Tag! I’m it!

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I’ve been tagged by Christina!

Four jobs you’ve had in your life:

Customer Service Rep. for local newspaper

Receptionist (UGH! Hated it)

Executive Secretary/Admin. Assistant

Life Insurance Agent/Brokerage Assistant

Four movies you would watch over and over:

Top Gun

Gone With The Wind

Steel  Magnolias

Sleepless in Seattle

Four places you have lived:

Salt Lake City, UT

Bountiful, UT

Midvale, UT

(only 3 – WOW!  That’s not too exciting!)

Four TV shows you love to watch:

Desperate Housewives

Grey’s Anatomy

Reality TV (almost anything!)

Anything on the Food Channel

Four places you have been on vacation:

Hawaii

Mexico

New York

Florida

Four websites you visit daily:

2peas

Power School (check Tyson’s grades)

Friends Blogs

My blog

Four of your favorite foods:

Sushi

Pasta

Chips & Salsa

Wine & Margaritas!

Four places you would rather be right now:

On a beach, reading a book, drinking a margarita (AAAAAAAHHHHH!)

At home scrapbooking

In bed taking a nap

Having a glass of wine and relaxing at home 

Four bloggers you are tagging:

Denise , Megan, Katherine, Shanna

Ali

TGIF!

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I CANNOT tell you how happy I am that it is FINALLY FRIDAY!  Woo Hoo!  Bring on the weekend!  Even though this has been a short week, it seems like forever.  UGH!  I’m leaving work at 3:00pm today, to go watch Tyson’s sophomore and JV basketball games.  Then off to BONCO (bunko) with the girls.  Should be fun!  Tomorrow night is the Winter Formal Dance, so tomorrow morning I’ll be running around trying to find a nice black dress shirt and cream tie for Tyson to wear.  His date suggested he wear all black and a cream tie (???), since she will be wearing a cream dress.  Oh well!  Not sure what Madi has planned for the weekend, probably a movie or shopping with one of her friends.  Oh, and I booked my flight to Vegas this morning!  My friend Nic is coming over from New Zealand for CHA and her 10 year wedding anniversary, so they are going to renew their vows in Vegas!  And since I have never met Nic in person, I’m going down for the weekend for the wedding, and to meet up with some of my scrapping friends!  Unfortunately, I won’t be able to stay for CHA (bummer for me!), but it will be a blast nontheless!  I hope everyone has a super-fantabulous weekend!

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Ali

Happy 16th Birthday Tyson!

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Happy 16th Birthday Tyson!  I can’t believe that you are 16!  Where did the time go?  It just seems like yesterday that I held all 9.12 lbs of you in my arms for the first time!  You have been such a joy to have in our lives!  So full of energy and zest for life!  You have brought us so much happiness and FUN!  There is never a dull moment when you are around!  Enjoy life Tyson, just as life enjoys YOU!  We LOVE YOU!!!!

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Ali

Merry Christmas!

