Monday, December 31, 2007

A Christmas to Remember

We had such an amazing Christmas this year! It was so good to be with family and friends to celebrate the Savior's birth, and we are so grateful to everybody for the gifts that we received. We didn't take pictures of everything we got but here are two presents Jason and I received that were very special.

These beautiful pictures were given to us by Jenilyn and John, and I just about died when I opened them. For a long time, Jason and I (me especially) have been looking for the perfect pictures to hang above our bed. I had a good idea of what I wanted and was describing it to my sister Jenilyn one day. Well, she remembered and she and John found these and framed them (after some phone calls to Jason to ask a few questions), and drove them here all the way from Utah. I love them!



And speaking of presents that made their way here from Utah...this one caught me so off guard on Christmas morning that I just started bawling! Mom and Dad gave us this beautiful Simon Dewey painting called 'Living Water'. My sister Rose had been shopping one day at Costco in Orem and there was Simon Dewey, with a bunch of his paintings. She called my Dad, who picked this one for us, and had it signed. I love this story in the scriptures too, so it was a very meaningful gift. Thanks mom and dad!



The flower pictures will hang just above our bed, and the Simon Dewey picture will probably go near the bottom of our stairs.


Hope you all had a merry Christmas this year!!

Christmas morning at the Mixa's

We had so much fun together Christmas morning, and the best part was that we were all there.

Here's Dad holding his prized BYU football signed by the team (thank you to Casey Tanner for doing all the work!). It's even better since BYU's amazing victory at the Las Vegas Bowl.



John and Jenilyn



Here we snuck over to the Nartker's for a few hours and Dallin received a John Deere lawnmower from grandma and grandpa- he played with that thing all day!



Dallin's other favorite toy, a truck from Aunt Cari



Evie being festive



Josh and Rose (Josh is obviously very excited about Christmas :) and Rose was such a good sport all week- for being 36 weeks pregnant she was not a complainer)



Beth and Cari



My boys!



Wes was so cute, he got so excited about that Ernie doll!

Family Time

Hooray, cousins together at last! Jenilyn, Wesley, Dallin and Grandma reading a story. Wes is Dallin's only cousin on the Mixa side (at least until Rose and Josh's little girl is born next month!)



Here's Wes looking cute as usual



And Dallin continues to demonstrate his solemn, doe-eyed pose. I promise he's a happy, energetic kid!



Pretty Aunt Beth

Monday, December 24, 2007

mel's major milestone



December 18th, 2007 was a very significant day for me. It marks 5 years since I finished chemo and radiation treatment for Hodgkin's Disease (which I was diagnosed with in July, 2002). These are pictures of me 5 years ago at Christmas time, and today at Christmas. I can't believe that much time has passed by already! The five year mark is significant because the possibility of the cancer returning drops dramatically. Just thought you might want to celebrate with me!

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