaves the pile for each child...he doesnt want to have to tag whos is whos! :)

3. Colored or white lights on tree/house?

I prefer white, its more classic. Although this year I came home from work to the tree already lit with colored lights! Ah well what do ya do!

4. When do you put up your decorations?

I try the day after Thanksgiving. But as of this moment all that is up are those colored lights on the tree!

5. What is your favorite holiday dish?

Anything and everything! Although I do enjoy the breakfast casserole I make every Christmas morning. I think that it is the tradition of my mom, Daniel and Nick's family coming that I enjoy it so much. That is our time every year!

6. What is your favorite holiday memory from your childhood?

I cant think of one exact one! I never had a bad memory, they were all great!

7. Do you open a gift on Christmas eve?

I dont, but the kids do. That tradition we always did when I was younger we would always get pj's from Grandma Riding so now my son gets to open pj's from me!

8. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?

Um...that is a hard question. If it means what theme then I guess mine is kind of a country theme. Not music just alot of wooden ornaments so it kind of has a woodsy feel.

9. Snow! Love it or dread it?

Dread, dread, dread! I love the look of it, hate driving in it!

10. Do you remember your favorite gift?

My Grandma Moody gave me some porcelein cats one year that were over a hundred years old when she gave them to me! I still have them!

11. What is the most important thing about the holidays for you?

Being able to stop and enjoy family and friends

12. What is your favorite Holiday dessert?

That is a hard one! They are all too good!

13. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Breakfast on christmas morning with my family, my mom, Daniel, Nick and Amera

14. What tops your tree?

A raffia bow

15. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving?

Giving, I love seeing the face of someone when you get it right!

16. What is your favorite Christmas song?

Any of them one my Josh Groban CD...what an amazing voice!

17.Candy canes?

If they are there I may eat one, but its nothing I have to have

18. Secret Santa?

Yes that is very fun

19. Favorite Christmas movie?

A Christmas Story...what a fun and simple classic!

20. Can you ice skate?

Oh heck no! And yes I have lived in Utah my whole life!

We watched McCoy again today and although I didnt get any pictures from today, this video reminded me of Coy when he would see my dog Sasha. I would have to hold him and everytime the dog came near he would put a death grip on me with his legs and arms and violently shake! Then once the dog left he would laugh like he was having the best time! LOL too funny. Anyway I thought this video was appropriate for the game I played with Coy for like an hour!

The trouble with cousins!

The trouble with cousins! Where do I begin?? Well the trouble with cousins at my house is when Asher gets to be around anyone else to blame things on...he will!! I watched McCoy last night so Nick could finally take Amera to see Twilight (LOVE IT!). All was well at first til they decided to fight over a toy guitar! Apparently, Coy his Asher with the guitar (there were no witnesses!). So I made Coy til Asher sorry. Well a couple of minutes later, Asher came to tattle again....on himself! He told me that he hit Coy back...um like 5 minutes later!! So Asher got into more trouble than I am sure he was hoping for and he had to tell Coy sorry! Things were better for awhile, well Coy kept having near death experienceses every where he went! That kid can fall over a pebble! Then when I thought I might have 10 seconds of freedom to hit the bathroom, I sent them downstairs with baggies of cereal and low and behold I get down there and Jeromy is scooping out cereal and post cards out of the fishtank! Needless to say I realized that apart the two are perfectly cute angels. Together they are perfectly cute monsters!

Starting over!

Well here is my second attempt for this blogging thing! Im just not as good at keeping up with things as I would like...but here we go! So whoever may see this may or may not know who I am so I will let ya in on it! My name is Courtnie Phillips (maiden Jarvis) and I am from Spanish Fork, Utah where I eventually graduated! (lol was just in the summer!) I live with my fiancee Jeromy Frampton in Springville and we have been together for 3 years this month! I have a wonderful, beautiful, nutty son named Asher who will be 4 on the 26th of October and he is the good....and bad! (just when tired) of my life. He says and does the most off the wall things sometimes it can make you laugh hysterically...or cry hysterically. Anyway that is my life in a nut shell with out boring you with the other 30 years that are involved as well. I hope to continue doing this if for anything to find people that were important in my life that I may have lost touch with!

Hello ya'll!

Hey this is new to us so really not sure what we are doing yet. Hopefully this will come to us more and we will be able to interact with all friends and family out there!