Monday, December 25, 2017

Christmas 2017!

Merry Christmas everybody! We had such a great Christmas this year. This post is mostly stuff I got, but I couldn't resist this cute baby! Here's cute little Billy Boy with his new Elmo car thing:)
 I got LOTS of cute fuzzy socks from all of my friends, but here is one of my favorites that my good friend Ayla got me.
 This is what I got at the Student Council White Elephant gift exchange. Can't wait to use it on New Years!
 Yay! I got this Hermione Granger bobble head thingy in my stocking! Now I have three! (Thanks Raquel and Brittana for those other ones!)
 I also got a few bath bombs from my friends, but this was the only one I hadn't used..:) Thanks Madison!
 I couldn't document EVERY present my friends got me, but I REALLY love this notebook Lydia got me. Thanks to you too, Lyds!
 I also got various slimes, but here are the two Kendall and Aniston got me! Thanks!
 I also got this cool whiteboard from my mom to hang in my locker! Thanks so much for that, Mom!
 Everyone loves new socks! (I also got new underwear too, but don't want to show you those! :)
 My primary teachers are awesome to give us all a pack of nice fresh crayons. Thanks!
 And new markers in my stocking too! Hooray!
 You can't have TOO many elastics, can you?
 This was like the only thing I wanted, ha ha JK, but seriously, I need a good brush. Thanks Santa!
Look how cool it is!
My sweet cousin Rosie gave me LOTS of stuff for the cousin gift exchange, like this notepad, which has magnets, so I can also put it in my locker!
And some cool stamps and a scented candle. Thanks, Rosie!
And Rosie, the best gift-giver, gave me a fit-bit too! Yay!
Mom also gave me some pictures to put on my bulletin board, too.
What would we do without candy in stockings?
Cute little notepad, which has decorated pages. Good thinking, Santa!

And my yearly calendar is.... (drum roll please) PUPPIES! Thanks Dad!
New yarn for finger knitting from Santa! He knows what I want! (Too bad I had to untangle it all:(
Cool coloring book from St. Nick.
Granny was nice to give us presents, a cute bell and double sided mirror.
Brittana had me for our sibling exchange, and got Rocky, my darling hamster, some new toys!

Mom also gave me this cute bracelet that says "BE YOU". Thanks!
Yes! As a 5th grader, my parents payed $35 so that I have 3 FREE PASSES TO EVERY RESORT IN UTAH! Gonna have some fun skiing this year!!!!
I also got a swimsuit from my mom and dad. But why would they give me a swimsuit in the middle of winter. Maybe because...
I GOT A CHERRY HILL PASS FOR THIS SUMMER!! NOW I CAN GO WITH AYLA A BUNCH! WAHOO!
Ella, one of my best friends, along with fuzzy socks, gave me this cool jar filled with candy! Thanks Ella!
And I also got Apples to Apples from Santa! We are excited to try it out soon!
Grandma and Grandpa gave us these awesome sweat shirts/jackets! (This one's mine!) Thanks so much Grandma and Grandpa!
And on Christmas Eve we got to open our new jammies! I got a onesie with the pattern like this!
TERRIBLE selfie of me.... well that's how it looks on me!

Here's a close up of the bracelet I got.
Right, and some cool 2 color markers to go with my whiteboard.
My cousin Hudson is amazing for making this cool bead lizard for my backpack!
I also got these cool gel pens in my stocking. I had such a wonderful Christmas, and I hope the rest of you guys did too!

Sunday, January 8, 2017

2016 Christmas

Merry Christmas! This post has parts of the biggest Christmas Adam Sleepover Ever, but if you want all of it, (including the sickness update that I 'm not talking about in this blog) check my mom's blog. It also has all of my Christmas gifts and so much more! Enjoy!
Waking Shelby and Taylor up. We had a little hard time, because the adults stayed up until 1:30 that night playing games and talking. They had to sleep in the bunk beds, Taylor on mine, Shelby on Brittana's.
Me, Shelby, Marissa, and Emmie's candy house this year. It's Santa's house with Mrs. Claus saying goodbye as Santa gets ready to go on Christmas Eve, complete with elves ice skating and powder sugar snow. Riss and Shelbs made the house pretty much.
Emmie made the sleigh and ice skating rink, I made the reindeer and the path to his house. Someone ate 2 of them though before I could get a picture. 1 of them was Rudolph.
Taylor, Luke, Henry, and Hudson's awesome soccer field this year.
Cute scoreboard!
The little kids' classic candy house.
Parker, Shem, and Owen's temple candy house this year.
The little kids house again. Pretty cute!
Playing Go-Fish with Papa in the morning.
Look at those big baby blue eyes! My precious boy.
Photo Bomb!
Playing For Sale with the Marsdinis. Good news! They are moving to Jackson Hole in Wyoming!!
Cute Matthew! He is just a little younger than Billy. They're best buds!