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I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL holiday!  We at the Moll house, has a wonderful Christmas!  We spent the early part of Christmas Eve at Carl’s dad’s house with his family.  We had a bit to eat, opened gifts and then headed off to The Acosta’s for another quick visit.  We hung out with them for a while and then headed to our last stop…. dinner with friends at the Ringheimer’s house.  What a fun night.  Lots of yummy, yummy food.  The kids had a great time (as did we adults!).  When we arrived home we let the kids open one gift (pajamas) and then I relented and let them open one more (slippers!).  We sent the kids off to bed and Carl and I filled the stockings and finished up some loose ends.  We finally made it to bed around 1:00 am.  Thankfully, our kids NEVER wake us up early (what is up with that?)  Tyson got up around 9:30 and we finally had to wake Madi up at 10:00!!!!!  Crazy kids!  The kids recieved a bunch of clothes, dvd’s and video games.  The dog and cat each got new beds and some yummy (for them) treats!  We had breakfast at our house and then headed down to my parent’s house for more presents and dinner.  Grandma and Grandpa outdid themselves this year, as did my brothers with their gifts.  Tyson’s 16th birthday is on New Year’s Eve, so his Christmas present from my parents was a joint Christmas/Birthday gift.  Are you ready for this….. they gave Tyson a NEW CAR!!!  He goes to school about 20 miles from our house and having a car can be such a blessing (mostly for us!)  Tyson is an honor student and maintains a high GPA, while still playing three different sports (year round).  My parents wanted to reward him.  My brothers were also involved in giving Tyson the car and then contributed a sub woofer and amp for his stereo.  Tyson was ABSOLUTELY STUNNED and in SHOCK!  He never in a million years thought he would get such a gift. He has been soooooo thankful to everyone.  What a great kid!  Madi was also spoiled by grandma and grandpa as well as her uncles.  She got a flip phone/camera phone, which she totally wanted as well an an iPod Video!  She was beyone thrilled!  She also got some cute (?) skater shoes and more clothes.  Tyson spent the remainder of the day learning how to drive a stick shift!  Too funny!  He got it though, and is doing great!  He’s getting in lots of driving time with us, to  prepare for his test next week.  Oh, the specs on the car….. 2001 Volkswagon Passat.  It is silver and only has 50k miles.  It is in awesome condition!  I think I want to drive it!

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Ali

I’ve been Christmas Tagged!

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Tagged!

The awesome & talented Melissa tagged me!

Hot Chocolate or Egg nog.

I’m not really a huge chocolate fan (weird huh) and Egg Nog gives me the HEEBIE JEEBIES!  Just the thought of it!  ICK!  I prefer a nice Latte from Starbucks instead!

Does Santa wrap the presents or just set them under the tree. 

He wraps them. When the kids were little, Santa didn’t wrap, but somehow that changed over the last few years!  Santa wraps everything now.  I love to wrap so it works out great for me!

Colored or white lights on the tree/house?

All white lights on the house outside, and on all of our trees and garland inside.  I have kind of a red/white Christmas theme in the house, so colored lights wouldn’t work too well.

Do you hang mistletoe?

I never have!  Weird!  Maybe I should this year!

When do you decorate?

The day after Thanksgiving!  Tradition!  Although this year I had to work, so I didn’t get started until Friday night!  I’m kind of anal about decorating too.  I like to do it all myself!  The kids do their tree, and Carl does the lights outside and puts up the HUGE tree in the living room, but the rest is all mine!  And I LOVE IT! 

What is your favorite holiday dish?

Hmmmmmm… hard decision!  I have a few!  My mom makes this yummy potato dish every year for Christmas dinner.  They are called lots of different things Company Potatoes, Funeral Potatoes, or if you are from Utah, Mormon Potatoes! LOL!  On Christmas Eve after Mass, and visiting with Carl’s family, we usually end up at our friends The Ringheimer’s house, and they always have this yummy roasted red pepper/mushroom/olive oil dish that is amazing!  AND of course I can’t forget the yummy breakfast casserole that we have on Christmas morning.  Random choices, I know!  I’m not a real dessert eater!

Favorite Holiday memory as a child?

So many!  Probably my favorite would be trying to stay up all night with my brothers!  My parents would let my brothers and I sleep in their bed when we werel little, while they stayed up and waited for santa.  They would sleep in my brother’s twin beds :)!  We would try and stay up as late as we could to see if we could hear Santa.  We used to laught and giggle all night!  Eventually, we would fall asleep only to wake up around 4:00 am to start bugging my parents to let us get up and see what Santa brought!

How and when did you learn the truth about Santa?

I can’t really remember!  I think I still believe!

Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve? 

We open one gift and it is always pajamas!

What kind of cookies do you set out for Santa on Christmas Eve?

We usually buy sugar cookies for Santa, which we did last night!  And we always leave a glass of milk, or a bottle of coke (when we can find bottles!)

Snow! Love it or hate it?

I LOVE it on Christmas!  My ideal would be to have snow from Thanksgiving through New Years!  And then on January 2nd… bring on the warm balmy weather!  I don’t think we’ll have a white Christmas this year.  The weather has been soooooo nice the last few days!  Must be what you Californians have at Christmas!  Temps in the mid to upper 50’s!

