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Amy's North Pole Santa Party

Here are the photos from yesterday's Santa Party (50 kids plus their parents!).  Amy outdid herself. Santa was there, the kids got to "build a bear," there were two of Santa's helpers making balloon characters for the kids, a photo station, her kitchen was Santa's Candy Shop, and the backyard was a winter wonderland.

And Kyle and Amy were Elves!

Candy Cane Lane Party

I hosted a "release" party for Jennifer's song, Candy Cane Lane which was recorded and released by Point of Grace (who won a Dove Award for their Christmas album with this song on it). The photos above are from that party.

North Pole Patrol

Here is a video from their release party last night (tunes can be downloaded at itunes.com, Amazon.com and cdbaby.com)

Merry Christmas from the North Pole Patrol

Jennifer's Christmas CD

Taryn Brainard, Emily Shackelton, & Jennifer Zuffinetti

 Jennifer put together a trio called "North Pole Patrol"
to sing her Christmas music. Listen to it here:

Ainsley's Christmas Photo

Happy Thanksgiving

"A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort—at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don’t get around to it. Someone has said that “feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
--Thomas S. Monson

"Gratitude is a state of appreciation, an act of thanksgiving, which causes us to be humble because we recognize an act of kindness, service, or caring from someone else which lifts us and strengthens us."
--Robert D. Hales

Gratitude

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."       

~William Arthur Ward

Happy Birthday Ainsley!

Ainsley is one year old today!

Thanksgiving

We had our Thanksgiving early because nobody was going to be in town over Thanksgiving.

Happy Halloween!

 The Jones family in the Church parking lot
for "Trunk or Treating" on Oct. 30th

They went as Max, Sulley, Beauty, and the Beast to Trick or Treat at Disneyland and their costumes were so good that they got to ride on a float in the parade!

We had fun at the olympics

Check out our routine (be patient...can take a full minute to download)

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Do Something for Someone Today

 If you don't have the time and/or the money to participate in organized charities, but still want to do "something:"  for "someone,"  go to this website (You'll be glad you did )

http://youngmothersservingothers.blogspot.com/

Kenny Chesney's River House

Kenny Chesney sold his river house to Scott Hendricks after the Nashville floods. Jennifer is good friends with Scott and he invited us over to see the house after the floods subsided and things were back in shape again. Here is what The house looked like before the flood (and again now, after the flood):

Here is the video of what Nashville, and Kenny's house, looked like during the flood:

Their boat dock was washed away and found in a tree...27 miles down stream!

It is our 40th Wedding Anniversary today!

We just got back from our anniversary cruise to Alaska. Alan hates to travel, but he couldn't say no to this. I told him he had a choice between a cruise or a big party (and he hates parties more than he hates to travel). It was a ten-day cruise and he never got off the ship!  (to each his own).  I had a great time - I love to cruise.

Now we're planning on getting a divorce, for religious reasons.  He thinks he's God, and I don't!

(Just kidding).  Here we are off to a nice quiet, romantic anniversary dinner...

Prince Poppycock

For those of you who missed it, here is Prince Poppycock's audition for America's got Talent:

Time Management

"We have to live thoughtfully, to be discriminating as to everything that takes our time.  We must in some measure eliminate the insignificant, the inconsequential, and not let our lives be broken into little pieces that get lost along the way.  We need to live so that we can see a pattern, a plan, a purpose, and make every motion, every moment more meaningful."    Richard L. Evans

You Can't Judge a Book...

A new post by my daughter, Jennifer Zuffinetti...Enjoy 
Download her music for FREE at:
http://www.fizzkicks.com/zuffinetti/