All is calm, all is bright.....

Silent Night.

Holy Night.

I have had such an amazing day.

I hope everyone has had a day as

lovely as mine.

I woke up early, really early for a night nurse...6 a.m.

And I woke up in the arms of my Mike.

And we laid there and listened to

Christmas music on my phone.

It was perfect, I fell in love..AGAIN.

And then we wrapped presents and listened to more Christmas music.

More in love.

And then we prepared for our annual

Christmas Eve

party at his parents house.

Mike washed my car, put gas in my car, shoveled out someone who needed it,

and made all four of the casseroles.

With a smile, In case you were wondering.

And yes...I fell even more in love.

And boy oh boy

did we have fun at our little party.

My little Jarret. He has more Christmas spirit than anyone I know.

Bryant is super cute and just a bit weird.

I think Jarret was getting ready to fart on me,
cause that's what he did.
I was not so happy.

Mike and Dawson playing the Minute it Win it Christmas game.

Alyson and Emilee with more fun and games.

Grandma reading "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"

Mike reading from the scriptures
More Love comin' his way.
I tell ya he is awesome.

All of my sweet children, some smiling and some practicing their kill shots.

Once again my Mike being the sweetest most kind human ever.
Helping out his sweet brother~ Santa.
Or is it Uncle Marc?

Denver's very own city and county building.
It is always beautiful on Christmas Eve,
we should know cause we drive past every single year!

Another one for your enjoyment.

And from my very own

Nativity

atop my fire place.

The Baby Jesus.

Dear Love CoRi dAwN Readers,

Thank you for enduring all of my crazy videos this month. The month is not over yet so you will have the opportunity to see a couple more. I would like you to know that I love Christmas, I love it because of all of the tradition and love that seem to just happen. I love because I love Jesus. And I am grateful for Him. I am grateful for His birth, His life, His death, and His resurrection. I also want all ya'll, and Mike, to know that I love Mike. He is more than I deserve.

Friends, sleep in Heavenly peace tonight because all is calm and all is bright.

Christ the Savior is born.

Love,

CoRi dAwN

CIVIL DEFENSE CAVES!

OMGOSH!

While we were on vacation in Idaho

we went "caving"!

We went to the

Civil Defense Caves

Near Rexburg.

So fun!!

When we got there the sun was just setting and it was beautiful.
It didn't matter that it was getting dark
because the caves are dark anyway.

OK...Sometimes I make myself laugh...really hard.

Usually I laugh at myself when I do something that isn't so smart.

And while hiking in the caves I made myself laugh.

Instead of using the flashlight app on my phone I used my cameras pre-flash for light.

And while doing that I took an amazing amount of pictures of my feet, Mike's feet, and the rocks.

They are some really nice pictures.

The kids had a blast hiking through the pitch black caves.

I was impressed with their ability to scale rocks in darkness.

While in there we tripped, bumped our heads, got a little scared, and some of us may or may not have voided, but it was a super amount of fun and one of our fondest memories of our vacation.

We also had just about the best excursion guides ever!

My cousin Ike and his lovely wife Shauna.

They and their kids were super fun and made us laugh.

And the stars!!

 I wish everyone could see stars like we saw when we came out.

It was more than amazing.

Dear Ike and Shauna,
Thank you for helping me make some memories! We had a blast that night and my kids are still talking about it. You two are the best tour guides ever and I love you.
Love,
CoRi dAwN

Me and my mom

CoRi dAwN and my mom

(I think we look a lot alike)

I've been thinking lots about my mom lately.

She's cool. And funny.

Really funny.

I posted this picture but I really wanted to post a picture I got a couple of weeks ago via text message from my sister Dana.

The picture is of my mom,

only the bottom half of my mom.

And well you could tell she had been

laughing a lot!

Out of control type of laughter.

You know...the kind where you lose "control".

I wish I had been there.

Dear Mom,

I love to hear you laugh.

I also love to see the results of your laughter.

You are a good mom and I am grateful for you.

Let's do something soon.

Love,

CoRi dAwN



New Student Orientation

Welcome to BYU!

BYU did an amazing job welcoming the incoming class of 2011!

There was a cute little pep rally where they took the class picture in the shape of a Y.

There was fireworks and the marching band.

Some athletes and some cheerleaders.

AND OF COURSE COSMO WAS THERE!!

WHO DOESN'T LOVE COSMO?

I KNOW I DO!

Kinda made me wish I was new student instead of a mom of a new student.

But not really.

CoRi dAwN and Mike

Dear BYU,

Thanks for being so welcoming!

If I must send my beautiful daughter away to college,

I glad she is there.

Take care of her, she is precious.

Love,

CoRi dAwN