A California Christmas

We are so blessed to travel home each year

to beautiful California for Christmas.

We had such a good time!

Enjoy the photos from our trip!

As you can see, the weather was gorgeous!

I wish I would have remembered to take more pictures.

We ate so much good food, played games, ran on the beach,

shopped, relaxed, celebrated, and ate more food...

Happy 2012!!

The Spirit of Christ

"We all can make the choice to give thanks

in prayer and to ask God for direction to

serve others for Him-especially during

this time of year when we celebrate

the Savior's birth."

-Henry B. Eyring

A Gift For You

Yes, I have neglected my blog for over a month.

Here we are in mid December already!

Wow. I really cannot believe it.

The Christmas shopping is done,

Dan is studying for the NBDE,

and we get to see family very soon!

I have been particularly homesick this year.

I really cannot wait to be with family.

Here are a few photos from our Holiday festivities.

A special thanks to Instagram for the fun photos.

I love Christmas!

My favorite part of Christmas is celebrating

the birth and life of Jesus Christ.

I received a very special gift this year.

This gift shares the beautiful message of

the Savior's birth, His life, and ministry.

I would love to share it with you.

Find it here.

Phone Pictures

We dressed up for our church's Halloween party.

I love Danny's face.

Fall is beautiful here.

I love the crisp air and colorful trees.

This is one of the many lovely trees that

have turned here in Little Italy.

We got to go to the Columbus Temple on Saturday.

Why do Mormons build temples?

Watch this short video here.

Did you know...

There are 135 operating temples around the world,

(3 are under renovation), 15 under construction,

and 16 recently announced to be built!

Want to learn more? Go here.