Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone! We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday. We are healthy and happy and had a great time spending Christmas with our family. On Christmas Eve we went to Grandpa and Grandma's for dinner (pizza, yeah grandma for doing an easy one), and our traditional nativity. We don't have the attention span for reading the scriptures so we just dress all of the kids up and sing the nativity song from the primary book. This year Mark, Melissa and Wesley Roberts were visiting from Texas and staying at Grandma's for a couple of weeks. The girls (Reah, Lara and Mel)were home for the night too and with our family and Trent, Jenny, and kids it was a houseful. Then we came home and got ready for Santa's visit. The girls almost spent the entire night in their beds but not quite. When we woke up this morning at 8:30 (yeah girls!) we were pleased to find that Santa had made it. The girls got a haul of baby dolls, clothes, dress ups, a table & chairs, food and dishes for their kitchen, art supplies and backpacks. Daddy got new scriptures with type big enough to read and a new briefcase to take all of his stuff to church in and mom got a new Kodak printer. Then we went back to Grandma's house for breakfast and to see what all of the cousins got. Wes got a Wii and I had fun trying it out for him. . . That is so on my list for santa next year, right after the new camera I want that costs about a thousand dollars. I guess I'll have to be really good or win the lottery next year. The girls got new dresses and coats that Grandma made them and I can't wait to dress them up. They are awesome. I'll post pictures after church on Sunday. I am thinking of having professional pics taken just because they are so cute. Then we went to St. George to visit with the Lindberg clan. We met at Shannon and Ferris' and opened even more presents. Our girls are spoiled! Grandma Lindberg had way too much fun shopping for little girls clothes at Osh Kosh. They loved all of their new things and Aunt Shannon gave them new baby dolls which they loved. Mike and Kristin came too and it was fun to visit with them for the afternoon. There was snow on the ground so we went to play in it. They both loved it and Anya had to do this funny little grunt everytime she threw a snowball or got hit by a snowball. There is a lot of snow on the mountains around us and I am hoping to talk everyone into a visit to Utah Hill tomorrow to play. We came home and crashed in front of the TV to watch "Kung Fu Panda" with daddy because he didn't get to see it in the theater with us. We loved it as much this time as we did when we first saw it. And already the day is over and both girls are in their own bed, hopefully for the night. We have stayed up way too late again but hey, no work tomorrow! Thank you to all of our family and friends! You wonderful people that we are surrounded by that made this one of the best Christmas' ever. I can't believe it is over already and hope that I can keep the spirit of Christmas alive in our home for the entire year. Love you!

Snow Blessings

Yesterday they called it a snow day and no one in Clark County had to go to school. It was an answer to my prayers for two reasons. First, my sitter had surgery on Wednesday and my mom couldn't watch my kids either and Gary was supposed to work. The snow day made it so that I didn't need a sitter. Second, I got to go to Danna's preschool Christmas party. I had forgotten all about it until Wednesday night and was bummed that I was going to miss it. In the end it all worked out so that I got to go. I have been able to make it to all of her fun events this year and it has been a blessing.

Girls' Day out

Monday the girls spent the day with Ryan and Amanda and had a ball. I was so excited for them to be able to spend the day with their brother and sis-in-law. Ryan and Amanda survived the day too. They went to St. George and went Christmas shopping for gifts for Gary and me (yeah! what sweet children we have!), lunch at Applebee's (Yes, Ryan, Anya is a piggie girl), and to see a movie. They didn't get home until 6:30 in the evening and I got to have a nap!!!! What a wonderful gift to me. Here are some pictures of their adventure.

Busy Weekend

Christmas came early at our house this weekend when our brothers came to visit. Ryan and Amanda came from CA Friday evening and Mike and Kristin joined us on Saturday afternoon. We had fun visiting and eating and having family gatherings. Sunday after church Grandpa and Grandma Lindberg, Grandpa and Grandma Reber and Aunt Shannon, Shaun, Melysa and Nikole came for dinner. Because we were all together and it wasn't someone's wedding we had Aunt Shannon take pictures of us. I'll post them later. They turned out awesome! Everyone was a good sport and wore white shirts and jeans because I asked them too! We had such a good evening visiting and catching up. It was the first time the boys really had a chance to share mission experiences and they all had a good time Saturday night staying up playing games while the babies and old people went to bed. Today Ryan and Amanda are taking the girls for a day full of fun. I am so excited for them. I think they are going to see the movie "Bolt" and maybe Christmas shopping. I told them to take their time because I would love to go home and take a nap. I am getting so old!

