Friday, December 21, 2007

No posts...

We won't be able to post pictures to the blog again for a little while. When we are back to posting pictures, I will update everyone.

Thanks,
The Martin's

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Happy Holidays from the Martin Family

Happy Holidays
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My kids love to sing...

Cozette, Kaylynn, and Cameron all attend Arcadia Elementary. This year they have an after school program that the kids wanted to be a part of. On Monday and Thursday they are in Modern Dance. Wednesday they sing with choir.

Today was their performance for the school and parents so I was able to attend and take some pictures. I also took a small video stream of reindeer rap. I will upload this clip as well.

I wish I could have uploaded Kierstie's "Fruit Cake", but the video is too large to upload for the blog. Darn!

Happy holidays!

Holiday Concert...

Kierstie participates with concert choir as well as show choir at Bonneville Jr High School. Last night was their holiday concert. "Season of Love". It was a very nice concert. Todd and I enjoyed listening to the music performed from seventh, eighth, and nineth graders. Kierstie is in the eight grade this year and tried out for show choir. Kierstie enjoys singing. Our home is filling more and more with music with singing, piano, and violin. Music has always been a part of my life and I love seeing my children having the desire to enjoy it as well.

Traditions

One of our family traditions, during the holiday season, is getting together for the Baich family christmas party. The baich side of the family is my mom's side of the family. Which is her mom (Bernice), Dad (Dwain), and brother (Mike). We gather together and mingle while eating lots of salads and finger foods. We play bingo and are able to select a present from the pile when we get a bingo. Then play continues and upon our next bingo we can trade or keep our present. Once we reach black out we then can keep our final present selection. The presents are white elephant gifts (new this year with a price limit of $15). It is fun to play bingo and try to end up with the present we most desire.

Here are some shots of our family fun christmas party.


Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Reflections


Cozette wanted as well as assigned to participate in the schools Reflection contest. This year the theme is "I can make a difference by...". Cozette chose that she can make a difference by helping to save wildlife. She drew a picture of a Raccoon in a tree with sad eyes. Her drawing was very well done. As most of you know, Cozy is taking after her father in becoming a little artist. I wish I had taken a picture of her drawing, however at this time her drawing is being judged with other schools from Granite School district.

Cozette received top award "Excellence" in drawing for the sixth grade. We are very proud of her. Here is the picture of her certificate and ribbon.

Johnson Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving day after decking the halls, we went to my mom's (Johnson house) for Thanksgiving dinner. The cousins had a blast playing one with another.

We are truly thankful for our extended family and enjoy getting together. Next time I will need to capture more shots of everyone on both sides of our family.

We love you!
The Martin Family

Martin Thanksgiving with the Walls

We are very thankful for our families and the opportunities that we have throughout the year to get together. This year we enjoyed one anothers company two days apart with Thanksgiving dinner. On Wednesday we enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at Todd's sister Sharon's house. Here are pictures of the family.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Happy Holidays!

We were introduced to this from Jamie and thought it would be a fun way to wish everyone Happy Holidays from the Martin children. Enjoy!

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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Decking the Tree

Thanksgiving Day has always been a tradition to pull out Christmas and decorate the house and tree. I love snowmen so most of my decorations are snowman inspired. The kids love to help take out everything from the boxes, but most of all they love to decorate the tree.







During our sixteen years of marriage. Todd and I have always had just one tree and it is always been fun to let them decorate it how they wish. When the kids were little I would rearrange the ornaments because there would be clumps together at the bottom of the tree and then leave bare spots. I don't see this much anymore as our children are taller and can reach the top of the tree. They do a good job decorating.



Saturday, December 1, 2007

Pirates of Penzance

Kierstie was recently in a play at Bonneville Jr. High School. She auditioned and her role was a pirate. She worked long and hard during practices. Kierstie loved this experience and now wants to participate in every play at school.









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