Can you ice skate?

Yes!  Not very well, but my friend’s Amy & Ilona and I took ice skating lessons a few years ago!  Fun times!

Do you remember your favorite gift? 

I ‘ve had some great gifts!  When I was younger…. the year I got skiis, or the year I got a phone for my room… or the year I got those awesome blue clogs that I just had to have! I even opened that package and peeked to make SURE I was getting them! LOL! As an adult, I don’t really care about getting gifts… the best gift is giving presents to my kids and watching their faces when I’ve picked out just the right thing!

What’s your favorite holiday dessert?

I’m not really a huge dessert eater!  I’m weird, I know!  BUT, my Mom makes these awesome chocolate cookies every year at Christmas!  They are my favorite and are a tradition for sure! Mom, if you are reading this, you better get baking those cookies! 🙂 And my late sister-in-law Anne, was known for her sugar cookies!  She made them every year for us for Christmas!  Chris, if you’re reading this, HAVE YOU BAKED THOSE COOKIES YET?  ;)!

What’s your favorite holiday tradition?

Carl and I give the kids (and my niece Erin) a new Hallmark ornament every year!  The kids have thier own tree that they put their ornaments on.  We had to upgrade to a bigger tree last year, because they have quite the collection now that they are 13 & 16!  Another favorite tradition is going to Mass on Christmas Eve as a family!  Reminds us of the reason for the season!

What is your favorite Christmas Carol?

So many favorites. I can’t name just one!  I love "Mary’s Boy Child Jesus" (not sure of the real title!) Winter Wonderland, really all of the classics!  And I LOVE, LOVE Feliz Navidad!  I know, I know, that is just weird!  BUT it ALWAYS makes happy to sing along with it! 

Are they fake or real? Er, I mean…What type of tree? 

Well that’s kind of personal!  LOL!  Our trees are all fake, BUT my ‘girls’ are REAL! 🙂

And now I am going to tag Angie and Katherine, two great girls!  Angie, you better update your blog woman!  And Katherine, LOVE the target UGGS!  CUTE!

Ali

Christmas Eve EVE!

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Merry Christmas Eve EveI’m finally starting to get excited for Chrismas!  Phew!  It has been a crazy week with 2 basketball games, a Christmas Party, a Birthday Party AND STILL SHOPPING TO FINISH UP!  Ü  BUT, it is Friday!  And tomorrow is Christmas Eve!  WOO HOO!  I am working today (hopefully we’ll get off early), but I thought I would post some photos of what I see everday while I am at work.  I work for an Ad Agency (Crowell Advertising) and we work in in a pretty funky building with lots, and lots of color.  Here are pictures of our Christmas Tree, our Christmas Card Christmas Tree, our GIANT Logo (the face) and also a picture of the view outside my window today (It’s GORGEOUS here today)!

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Okay, the bowling pin picture…. how random is that?  Apparently, my boss thinks we are going to have cocktails at lunch time and then have a bowling tournament down our long hallway…… ????????  Ugh!  Did I mention I still have Christmas shopping to do? 

Have a wonderful CHRISTMAS EVE EVE today!

Ali

Winter Formal News

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The Judge Memorial Winter Formal (girl’s choice) is coming up right after the Christmas break.  Usually the formal is held the week or two before Christmas, but this year it is changed to January 6th.  With all the drama of Homecoming this year (ex girlfriend, two "no" answers), it was nice that Tyson was asked to the Winter Formal right off the bat and by a cute girl, that just happens to be a scrapbooker!  How cute is this:

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She made this cute little scrapbook for Tyson!  It was waiting for him in his homeroom class.  Cute, cute!

So, Tyson of course said YES!  He answered her with a cute "Build-A-Bear" dressed in a cute knitted "J" (for Judge) sweater that a friend of mine knitted, along with a flag saying he would be "BEARY" happy to go to Winter Formal with her.  She loved it too!

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Ali