Snowy Days

We've been having a lot of snow lately and one of the kid's favorite things to do is bundle up and go outside to play.

Of course sometimes one person's play is another person's misery.

The Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper. I think gift bags are a cop out unless you have something really odd shaped.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Right now we have a real tree, but I'm considering getting a fake one in the after Christmas sales. A taller one, one that I don't have to put lights on.
3. When do you put up the tree? soon after Thanksgiving. We like to get our tree on our Family Night.
4. When do you take the tree down? Some time after New years.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes!!!!! With sprite or watered down with milk if I'm watching my calories.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A great big doll house that I found out later was made by my dad!
7. Hardest person to buy for? My Mom. She has or can buy anything she wants.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Devin. Whenever I take him shopping or he sees a commercial, he wants something new.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, Thanks to my Mom Several Christmases ago.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail. It's easier by e-mail, but I think it's more sincere if you take the time to mail them out.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Not going to mention it because I don't want to hurt any feelings.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Santa Clause, Elf, Christmas Vacation, Frosty, I love them all!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? As soon as I think about it. This year it was October, but I never get done early.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes, but just once.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Chocolate
16. Lights on Christmas tree? Definitely. Colors
17. Favorite Christmas song? All of them as long as they're not too obnoxious.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We usually go to my Mom and Dad's since my Mother in law moved so far away!
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes, Just have to sing the song.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open 1 Christmas gift on Christmas eve. Sometimes it's PJ's.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Why it has to be so Jam packed with planned activities
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I love to use red next to the green of the Christmas tree. I love snowmen, and prefer gold to silver.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?Ham and Yummy Potatoes!
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A trip to Cancun!


Merry Christmas to everyone! You can do this on your blog if you want. I saw it on a friend's blog and thought I'd share.

Four, Four, Four, Four . . .

I got tagged by my friend Melissa. I hope you enjoy

A) Four places that I go to over and over: grocery store, Target, Library, Church

B) Four people who e-mail me (regularly): John, Dad, Mom, Janice

C) Four of my favorite places to eat: Anywhere Chinese, Applebees, Carinos, Chili's

D) Four places I would rather be right now: Hawaii, Disneyland, Shopping, Delta

E) Four people I tag: Vicki, Andrea, Risae, Tasha

F) Four TV shows I watch: TheBiggest Loser, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, ER, The office

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving this year! We sure did. We spent the weekend at My Mom and Dad's in Delta. We ate and played, and had a great time. Everyone was there except for my sister Monica who lives in Iowa.
On the Friday, we went to some sand dunes near Delta. It was really fun for the kids! They love sand! It was pretty good weather too!
Mom made a Ginger bread house with the kids that they quickly devoured that very day. And we went to see Santa.
Erin asked for a real puppy, and a real camera. I told her she already has a camera, but she clarified it by saying she wanted one that was like mine.
Devin planned on asking for a Dinosaur, but when Santa asked him what he wanted, Devin said "I can't (r)wemembew(r)"

Colin took a good look at Santa and then started crying. Maybe next year when he's not teething he'll care a little more. All in all we had a great Holiday break. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Karate

Well, for the past few weeks Erin has been learning Karate. Tonight was her test and she passed! She will be receiving her yellow belt next Tuesday. Hurray for her! We were a little worried about a week ago, but a good solid week of drilling and practicing has really paid off. I think John and I should earn a Yellow belt too!

Devin has been taking a speech class every Tuesday. He goes for 45 minutes and He loves every minute of it! I try to give him a quiet time before class, so that he's rested up, but last week he came home so tired. He fell asleep in the middle of his snack! He must be doing hard labor in that class ;-)

Computer

Well, our computer is giving us problems lately. Sometimes it just won't do what we want it to. The other day it just would not download the pictures from my camera. But I finally got them on. I posted pictures on the last blog, so be sure to scroll down to see them. Here are some more from Halloween.

We're still here!

OK, so it's been a while. A lot has happened in our house and it's time to get everybody up to date. John lost his job. Yes, it's true. Apparently they brought in a new upper management boss, and he was penny pinching. He didn't like what John was being paid, so he got the ax. He's been out of work for 3 weeks now. So what's he doing with his time?: He's been looking for a new job like crazy. He finally cleaned out the garage from the move. And he's finishing our cold storage room with sheetrock, paint, and shelves. He's been really busy, and I think that keeping himself busy has kept his sanity.


He looks busy doesn't he.

Well, John got himself a job already! He's going to be working for GMAC as their finance manager. (It's GM's bank that they use for financing cars etc.) He starts on Monday the 10th. We are very excited and relieved that he got a job, and we're feeling blessed that he got a job so quickly! He's a little anxious about starting a new job, and about being gone all day. I think he was starting to get used to being home and getting all his projects done.

So, What else has the Doyle family been up to lately. A lot. Devin finished up playing soccer. His team was so cute to watch, cause they just run around and chase the ball. Devin would get so frustrated if he couldn't kick the ball. But one time he got the ball and took it all the way down the field. After that, he never complained about going to soccer again. He loved it!


He was so excited!

My youngest Brother, Richard, got married about a week ago. I hosted a bridal shower for his Bride, Callie, early in October. We had a lot of fun. Callie had to answer questions about Richard. If she didn't know the answer, she had to eat a piece of gum. She got a lot of answers right, but she had a huge wad of gum in her mouth when she was done.

The next weekend, we went up to Wolf creek with my family to a one of my parents' condos. We spent a long weekend up there, because John didn't have any work to go back to. We really enjoyed the time off together. We went to a dinosaur museum, but I forgot my camera, so I still need to get the pictures from my Mom. We also went to Huntsville, and a beach at the reservoir there It was a beautiful day! We had a picnic and played in the sand! What a beautiful day for October! Outside in t-shirts!


The week after that was Richard and Callie's wedding. They had it a beautiful reception center in Lehi. It was a nice ceremony and a great day. Callie and her family did such a great job decorating everything. It was truely gorgeous. My sister Monica drove all the way from Iowa for the wedding and it was great to see her and her kids. Our kids had a great time playing with their cousins. We are all really happy for both Richard and Callie and wish them the best of Happiness.

Last week, we had Monica over to our house for dinner. It is so fun to see her and her kids. I wish they lived closer so that we could have them over more often. Erin and Savannah have become really good friends. When they moved away about 3 years ago, Erin was 2 and Savannah about 4 or 5. That is a big difference. but now, they almost seem to be closer in age.

They sure had a great time together.

This last weekend we spent home. Halloween was fun! We went out trick-or treating for over 2 hours. That was not the plan, but that's how it happened. Because we were out for so long, not only did our kids get lots of candy, but we also didn't give out all the candy we had at our house, so we have candy coming out our ears! I love Halloween!

Saturday we went up to my sister Mindy's for Jana's baptism. We're so proud of Jana. We had a great day there. After the baptism, we went back to their house for lunch and stayed for quite a while. It's nice to be able to do all these family things now that we're back in Utah.

Well, That was a lot. I think I'm going to try to blog more often, so that I don't have blogs go so long.