Hi Guy's

it is me Bristol. I decided I would take my mom's blog over again. Anything I can do to help out and maybe get off the naughty list, I will do. You see things have been pretty crazy around here lately. You know it is Christmas time and my mom well you see she has been really busy. Something I've heard a lot is she is being Baptised by fire. I guess 5 days in to her new calling she had a lady pass away in our ward and now she is trying to do her first funeral among other things. My dad has been really helping out a lot. He has been cleaning, cooking, doing the laundry, and taking all the RS table clothes to work and washing them for my mom. He has been great.

Well back to me because this post is all about me.

You see some how, I have found myself on the naughty list.

I don't know how, I'm so sweet and cute and who could resit my smile.

Apparently, I might have not been as good as last year. See last year all I did was sleep and eat. I loved laying under the Christmas tree. And this year well my mom has put up 6 different trees and lots of other Christmas decor. I've been very curious about how pretty and shiny they are. I decided I would pull all 6 of them over, I only wanted to take them with me I meant them no harm. When my mom tipped them back up I decided that they just looked to pretty and I undecorated all the bottoms of all the tree's and I was still board so why not take the lights too. I've heard my mom say that I'm a angel. I think all the tree's look so much better now that there are no ornaments at the bottom and only half the lights on them now. But my mom well she is not so sure. Maybe I should of taken more naps under the tree instead of trying to take them with me. And did I mention I now have 12 teeth, Yes I love to bite and maybe that's why I'm getting in trouble.

You see also my big sister Brielle well she looks like a angel, but she has been checking every day on the computer if we are on the naughty or nice list. She has been coming up a lot on the naughty list too. She has really been helping my mom. She helped her mail out all the Christmas cards and make and deliver all the Christmas plates to Friends and Neighbors. She is finally off the naughty list. I'm going to keep trying to get off of it even if i pull the tree's over a few more times. I'm sure my smile will win in the end.

Well this week is almost over and my brother's are going to be out of school for a long time. We have a lot going on this week, a few band concerts, a few Christmas party's, a few dance performances and many other things. Stay tuned for more Christmas fun.


P.S. I meet Santa the other night, I might of not left the best impression on him. I was a little scared of him and I screamed pretty loud.

Hello Has anybody seen Heidi?

She was here a few days ago then she got this new job at church.
Were sure she is ok and doing great. Things are just a little more chaotic at the Baker House.
Wish us luck..Heidi too.   When we find her we will have her post.... 'cause life happens fast dont blink!    

Well I never saw this coming

Ready or not here it comes. Well a few weeks ago Jason received a call from our Bishop he asked if he could bring me down to his office. I thought I was the safe one. To turn out it was for me. I received a new calling and needed to do some praying about it. My Bishop was going to be out of town for a couple of weeks so I was not to say anything. Today came and it was time to receive my new calling. I was set apart today to be the new Relief Society President in our ward. Yes I'm a little stressed ,scared you name it. Never in a million years would I ever think this would happen. I'm excited and I hope and pray I can do a good job. I think the shock is starting to wear off. And after today at church I have a whole list of things to do. I feel like I am blessed with the counselor and sectary I picked. People were so nice today and gave me so many very encouraging words. I received a wonderful blessing from my Bishop when he set me apart and I'm feeling a little less stressed. Any advice, condolences, or help and love would be appreciated.

And the Winner is.

Thank You all that entered. Keep trying I hope everyone gets a chance to win. The winner is Jen T. There was two Jen that entered but it was Jen T. Please email me your address so i can send you your bows. jhbaker@mvdsl.com
Just in case you wonder how I pick the winner. I put everyone name in a jar, same size of paper. Everyone only gets there name in once so it fair. Then I have one of my kids draw the name.
Stay tune next month for a Valentines Day Bow Give Away.

It Friday

Well it is Friday, It is my favorite day of the week. Mostly because the weekend is starting.

I just wanted to tell a little story about Brielle. She is the funnest little kid and way to smart for her own good. She will run out to the car as fast as she can and jump in the front seat and lock the door. When her brothers come out to get in the front seat she will just stick her tough out at them and say you should of been faster.

She has a quick wit and always is cracking me up. Last night she went outside to see if the wind had stopped blowing. She came in and said it has quick blowing. Bridger went out to check and he came in and said Brielle you are wrong it is blowing still. Brielle being Brielle got mad She ran over knocked Bridger down and said I am right you are wrong. I got her away from him and told Brielle calm down it is your turn to pray tonight. So Brielle started saying her sweet little prayer like she always says. Then at the end she says. And please Heavenly Father Put Bridger on the naughty list.

Oh the love of a four year old.

Oh and another thing she prays for every night is please help my dad grow hair because he is bald.

 Every year I buy these little Event calenders for my kids. They love them they have chocolate in them and they can open up a door each day in Dec. I bought them this year at Lin's but I know Harmon's always have them. They are like a dollar. Our kids have been looking forward to them for weeks and they finally got to open the first one yesterday.

Well I have a big weekend a head. Jason and Bridger are leaving today for a 11 year old scout camp and Baxter is leaving on a camp out to go get Christmas trees for people in our ward. So it will be just me and the 3 little ones. I'm going to make my little girls some night gowns for Christmas and sew a few skirts for my sisters girls. It should be a eventful weekend. I have had a lot on my mind these past few weeks. I have some big changes coming very soon. They scare me. They are good changes real good. They just scare me. They had my mind very occupied. I can share these changes very soon. Well today is the last day you can enter the Bow contest if you haven't. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Bow and Rosette for every month giveaway

Bow and Rosette giveaway 24 in all.

