Valentines Day Traditions

I LOVE my moms tradition with her Valentines dinner. It is one of my favorite things. She always serves something red, which ends up being some pasta with red sauce. She always sets the table beautifully with centerpieces and lots of candelight. And then of course we use her valentine dishes. I lOVE THEM! Getting ready for dinner.

Hope, Heidi, Heather, Sophie, Holli, and James
Heather and Sophie Heidi, Heather, Sophie, Holli, me, and HopeDad, Mom, and HeidiVery cute friends
Heather and Sophie
We were so glad Sophie could join us! :) Heidi with her cute bow she made for valentines day!

Hope with her marshmallows I made her.
Thank you Mom for such a yummy, beautiful, fun Valentines Day Dinner.

You always make everything so special!

I love you!

Valentines Favorites

Valentines Day is such a fun holiday. One of my favorite things is decorating my house!

Here are some of my favorites:

My hanging hearts.

My entertainment center! My new decorations this year are the things in my apothecary jars.

It was so fun finding these cute things. Here is a close up of my new bird. She is the cutest!

I also love baking sweets. These cup cakes are my new favorite thing! Thanks to my moms pampered chef frosting gun thing. I am just loving making these yummy cup cakes!

I mean who doesn't want to just stare at this cute thing or just eat it! Both would work!

Another new favorite of mine is these strawberry flavored marshmallows. They are seriously the BEST! You have got to try these. Of course I made them even better by dipping them in chocolate and sprinkles.

They turned out pretty darn cute! And even though this picture does not do it justice my new favorite valentines decor is my BE MINE banner. I adore this. My mother in law created this and we made it together. It was so much fun! I just love crafty things! ~wish I could do it more often!!

Here are some pictures of us having so much fun creating it.

Theresa Me

Me, Theresa, and Mariah

I just loved this valentines day holiday!

Update

Yeah I finally am ALMOST caught up on the blog! ---there you go Mom! :)

I hope to finish updating soon. We have just had so much fun things going on!

Snow Fun in Mesa???

My Dad has been working in Flagstaff with a job and the last time he did he surprised us all by bringing home a truck load of snow. It was so much fun to see everyones faces and the snowball fight was the best, although I wish I had known so I could have worn something more appropriate for snow!!

Dad and the truckload of snowSuprising Sis. Hammon when she brought Holli home.Hope getting ready to throw a snowball

Mom, Holli, and Hope

There were two teams. Dad at the truck vs. Mom and Holli in the grass.

Go Holli

Mom and Holli

Heather ~ so cute!

Hope, James, and Mom

The girls friends came over to join in the fun. Jennifer & Jordan Grubbs, Dad, Hope, and James.

We started getting worrked around 9:00 when it started to rain and Heidi still wasn't home.

James, Jennifer, and jordan

Cute Miss Hope

James and I

Heidi finally got here. And she made a quick run for the house! :)

Heidi not wanting to play!

Rachelle, mom, and Holli working on the snowman.James, Dad, Hope, Holli, Rachelle, and Mom. I will get you with this snowball James!!!

Heather and Mom

Holli and Hope

Heather quite a bit wet!

working on the snowman and still snowball fighting

Everyone with Mr. Snowman.

Rochelle, Hillary, Holli, Hope, Mom, and Heather

Thanks Dad! We had so much fun!!!

Happy Anniversary!

James and I had a very nice anniversary! I can't believe it has been 4 years!! I don't often like to think of us as newly weds, but I guess we definately still are. Time just seems to have flown by.

I am so lucky I married this man. Everything about him is so perfect for me. I am just so lucky!
He does and would do anything for me and I appreciate him so much! He makes me the happiest girl ever. I love you James!

New Family Pictures

Before Christmas we got new Family Pictures.

My lovely aunt Patty took them and they turned out amazing!!

Thank you Patty!

You have a perfect eye!I just love the colors we chose this year!

Heather, Dad, Heidi, Holli, James, Mom, Hope, and Me

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

I just LOVE Christmas!! I love the family time, the shopping, the baking, the gift wrapping, the parties, the happy feelings, the christmas cards, the decorating, the lights, AND especially the beautiful spirit of our Saviors birth to whom we owe everything.

Christmas starts on Christmas eve for us at the Moore Family Christmas Party!

We have our Mexican food dinner and then each family does a talent. Then it is time for the cousin gift exchange.

Here is Megan, Marc, Seth, Grandpa, Lainey, Brian, and MissyGrandma, James, and Greg Ava and Heather ~ Best Buds!!

Ava and Lainey playing with the Nativity
Jacey, Carter, Madison, Mack, Missy, Ava, and Brian with there ROCKIN' Christmas song.
Next the kids get to open Grandmas Pajamas. They are always so cute!

Hope, Madison, and Megan Trevin, Wesley, and Taylor
Ellie, Brooke, Carli, Lainey, Emma, and Ava
Holli, Shelby, Heidi, Shaelyn, Jacey, and Heather.
Colby with Lainey girl
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Next we go to the Bitters for the Bitter Family Christmas Party

James and I opening our presents from Amanda and Andrew. They had our name this year. Thanks guys!!

All the girls had these cute socks in their stockings! So comfy!

Mariah opening up her present. More things for China!

Mom Bitter with her new Cricut! YEAH!!

Maureen opening presents ~ what a beautiful smile!

Dad Bitter opening up our gift we got him. We gave him a new Ranch dip maker with a large supply of Ranch Dip Mix! He LOVED it!!

James and his Dad with their new head lamps.

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The next morning!

James and I opened presents up at home.

With his new wireless router!

Me with my new I-phone. Yeah!!

I never thought I would love a phone so much! I think James is rubbing off on me! :)****************************

Afterwards we go to the Durfees to open up presents!

Hope showing her new game. Mom taking a pic in the back.
Heather very excited for her favorite TV show on DVD.
Mom opening up her digital picture frame we gave her.
Dad with his new game Ticket to Ride that we gave him.
Next we do "sister gifts"

Hope had us and she was so sweet. James got his Itunes gift card and I got a new tuperware contianer that I LOVE and have wanted forever to store cookies in. And she made us a whole container full of a base cookie mix. Love it! Thanks Hope.

Underneath you see the big barrels of wheat that my mom and dad gave us. I am so excited. They gave us several other items for our food storage! YEAH!!!

We have so much food storage now that our bedroom has to store some of it. I am just running out of room everywhere!! :) James and I had Heather. We gave her the Italian Job. One of her favorite movies and ...
..... Yes, a snuggie!
She tried it on for us. So funny, but still cute!
Heidi opening her present from Heather.Holli opening her present from Heidi.
Hope opening her present from Holli. Yeah boots!

After all the presents Mom had a special gift for Holli. One she had been working on for years.Hollis Birth Certificate. She is finally here!!! Happy Birthday Holli!

Yes she cried.... it was adorable! :) We went over to Grandma Moores later on and played Ticket to Ride. So fun and of course Dad won!! Nothing new there!!!! :)