Lookin' pretty good..
Shelbs.
Playing Spot It with Papa.
Matthew again.
Selfie fail.
 A little better, nice face Taylor.
Riss.
Henry and Dad.
Cute Eden!
London and Eden.
Riss and Eden. It was a wonderful Christmas Adam this year with leg wrestling, white elephant, and a great sleepover. We had a TON of fun with all our cousins. Now here are all my presents this year!! Whoops... Forgot to grab my camera Christmas morning. Oh, well maybe next year I'll remember.
Awesome Horses calendar from Mom and Dad. I took the mini one to school and hung the big one on my wall!
Sweet Star Wars bag from Billy. We each had a sibling, William had me.
Yay! A new tablet! Dad left our old one on the plane when we went to North Carolina. Thanks Santa!

Billy also gave me this awesome Elsa skateboard. Boo got one too from Desi.

Santa gave me these new goggles and mask for skiing. Mom and Dad also gave me new skis and boots earlier in December, so now I can go skiing a lot this winter!
Santa gave me a ski pass!! Yeah!
Nice new Ninja Turtles watch from Santa.
Good new hat from Santa, I've already worn it to school a bunch.
Nice water bottle for school from Mom and Dad.
Cute Pikachu stuffed animal from my cousin Luke for the Alexander Cousin Gift Exchange.
Cute owl stuffed animal named Oscar from Santa.
Nice lotion from Lili for the Marsden Cousin Gift Exchange.
Sticky notes and gel pens from my BFF Scarlett.
Candy from Santa! Yum!
A talking bird from Santa. You push a button and say something and it will say it to you back. Her name is Honey LuLu. Pretty cool.
I got these cool light up Santa hat for my friends, so I just had to get one for me too!
Sorry, it was hard to get a picture of it lighting up.
There we go! Pretty cool, huh?
Cute little octopus necklace from my good friend Sienna.
Mini erasers and pencils from my friend Maloree.
A cute puff ball to hang on my back-pack also from Sienna.
Really bad lighting but the big family gift was we all got Lagoon Passes for this summer!!! Best present so far!
I got glow sticks for the white elephant gift exchange with the Marsdens.
Nice job on the calendar this year Shelbs!
Desi got this guitar and is rockin' it!

All of the grandkids of the Alexander family got a cool airplane like this from uncle Bonner.
Grandma and Grandpa Alexander gave use the game Sequence for Kids for Christmas.
I made this calendar at school for Dad, and worked really hard on all of the art pieces for each month, so I thought I should take a picture of it.
A snowman for January.
A hand heart for February.
Chalk clovers for March.
A rain storm with an umbrella for April. You know what they say, April showers bring...
May flowers!
A boat on the ocean for June.
A hand eagle for July.
Sunflowers for August.
Apples in a basket for September.
Halloween scene for October.
November leaves.
And a wreath for December. Hoped you liked it.
Fuzzy slippers from Santa.

All of the Alexander grandkids go these nice PJs from Grandma and Grandpa on their mission.
So nice of them!
I got a nutcracker ornament  from my friend Ayla.
My bear stocking I've had since I was a little girl.



Our nativity set.
With the angel above it.
Our other nativity set.
Better picture of our Lagoon passes.
With cousins at Granny and Papa's house on Christmas. Their present to us was a free sleepover and an activity with them for the whole family. They also let us pick out a Christmas stuffed animal that they had. For the adults they got all of the Marsden Family Home Videos which were fun to watch.
Well, I had a Merry Christmas and I hope you did too! I love you all! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!