MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008

WE LOVE YOU ALL! HAVE A GREAT COUNT DOWN WEEK!

Nixon's world Tues-Thurs

Nixon is in Sharon's preschool having the time of his life and I just wanted to quickly thank Sharon and Jessica for being so amazing! We love you and hope you have a great Christmas BREAK! See you in January!

Our 1st Chrstmas tree with the kids!

I know I've been going on and on about these pine cones, but I am in LOVE with them!

I have been collecting these flower pine cones by the Thompson ranch in Placerville for 2 yrs now and I finally decided to make ornaments out of them! They turned out exactly how I was wanting them to! They are so magical and simple at the same time.

Cookie exchange!

AND THE WINNER IS... Just kidding! I had a cookie exchange party on Wednesday and we are loaded up with holiday goodies now! Thanks ladies for coming and eating with me! I had a lot of fun! I'll get the recipes out soon. The treats looked so good that I only took pictures of them. How funny!

Nutcracker with the girls

The "Jackson girls" went to the Nutcracker on Saturday for momma Sue's Birthday! We don't get together for girl nights very often so it was really nice! The ballet was nice also, but we had one complaint... it didn't end the right way. Clara is supposed to wake up on the sofa chair with the nutcracker in her arms and realize that it was all just a dream. Instead, they ended in Sugar Plum Fairy land. It was a little strange, but still worth the while!

We struck a pose with some baby love! Teresa and Jeff are having a boy and is due on Feb. 1st. My due date is the 22nd, so it's going to be exciting to have the cousins so close. Teresa looks amazing. What a beautiful mom! Unlike my swollen prego face! :)

Hand me Downs...mother to daughter!

My Mom had these two jackets made for me when I was wee little and we just pulled them out of a storage chest! Perfect condition and ready for Mazzy! I LOVE THEM!!!!! My daughter is sooo gorgeous compared to me!

Home for the Holidays!

We have been so busy enjoying the holiday season that I haven't had time to post and share anything! This is our first Christmas home with the kids in our own place, so.... I've gotten a little crazy. I've been waiting 6 yrs. to have Christmas at home! What an exciting time for us to decorate, get our own stockings out of boxes,(we haven't seen them for 7 yrs), get a tree and have a cozy fireplace! I am so thrilled to finally start some of our own traditions and enjoy the spirit of Christmas as a intimate family. Loving it!!!! Stressful though!

Heward Thanksgiving this year! We had a great time together and It has been so nice to see Aub and her family every other weekend for the past few months! Weston is becoming quite the man! He is nine and seems so grown up! He's reading to all of the boys! Adorable! Ethan is a Mazzy lover and they have a great time together. They love sleeping by each other and he loves playing with her. He was helping me make clips for her hair! Family is definetly what makes this time of year so magical! I love them all and am so blessed!

'Tis the Season for great music!

I might be the only crazy one who started listening to Christmas music already, but I love how music can change your moods, and feeling in your home!

Great NEW holiday CD just released by Jack and his friends! Don't miss out! What an enjoyable holiday season we're going to have with these tunes in the background!

Veteran's Day with Grandpa Knight

Colin's Grandpa past away in 1980 from cancer and we have been learning a lot about him this past year. Colin doesn't really have any memories of him so it has been really exciting to go through pictures and here neat stories about him. Grandpa Knight was an amazing dancer, owned his own dance studio, served his country for his whole adult life and took his family with him all over the world. Nixon was so excited to hear that Great Grandpa flew planes in the war. I've never been to his grave site and we live just across the street from his resting place now. What a perfect opportunity to visit and teach the kids about honoring the Veteran's. Mount Vernon is a gorgeous cemetery! We love you Grandpa Knight and thank you for your service to our Country and family. I can't wait to get dancing lessons from him some day!
Thank you to Grandpa Jackson (who just past away last year) and Grandpa Heward for serving our country as well. We love you dearly and honor your sacrifices.

