Elf on the Shelf

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My friend, Lisa, gave us an 'Elf on the Shelf' at the beginning of December, so Aaron and I had fun together figuring out each day what our Elf would be caught doing. Thanks Lisa. It was fun.

Here are photos of what our Elf was doing December 1st through December 25th and the captions are what I wrote each day on our facebook Elf group page.

 Aaron decided that our Elf would be named Aaron like he is named after Daddy and then the Elf is like Aaron Jr's son.

So, introducing Aaron the lll.

He decided to go for a JOY ride on Aaron's new skateboard.

Getting in the car to go to church this morning... he gave me a fright.

He doesn't even have a learners permit.

Silly Elf.

 Aaron lll has been a little obsessed with our fish today.

Don't ask me.

 Ok, our elf was extra naughty today and he was in disguise to try to escape a time out.

I can't be fooled.

 Aaron lll wanted to take a peek.

 Aaron lll asked Aaron Jr to teach him how to shoot,

I'm a little skeptical about what he's up to.

Why does an elf need to know how to shoot?

 Aaron Jr introduced Aaron lll to angry birds Christmas version.

He's a little obsessed now.

 A little late today.

Aaron lll is helping me prepare my relief society lesson for tomorrow.

 I was filling up the washer to wash some jeans and colored clothes and I found our little elf getting ready to pour in some bleach.

Good thing I caught him... I was having flashbacks of acid washed jeans from the 80s. 

 

Aaron Jr wanted Aaron lll to join us for prayer tonight.

 Found Aaron lll literally rolling around in the money from Aaron jr's piggy bank.

 Our Elf is getting pretty brave to try the firefighter pizza at Pizza Pie Cafe today.

Whewee!

 Aaron lll is helping Aaron Jr wrap presents tonight.

 Our Elf was nervously watching out into the snowy night wondering if we would make it home safely.

Whew! We did.

 Aaron lll is sewing a pillow for us for Christmas.

 Aaron Jr desperately wanted a photo of Aaron lll in our tree, so here you go. :)

 Our Elf sees how much Aaron hates to do his homework,

so he wanted to help out a bit. Thanks Elfy.

 

 I was too lazy to think of something tonight,

but didn't want to miss a day,

so here is my photo of our Elf taken from my recliner.

He's just chillin'.

 Aaron lll wanted to play monopoly junior with us today.

He's pretty greedy, even with monopoly money.

 

I found Aaron lll telling himself his daily affirmations in the mirror.

'I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and people like me.'

It was a little awkward when he saw me watching him.

We promised never to speak of it.

(I had my fingers crossed.)

 Our Elf met Molly for the first time today.

She is here for Christmas.

Molly took him for a ride.

  

Our Elf was feeling neglected because I forgot about him yesterday,

so he took a self portrait of himself with Santa.

Just found it on my phone today.

 And then today playing Peek-a-boo with our fish, Bluin.

 Aaron lll read to us from Luke chapter 2.

 And last, but best of all...

Our Elf wanted to hold baby Jesus today in honor of His birthday.

Merry CHRISTmas everyone.

 Aaron Jr and Aaron lll Christmas evening.

Good night.

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Happy 7th Birthday, Aaron Jr.

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This is the invitation I made for Aaron's birthday party.

This is a photo of him and his first experience with surfing

when we went to California last year.

 I love this photo.

 

 Aaron's '15 minutes of fame'.

 

 

 

These are the decorations that Aaron made for his party.

Aren't they sweet?

We invited more kids that I had originally planned to invite,

but having it at Pizza Pie Cafe in their banquet room made it possible.

The kids had fun and Aaron felt special.

Here are all of the kids who showed up to the party.

Cousins, friends from school, friends from church. 

They brought him some really thoughtful gifts.

This was our own little celebration for Aaron's birthday.

Just Aaron and me.

These are some candles that Aaron had been wanting to use for this birthday.

He had saved them.

They burned so quickly... but they were cute.

Make a wish.

We grabbed some new candles for another photo.

I don't remember why, but I don't mind another photo of my sweet boy.

Happy Birthday to my ray of sunshine.

Aaron, you are my world.

I love you.

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Random November ~ 2012

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 Yep, you read that right...

I am finally beginning my 'catch up' on my blog.

Its been a long time coming...

I hope I can stay focused and get it done.

This was election day.

Aaron voted in school.

I voted for real.

We voted for Mitt Romney, but sadly, he did not win.

We were SO sad.

Look how tall this single long stemmed rose is...

This is what it looked like the very next day!

Cute boy.

We had an amazing snow storm. Wowee.

My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Wowee again...

We love you, Dad and Mom.

Aaron got to have a cookie monster all to himself at Pizza Pie Cafe. Mmm...

Aaron and his toys. So cute.

This was in someone's front yard in anticipation of Christmas.

So neat.

Sunset that I was watching in my side mirror from the car.

So beautiful... but you can't tell here.

 

Nativity at the Temple. Christmas is coming...

Aaron and his cousin, Susie... all dressed up as Princess and Prince.

I was impressed that Aaron let himself get talked into dressing up. :)

Not sure why they have sad faces.

 In our new BYU shirts.

He's sick of photos.

Aaron and his sweet cousin, Sophia. She loves him.

Aaron's gingerbread house.

Leather bracelet that I made for Aaron.

Leather bracelet that I made for myself.

This is the group of widows that I get together with once in a while.

We laugh together A LOT. It is so great being around women who understand the loss that each of us has experienced. They are amazing women. This particular day, we got together to make leather bracelets while we chatted about life.

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