Nobody will worry as good as I do...

Christmas shopping with Colbs...

Colby came over for piano lessons last Wednesday. We also had a late lunch and went Christmas shopping. I love spending time with Colby. It was a wonderful afternoon. 

Cutest baby crocs!

Love you Colby!

Santa Ninja...

As usual Grahm came running to me as fast as he could after school on Friday. He was wearing a Christmas scarf tied around his head that we found at the Dollar Store. Santa Ninja has no idea the joy he brings me. 

I got some cute brick ornaments and Grey and Grahm enjoyed building them. The candle even lights up!

I think Grahm looks a lot like Cash with his fresh haircut.

They sure are handsome boys!

I was so happy that Colby asked Tiff to drop him off. I loved hearing the door open and Colby saying, "Grandma." He is so polite, helpful, fun, and he still has the sweetest relationship with Grahm. 

Grey is really good at this game!

Love them so much!

There was a serious round of Foosball, balloon bellies, and Monkey in the Middle! The Grands were pretty enthusiastic during Foosball so Grandpa decided to wear his noise cancelling headphones! What a fun evening with our grandson's.

Hurry back my sweet boys!

ThrowBack Thursday ~ Grey Max...

Let them...

Let grandparents spoil their grandkids.

Let them slip an extra cookie when you’re not looking.
Let them tuck a dollar into a pocket or pick out a toy instead of something practical.
Let them drive across town just to take them out for ice cream on a Tuesday night.
Because truth we don’t like to say out loud is this: kids are only little for a short while, and grandparents aren’t around forever either.
There will come a day when your babies are too old to crawl into Grandma’s lap. When they won’t giggle over the magic trick Grandpa has done a hundred times before. When Happy Meals will be replaced with car keys and curfews and part-time jobs.
And there will come a day when the seat at the end of the table is empty, when the phone doesn’t buzz with a “can the kids come over?”
So while kids are small and grandparents are able—let them soak each other in. Let them do the silly, sweet, extra-special things that make you roll your eyes a little but secretly smile too.
Because it’s not about the candy or the toys or the treats.
It’s about the memories.
It’s about the joy on both of their faces.
It’s about the kind of love that skips a generation and lands in the middle like a warm hug.
Let them spoil each other.
One day, those little extras will be the big things we cherish.

ThrowBack Thursday ~ Sweetest Shepherd...

 

Cashee boy...

Let it snow...

Grahm has been wishing for some snow and we finally got some on Sunday. It was just enough for Grahm to make a really cute, 10 out of 10 snowman! 

PC to Tiffani

Home for Christmas...

 

Christmas is the one day in the year we would most like to be at home.

One of the most popular Christmas songs of the season is “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” And if we are not able to be there, we get a little lump in our throat even if we are grown and gone from the toys and tinsel of our childhood.

But currently, there are nearly 85,000 missionaries serving somewhere in the world, usually not close to home.

Most students away from home will arrange to get back but not all will, perhaps not able to afford the trip.

There are so many tragic wars around the globe it is hard to estimate how many service personnel will be away this Christmas, but it will number in the hundreds of thousands.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph knew what it was like to be alone on this special night; two millennia later, we still sing: “His shelter was a stable, And his cradle was a stall; With the poor, and mean, and lowly, Lived on earth our Savior holy” (“Once in Royal David’s City,” Hymns, no. 205).

Just a few short years later that baby would be without company again, declaring that He had “trodden the wine-press alone, . . . and none were with [him],” (Doctrine and Covenants 133:50) fearing in the depths of His suffering that He had been abandoned entirely, even by His Father in Heaven, but understanding of that matter came later, turning Christmas night into one of joy and promises, a night of angels, and stars and salvation, a night for being with loved ones, if we are able.

This Christmas, may I invite you to be, however briefly, a family for someone who is otherwise alone. Loneliness is a painful feeling. Perhaps this Christmas we can bless the life of someone who is still temporarily alone in a manner that makes them feel for a moment or for a meal or for an afternoon that they have been able to make it home for Christmas.

Merry Christmas from our Father in Heaven who never flags nor fails, and from His Only Begotten Son.

Elder Holland 
First Presidency Christmas Devotional December 2025

Thanksgiving has my heart...

Thanksgiving has my heart. It's the one holiday that asks for nothing but gratitude, good food, and time with the people I love the most.

"Shots by Grahm" does it again! I love turning my phone over to him and seeing all the moments he captures. Mark's turkey was the best, so tender and flavorful. Tiff sides were also delicious, sweet potatoes and green bean casserole. Colby made cranberry sauce that was so yummy. It was a lovely day and I really am so thankful for my family.

I told everyone the whipped cream needs to look pretty on the pie!

So grateful...