All about Allred's: January 2009

Monday, January 19, 2009

I Love to see the Temple

We had a great opportunity this week to take Connor and Lauren to the new Draper Utah Temple open house. We talked about the temple all week and the kids were so excited. We checked them out of school early, got lunch on the way and dropped Cody off at Grandma's house (didn't think Cody would do well at the temple:)). They have you park in a church parking lot and then they show you a short video. We then loaded onto a big Greyhound bus and drove up to the temple. The kids loved the bus ride. The temple is way up on the hill in a really nice neighborhood. The tour of the temple was wonderful. Everything is clean and perfect. I loved the beautiful paintings and nice furnishings. Lauren loved the sparkling chandeliers. This was the best opportunity to teach our kids about the temple. Being able to see all the rooms and talk about what goes on in each one made for real sweet teaching moments. The spirit in the temple is stronger than anywhere else on earth. After the tour you end up in the cultural hall of a church that is right next to the temple. We had cookies and then got back on the bus to head back to our car. This was definitely a day to remember for us and the kids.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Grey already?!?

So, along with the New Year, I rang in a grey hair. Yes people, I said a grey hair. I know you are all shocked at this knowing that I am much too young to have sprouted a grey hair already. The story goes like this..... I was doing my hair the other day and I had a 'fly-away hair' right on top of my head (you know the kind - they just stick straight up no matter how much you try to get them to lay down). It was a small 'hair' and was light colored (I thought blond, of course). In my frustration with this 'hair', I just decided to pull it. Pluck. Upon closer examination of his 'hair' I set it in my hand and it sure looked light. Really light. In fact, it was totally white (or grey as they say). "Is that a grey hair?" I asked myself. Remaining calm, I took it to Tony for his inspection - hoping he would reassure me it was in fact, not grey. "I think I just pulled a grey hair," I told him. He looks at the measly, little, ugly, grey hair in my hand and just says,"Oh." So, I have tried to not be too alarmed by this little discovery. My 'Happy New Year' surprise. Since the 'hair' pulling I have told Cody many times that he needs to be good so that mommy doesn't get any more grey hair. Let's keep this our little secret.

A Merry Christmas

Before our memories of Christmas fade, I want to post just a few of my favorite pictures. We were blessed with a wonderful Christmas this year. Santa brought us all our heart's desired. Tony and I loved having the kids home for 2 weeks. We played too much, ate too much, slept too much and loved just being home together.