Survivor night

We love watching survivor as a family. Funny thing is...we used to make fun of the show until we lived with Colin's parents. They love it and sucked us in last season! Nixon and Mazzy make their tent and instead of rice, (which they eat on survivor), they get popcorn with m&m's! Yummy!!! Nothing like dvr and zipping through commercials! A little silly I know, but we have fun talking about the games and strategy with Nixon. Good quality family time!

Happy Birthday Auntie Chelle!

We love you and hope you have a great week! Miss you like crazy! -love Nixon and Mazzy and of course Colin and Brooke

Who is Colin?

Christopher Colin Thompson

Born 5-25-78

Now known as C. Colin Thompson

The bottom line is, He has never liked having such a "commonly used" name. Chris is a very nice name and he thanks his parents dearly for giving him a name, but he want's to be known as Colin now. I haven't turned 30 yet.... I don't know!
Just kidding... He thought it was a good opportunity to make the change with starting his Buisness in California now, even though we did grow up here... He is happy with it, so I am trying. I need to be more supportive, so this is one way of making that mental change for me.

No worries if Chris still slips out of your mouth on occasion, or all the time...but, he would like us to try! :) Thats what we do for those we love!

THOMPSON'S Story book night

For those of you that don't know.... I love doing themed Halloween costumes with my family. Can you guess who we were? Little Red Riding Hood tale. The kids were in costume all day and we acted out the story a few times. It all started in August when Nixon found this werewolf costume. He wanted it so bad that he even earned money for it! Very cute! So... hmmm... what was I going to do with a werewolf? Big bad wolf close enough? My mom and I made Mazzy's hooded cape and Colin (Chris) was the wolf hunter, so I tried to pull off the grandma. Of course I leave my costume for last, so... it stunk! I would've gotten a wig and glasses if I didn't run out of time. I never think about mine until the day of. I'll do better next year. Actually, next yr. Colin is in charge of picking the theme! He wasn't too happy with the wolf hunter deal. I thought we looked cute -minus me- the pregnant grandma! You don't see that every day!

Auntie Shannah scored on some tickets to the Waldorf Pumpkin path. Of course they offer an alternative to Halloween and to everything else that is main stream. It was really neat. We learned a lot of different legends and saw some very pretty pixies and fairies, (Mazzy's favorite)!

The school really has such a magical environment. Maybe it was the incense in the air!

We headed off to our ward trunk-or-treat after Waldorf and did the cup cake walk and doughnut on the string. It was fun, just still trying to get comfortable in the new ward. Then, went around the neighborhood a tiny bit to meet some of the neighbors. Kids loved it! We had so much fun watching them be so brave at the doors. Even with dogs running out and grandpa's scaring them at the door. FUN NIGHT!

WE DID IT!

We've MOVED!!!!!!

We are now in Fair Oaks and so much closer to all of our daily activities and responsibilities!

We truly do miss being in Placerville, but it is so nice to have space of our own and to pull our life out of a storage unit! It's amazing what you can live without and forget about for a year!

Our TV, PHONE, and Internet won't be hooked up until the 12th. I'll give our info out when we get a little bit more organized. It's till pretty crazy. :)

Enjoying 1st day of fall

I hope you all enjoyed your first day of Fall! We took a 8 minute ride up to Apple Hill to celebrate. We grabbed some treats and enjoyed the perfect weather for a few hrs and headed back home for great naps! Carmellows or apple donuts any one?

WARNING!!

BLOG OVER LOAD! I finally sit down to update and it get's a little Out of Control! I really need to spread my posts out. :) Sorry!

All in a day at the Mall

Aubry took us to Pottery Barn's Star Wars Party! The kids had so much fun playing with their light sabers in line and meeting a few characters. We got some autographs and some great pictures.



After that we strolled down the mall a little further and watched some Chinese dancers. Weston and Ethan were chosen to put on the Lion head and dance around! We all loved it except for Mazzy. She couldn't even watch! Poor thing!