 A different one for every month

 Contest will close Saturday morning at 6:00am. Also the rosette are looking black in most of the pictures but they are brown. Except the Halloween one and the red white and black one.

 Good luck and happy bidding

 Feel free to add any link to the contest

 and please enter if you have already won

Thanksgiving weekend

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We did. We honestly all have been sick, We have had a horrible cold and we almost did not go anywhere for Thanksgiving. Wednesday we loaded up on medicine and decided we would try. We headed up to Utah to my mom's. I hardly got any pictures because I was not feeling good at all. But I got a few.

Here is Baxter and Bridger helping Grandma at 600 in the morning breaking bread for the stuffing. They were still not to awake.

 Some of the family. Yes this is all the picture's I got. But we did do a lot of visiting while we were up there and had some fun.

 Then Thursday night Jason and I decided we would brave Walmart. We got there at 900 pm and the sale started at 1000pm. It was a nightmare. We went for one thing and did not get it. There was a mean lady in the trampoline area and it ruined the hole night. In the future we decided we might go make fun of people on black Friday but never try to shop then. It worth paying a little more for your sanity.

 Bridger and Boston and Brielle have been building there own fort. They have done it all by themselves. They had fun working on it this weekend.

Brielle is a little scary up on top of it with a hammer and high heels.

 They have been having lots of fun. Bridger has asked for Christmas for his own power drill. He is pretty funny.

Baxter had fun playing with the ducks.

 and Bristol had fun chasing the chickens.

 Jason and Baxter hung a new light above our stairs. It had a awesome gold one up there i was not to fond of. So one day while out yard sailing i came across this light it was brand new. It was silver and i wanted brown so i spray painted it. It turned out pretty good.

 Jason about killed him self up there thou. One of the kids turned on the light while he had the wires and it was not pretty.

 The boys also added a second story on there fort.

 and we took some Holiday pictures. It was a nice break to have such a long weekend and we our all finally feeling better. Ya

Thankful

Be Thankful


Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,

If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something

For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations

Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge

Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary

Because it means you’ve made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are

also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles

and they can become your blessings.

Author Unknown

Christmas, Pumpkin Muffins, and the Chicken Poxs

We are beginning to deck the halls around here. Our house is smelling like Christmas, we have the mess of decoration's for Christmas. But we are having a great time. We have gotten 3 trees done in the Living room, family room and the office the house decorated and tonight the kids will all have a tree in there rooms and decorated. It feels good to have it done and be able to relax now and enjoy the holidays.

We have had a pretty eventful week, Brielle started in with a fever Monday, I took her to the doctor on Tuesday. He could not find anything wrong except her 103 fever. He said she must have a viral infection. The next day here it came Chicken pox's all over the poor thing. She has had the shot but still got them. Today she has finally got up and about and a little more like herself. Poor thing it has been a fun week.

 I got my little reindeer up to the bar this morning and made some yummy muffins I would love to share.

 They are super easy. This is all you need.

 A few more picture's of my Christmas trees worse nightmare

 and this little look she always gives everyone. She is so cute and fun.

 Mix the cake mixes and pumkin togeater. I added choclete chips because choclete makes everything better. And if you want to add a little pumkin pie spice. I added it but you don't need to.

 Grease your muffin tins

 Spoon some in and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

 They are so good and easy. I like to frost them with Cream Cheese Frosting.

well there you have it our week.

Pomegranate Jelly

Yesterday I spent the morning making pomegranate Jelly. I have a great recipe and I know a few have asked for it. It is super simple. First pick your pomegranates. Next the worse part juice all your pomegranates. Juices around our parts goes for 25.00 dollars a gallon. Here is all I got this year out of ours.

 Next put your lids in a pan full of water on low to heat them up

 Wash all your bottles and rims.

 Take 4 cups of juice and 1 package of pectin

 bring to a boil, then add 5 cups of sugar, bring to a boil add 1/2 teaspoon on butter to help with the foam and boil for 2 minutes.

 Pour into jars, put the warm lids and rings on them and turn them over so they will seal. Super easy and super yum. I made 6 batches and got 24 pints. I had a gallon of juice left and I froze it. It will freeze for 1 year. We use it to make ice cream that turns out super good.

Veteran's Day Weekend and Aviation Nation

We had a really fun weekend. Thursday we spent the day putting up our Christmas lights. Then on Friday we went to the veteran's day parade.

Bridger and Baxter sat on the side lines of the parade and took pictures

 Boston scout troop was in the parade

 He was lucky and got to ride in the car, you can see him in the back

 Brielle little cheer group also were in the parade, They had too trailers full of a total of 75 girls, Jason pulled one trailer while i sat on one and manged the girls.

 The boys took the pictures so i did not get a ton

 Then there cheer group performed at our local store Lins Holiday open house

 Nothing like 75 girls and there parents in the produce department, craziness says it all.

 But Brielle was sure cute.

Friday, Jason sister Brenda and her husband Joel and 5 kids came for the night. We had a blast. Saturday we headed down to Aviation Nation in Las Vegas with them.

 We spent the day there and had a ton of fun. Sorry lots of pictures

 One of the booths were doing a thing if you did 10 push ups they would give you a free T Shirt. Bridger was the first one to get one then Jason and Brielle also did push ups for shirts to.

 Bristol was so good the whole day. She loved running around dancing to the music. She still does not walk to well in shoes.

 It was a great day.