Let is Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Damon just informed me it has been snowing for over 20 hours. It is the prettiest 10 inches of
snow I have ever seen...

Its time for the tree. My kids are mighty good at decorating, don't ya think?

Love how the ornaments are only 1/2 way up the tree? I love that they are so little...

Last but not least, I need some advice on our chirstmas cards. Which one do you like?

When I woke up....

I saw this...so we did thisand then drank some of that...

and then did this!

I love the holidays! MERRY CHRISTMAS

We Laughed, We Cried, We Wii-ed...

The Eddington Fam in Moab. Two Words. Wii Tournament. Yeah baby....

(there is a super funy video at the end of this post.)

This is the whole gang, minus Max, who is serving a mission in the Baltic States. (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.) Cody got the bright idea from Damon to shave his head. Cody has such thick hair it BROKE Damon's groomer thingy, and then they had to use something else and it shaved it really short. Then he looked a little like Uncle Fester... Did I mention that Breaelle had NO IDEA he was going to do that! It was funny to hear her scream "YOU SHAVED YOUR HEAD!!???" and seeing her chase him out of their room.

We went to Arches and hiked to delicate arch. I felt the urge to do yoga, and fought the slightly more destructive urge to randomly get super-human powers and push it over... I have to say, that frame is DOPE. I love lens flare.

This frame is also funny because one of those five, ahem, tooted, right before I took this. I think my moms face is the best, possibly Cinny. I can't decide...

Zoey doing Yoga with Grandpa

Liam and Dad. Liam loves that carrier

My little sis Corinn. She's a beauty. And she will be sooo embarrassed that I said that.

We also went to a mountain lake. Mainly to shake the aspen trees, and just to drive around. I got some way cute pics.

Liam. Too cute for words.

I was especially in love with this frame. Doesn't it just make you jealous that you aren't a little kid anymore?

(My mom always brings a costco size pack of oreos. They were GONE. In two days. this is the amount of oreos that me, Corinn, and Joey ate in less than 30 minutes.)

Now for the wii tournament. 2 nights. First night, Girls against boys. There was a huge upset. THE GIRLS WON!! BOO-YAA! Second Night, it was a free for all. Everyone played their best events, and winners picked out their prizes (candy bars.) Everyone looked ridiculous, especially Joey and Cinny doing the dream race. After the tournament it was watching two of our favorite childhood movies. Blackbeard's Ghost, and Rocket Man. Seriously, if you have never seen Rocket Man, see it. You will pee your pants laughing. If you can, watch it with someone under 12. Its even funnier. Favorite quotes "Lets do this again using what we like to call 'The Right Way'..." "WASN'T ME!!" Ahhh, good times... Before I finish this post, I thought I would leave you with this video. Its my bro Cody, pre- Fester haircut, doing the pole vault on the wii.

Yes. His voice just went that high. Impressive...

MSNBC Homepage

Look who my uncle found on MSN. At the election partay in AZ.
This is the moment when they all realized there was no way McCain could win. Sad. BUT Jeff won!

Now for the contrast: This was earlier in the evening.

Missionary Letter

This is Max and Sergi, a man he and his comp are trying to reactivate. It made me cry! (Pathetic, I know, but Max just looks so much older here... I haven't seen him in over a YEAR.)

This is the amazing story from this weeks letter from Max.

This last week has honestly been one of the hardest of my mission. We had few lessons, a hard time finding, the missionary leadership is making me do a thousand little pointless tasks, and I was just feeling like a messenger pigeon. We also had our last meeting with Dima for a while. He's decided not to be baptized any time soon and is taking a break from meeting with us. Needless to say, we spent a lot of time feeling discouraged this week. Yesterday I was working with another missionary on designing the English class program when one of the assistants, Elder Melton, walked in and said basically this. “Elder Ence and I were just out contacting and we met a guy named Vitali that came back with us to the church for a lesson. He speaks really good English but he's Russian so we'll probably just end up passing him to you anyway (they're Latvian speaking.) They're in the other room so you go meet with him and I'll stay here and work on English.” First of all I was so happy to have a new meeting that I was immediately grateful, but hahah just wait. Elder Melton said that on the way back to the church, Vitali explained the following situation. He worked in Alaska for two seasons at a hotel where he met a few guys from the church. One of them really befriended him and told him a little about the Mormons. He even got a Russian copy for him from church headquarters before he left back home. He talked about how impressed he was with this guy... that he didn't smoke or drink, and he could hardly believe that every active member of our church does the same. He followed that with the statement “I've never done any of that stuff anyway, but it's just cool.” He called the majority of Europe ignorant for thinking that Mormons are a sect, and repeatedly told us how much he likes our values. WOW. Anyway, I joined Elder Ence for the meeting and we taught a short but very good first lesson about Joseph Smith and prayer. We also talked about baptism and challenged him to be baptized the 29th of November. He accepted and said he'd pray about it to make sure that he's making the right decision.