Christmas Letter 2008

Dear Family and Friends,
It is time again to reflect on the past year and think about all of the wonderful things that have happened and all the growth we have made. It has been a very busy year and one that will have wonderful memories for us forever.
The year began with a fun trip to Disneyland for Christy, Danna and Anya with their friends the Kizerians. Gary stayed home and enjoyed the peace and quiet and got homework done. The trip was a lot of fun. The girls loved visiting with the Princesses and riding the rocket ride. All too soon it was time to go home and for mom to go back to work.
In March Gary had a trip of his own to Ecuador to pick Michael up from his mission. We hadn’t been able to send him to get Ryan and very much wanted him to have the experience of visiting one of his son’s missions. (Maybe someday we’ll be able to go visit the West Indies with Ryan!) It was an exciting trip with visits to families Mike had worked with, getting wet after standing under a tree filled with Iguana’s (use your imagination), missed flights and 1:00 am arrival times. We were glad to have them both safe and sound. We turned around two weeks later and made a trip to CA for Ryan and Amanda’s marriage in the LA temple. What a great trip! Much of our family made the trip as well and we had a wonderful time celebrating their marriage and are excited to have Amanda in our family.
Michael didn’t waste any time after his mission and we had another wedding at the end of May when Mike and Kristin were married in the St. George temple. What a wonderful experience to have both boys back from their missions and married in the temple. We had a great time visiting with family again and have enjoyed having Mike and Kristin so close as they have made their home in St. George while Mike goes to school.
Summer quickly came and went with a trip to CA to visit Ryan and Amanda and taking Gary to Disneyland so he could enjoy the girls and their excitement. Ryan and Amanda spent one day with us and it was a lot of fun although it was the hottest day ever with 100 degree heat and 98 percent humidity. We survived even though daddy wasn’t too happy about it. Danna wants to go back and asks about it almost every day. As soon as daddy is finished with his homework it is back to Disneyland for the Lindberg family.
Fall returned and Christy began her second year teaching at VVHS in Mesquite. She got a new principal, Mr. Wilson, who was Gary’s boss last year at Mack Lyon and she has enjoyed this year greatly. Mr. Wilson is a lot of fun and makes life exciting with his community feeds, fun activities and student support. It is exactly the kind of place every teacher dreams of working in. Gary continues to work on his degree although the program he was working with has finished. He is picking up days here and there in Mesquite to sub but keeps busy doing his homework and keeping the house running.
Danna and Anya have a new babysitter this year and love going to the Clevenger’s every day. In fact they often ask to go on Saturdays. Shane, Jen and the boys are just like a second family and have been a great blessing! It is comforting to know that the girls are loved and well cared for. When we left Vegas we tried to get Tutu to come with us but she was too attached to her own grandchildren to leave. In the Clevenger’s we have found the next best thing and feel very grateful to Heavenly Father for inspiring them to move to Beaver Dam. We look forward to building friendships with them and other families that we have met in our Littlefield Ward.
I am sure that this letter could go on and on with all of the fun adventures and wonderful experiences we have had this year but we must let you go. Please remember that we love you all and are grateful to have such wonderful support in our lives. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and look forward to sharing a Happy New Year with you all!
The Lindberg Family
Gary, Christy, Danna and Anya

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It's been over a month since I last blogged and I keep thinking of things I need to blog about. So, I hope I can get caught up tonight. First, Thanksgiving was wonderful! All of Gary's siblings, his parents and most of his neices and nephews came to our house for Thanksgiving. I had never hosted Thanksgiving so I was a little nervous but things went well. Michele and her family stayed at out house which was a wonderful excuse to clean house and get organized. I was so thrilled with the way it cleaned up that I took pictures. Almost every room in my house was clean at the same time and I promise that doesn't happen often. I even called my mom so that I would have witnesses. (I must admit here that Gary did most of the work while I was at school. He is wonderful!)
Thanksgiving day was a lot of fun visiting with family and eating all of the wonderful food. I especially loved Greg's Corn Thang. Maybe I will share the recipe later. Friday morning instead of going shopping with all of the money none of us have we hung around Littlefield and let the city kids ride horses. Cassie and Jessie were thrilled! They are both horse fanatics but have never ridden a horse before. They kept saying that it was the best day of their lives.
Friday afternoon tragedy struck when Anya was running down the street in front of the house. She tripped and shattered one of her front teeth. So that afternoon was spent running to the dentist, who was a sweetheart and opened the office just for her. So now, she is a toothless girl. It didn't stop us from taking pictures Saturday of her and Danna in their Halloween costumes. They were so cut I just had to get pictures of them and Michele is a wonder with the camera. I wanted to get pictures of them in their Christmas dresses too but they had enough of pictures after the Halloween costumes. Then we went to St. George to visit and do a little shopping.
Sunday morning, early, all of our company left, and cleaned the basement before they went. I told Greg that now I am afraid to visit them in CA because he spent all of his time here cleaning my house. Michele even cleaned my fridge! They are wonderful company and Danna misses them terrible. She is already planning for when they can come again. I vote Easter break! The weather will be nice and we can go exploring!