Merry Christmas From The Riley's

We just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. We hope your holidays are filled with family, friends, fun and safety. We love you all and look forward to a new year. May the spirit of Christmas shine within each of us.

Merry Christmas

Dinner

The other night we made tinfoil dinners. They were FABULOUS!!! So if you need an easy idea for dinner here you have it. We added marinated chicken, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, tator tots, little smokies, salt, pepper, garlic and a little bit of butter. The combination was out of this world ( yes I know what a lame blog but I was bored).

My Little Reindeer

At school Saedree made this cute little Reindeer hat. She looked so dang cute that I had to get a picture.

Totes

Okay so here is one of my first sewing attempts. I made little totes for the girls for Christmas. I think they turned out okay, and I enjoyed doing them.
Here are a few pictures of the final project.

My Blog

Okay so I just got awarded an " I love you blog award" from a good friend of mine... Thanks Tiffany. I too am so addicted to blogging, but that's a good thing right? I have never kept a journal and now I have a blog with pictures... even better. Thanks to everyone that reads my blog.

Here are the rules: I get to {heart} seven other blogs that I love reading. If your blog makes my list, you get to post your award, thank the person who gave it to you (that's me!) and then choose seven other blogs that you feel deserve this awesome award. It was definitely hard to choose just seven, but those are the rules. And the awards go to...

Keri

Becky

Angela

Kristyn

Janelle

Kindra

Amy

If your names not on here that doesn't mean I don't love your blog but I could only pick 7.

Tagged again... I'm so popular haha just kidding.

7 things I can do
1. Cook
2. Clean
3. Plan a dang good Party =)
4. Crafts
5. Shop, Shop, Shop
6. Organize
7. My girls hair

7 things I can't do
1. Sew very well.. but I'm trying
2. lose weight
3. finish my laundry
4. leave my kids and go to work.
5. confront people (sometimes)
6. go on a Cruise ... I might drowned =)
7. Swim in the ocean

7 things that attracted me to John
1. His Awesomeness
2. His gentleness
3. His sense of humor
4. HE'S HOT
5. His willingness to never give up.
6. His selflessness
7. His desire for me to always be at home with the kids.

7 things I say most often
1. Saedree be nice
2. Saedree did you hurt her?
3. Whats wrong with Anni
4. Anni don't get into moms makeup
5. Get your rooms clean, teeth brushed, and get dressed.
6. Time for scripture study
7. What

7 favorite foods/restaurants
1. Tucanos
2. Wendy's snack wrap
3. Wingers
4. Brick Oven
5. Panda Express
6. Tepenyaki - spelling?
7. Taco Bell

Top 7 tv shows-
1. ER
2. The Office
3. The Hills ... I know its weird
4. The Bachelor and Bachelorette
5. American Idol
6. LOST
7. King Of Queens... It's John and I to a T

Happy Birthday Grandma Stevens!

Okay so the pictures are out of order and I was tired of trying to fix them. Anyway yesterday we took my Grandma Stevens (who has been bedridden for that last year after her heart surgery) to the mall for her 82nd birthday. We had a great time and she enjoyed looking at all the Christmas decorations and seeing all the hustle and bustle of the Christmas shoppers.

This is Anni in a super star moment.

We got Grandma all ready to go
She was all dolled up. Super cute.

Going down the Mall.
It was so fun to get her out of the house for awhile, and I'm sure it was nice to get out. Happy Birthday Grandma. We love you so much.

My Sweet Grandma Lane

I know this is a terrible picture but I need it on my blog for family. This is my sweet grandma Lane that was admitted to the ICU right before Thanksgiving. She was receiving chemo treatments and was almost finished when we found out that she had a hole in her bowel. The Doctors went in for emergency surgery and said they were able to repair it. She is recovering well and is getting better and better each day. I admire her for her strength and her will to fight. I love you Grandma. We pray everyday that the Lord will make you whole. P.S sorry for posting this picture. I will hopefully get some better ones when you heal.

Exhausted

This is what happens when you drag the kids all around town trying to get things done. Hahah funny.

Christmas Tree

Okay so our tree has been up since before Thanksgiving... but I am now just getting around to blogging about it. We had a very very busy Thanksgiving with a lot of family and fun. I was also in charge of our Ward Christmas party so I decided to put the tree up WAY early and man was I glad I did. Here is the out come of our tree. We call it our Candy Cane Tree since we did white and red lights this year.