At the end of the meeting, right before we prayed I told him “I actually have some family that lived up in Alaska for a few years” (thinking of Mike and Sozel's family.) He then told me the name of his friend from Alaska. Jed Mumm. I remembered that Sozel's maiden name is Mumm and was really excited to tell him that I know some Mumms. Not the most common name. Then I started racking my brain trying to remember if I've ever heard of a Jed. Then, I hope I'm right, I remembered Brayden and Caitlyn talking about their uncle I think that likes to snowboard and lives in Utah. I asked where his friend, Jed, was from and he said ...... UTAH. I got chills over my whole body. “I know who that is!!” I said “I know exactly who that is!!!” He was sooooo excited to hear that connection. I can honestly say that something like that has never happened in my entire mission. Sometimes we, as members, think that our missionary work ends in dead ends but it doesn't! Jed went out of his way to tell this foreign guy about the church and even tracked down a Book of Mormon for him. Now here, on the other side of the world, he ran into two missionaries on the street that pulled him into the church at the only time I was there the whole day. I really hope that this Jed is the guy I'm thinking of... if it is, please tell Sozel about it and have her forward this letter to him. He's done a great thing.


My Mom called my Aunt Sozel, and her brother Jed is the same guy. WHAT A COOL STORY. You never know what your actions will bring about. I love it. How often do you hear a story like that. The best part, is that it is happening right now.

I hope we get to meet Vitali when we are there in August. On a lighter and slightly funnier note, this is my youngest brother Joey as Waldo for halloween.

Where's Waldo!?

I Voted

I went and voted today. I think it is kinda silly that I wear my 'I Voted' sticker all day. I won't even let Zoey wear it. It's Mommy's special sticker. I wear it like a badge of honor. I am proud of it. I did my due diligence, researched all the amendments, researched the candidates, and made my choice. I Voted.

I am so glad that after today, it is over. Post election party? Anyone?

The Republican Ticket

Can you guess who my Aunt Suzy and Uncle Kevin went as?

I am sad I am missing the big election night party down in AZ tomorrow night. They are having it at the Biltmore resort. It is always a zoo, but so much fun trying to get on TV with my cousins. We were the obnoxious kids in the background of the news anchors interviewing people. My whole fam will be there to cheer on my Uncle Jeff as he goes for his 5 term in Congress. GO JEFF! MaCain and Palin will be there too. The real ones, and my aunt and uncle. Maybe they should dress up for the party....

(whats even funnier is that Suzy didn't even have to buy anything for the costume... Isn't she stylish?)

Halloween 2008

Its was warm. It was AWESOME. I never imagined that it could be in the 70's on Halloween. Thank you Colorado!

Halloween was 3 nights for us.

Wednesday: Liberty safe night, never going to that again. Got a little claustrophobic
















Thursday: Oakwood Ward Trunk-or-Treat. Its was awesome. We had a great carnival before with a cake walk, balloon animals, fishing booth, ect. They kids were in heaven. As soon as Liam got his little purple dog he started taking it apart. Boys will be Boys.

















Friday: Pre-School Halloween Party, 10th ward Trunk-or-Treat, and some good ol' fashioned Trick or Treating. Both loads of fun. We went to the Trunk or Treat with Andy and Ashley. What an adorable group of kids they are. I am so glad Zoey and Andy are such good friends. She would play with him every day if it were possible!









My kids were the cutest Bat and Kitty around. Liam can say 'tick o teat' and 'Tank Ouu!' with the best of them. Mello was a totally awesome pumpkin. I didn't get a pic though. Oh well. He will be a pumpkin again next year. Zoey loved real trick or treating the most. When we were done she loved handing out candy to all the 'customers' as she called them. We ended up with a target bag full of candy and some buzzing kids. I love Halloween!