LOVE my iphotos! fun random shots from the android!

Beautiful winter day- Christmas Eve.

Ashlyn and I hanging out in the Colorado Mountain High :)

(these are all iphotos from my android or ry's iphone)

December 28, 2011 BYU game in Provo, Utah.

Kids and I hit the BYU bookstore. They all got

Christmas money and couldn't wait to buy some great BYU gear!

We had such a great night together as a family.

We went with Grandma and Grandpa Brown.

Sister Love! Utah Dec. 2011 Brown Cousin Party.

I so miss my girls! love them so much!

Mace playing in the beautiful winter snow! Such a lovely day.

In COlorado, the sun is ALWAYS out! Dec. 2011

Jake and Austin! Bronco's game! Nov. 2011.

Ry and the boys got 12th row seats.

They watched Tebow pull out a miraculous :) win.

The boys came home soooo excited. A night they won't forget!

Colorado FRIENDS! yay.

Colorado has been so good to me.

I have met some amazing ladies.

This is a picture at Bonefish Grill for Jessica's Birthday!

Jake's Soccer Team: Dynamite! We played in a tournament on Saturday.

We split in 2 and played against 5 teams.

It was a 2 hour rally, 9 minute games!

We took 1st and 2nd!

It is so fun to watch Jakke's team play, they are such a talented bunch.

BYU game. We went on the court after the game and got

some BYU player signatures. It awesome!

ahhh my UTAH girls. 11 years of friendship. priceless!

I love these girls! Thanks for planning a dinner around me!

my christmas present. love you ryan :)

The boys at the Denver Nugget game!

The kids got to go on the court and

welcome the Denver Nuggets team!

it was awesome! Ry and I got to go up on the court as well.

I high- fived the Nugget team as well. Bird Man was tall!

It was such a fun fun night.

Love you summer time.

A party at Mary Willis house :)

Schramms, Coons, Rennakers, Willis, Stott's,

I haven't blogged in awhile! But I am NOT stopping! no way.

I am working on a huge project:

I am turning my blog into a book! Blurb.com.

I have almost finished 2008. It will be awesome.

Such a great way to keep my families journal.

I am so excited about it.

Jake's birthday is tomorrow! yay

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day :)

Christmas was magical. It was great.

Ashlyn, Austin, Jake and Mace loving the snowy Christmas Holiday.

(last year their was NO snow!)

Lots of hot cocoa, crackling fires and snowflakes falling in the sky. (we loved it!)

Our second christmas in Colorado, it all went down well.

With all the Christmas gifts for family, neighbor gifts, teacher gifts,

christmas cards,

kids gifts, family gifts all squared away, (pheeeeeew!!)
we were ready for a wonderful

Christmas Eve. And to focus on the true meaning.

THis year I tried again

to implement in their little hearts about service.

And that to give, is far better than to receive.

I have traditions in place every year to remind and to teach the kids.

Christmas Eve traditions:

(Luke 2, I believe in Santa Claus book, Toasts and Compliments by candlelight, gift exchange..and then game night under twinkling lights, waiting for Santa.)

We also read 10 plus Christmas books, watch Christmas videos, and did Christmas activities.

Our favorite:

The Last Straw (book) for Christmas

(pick names and do service),

and The 12 Days of Christmas.

(this year especially, it was fun to watch the kids get so excited to serve eachother. They layed their p.j's out, they would leave sweet notes on their pillows, they would make their lunch, they would put treats on their bed...they loved it this year.)

I feel and know that the Stott's have

been so incredibly blessed. My life couldn't be any better.

I wonder why I deserve such happiness in my life.

It was a great Merry Christmas season.

So much fun, so many good memories. I loved 2011.

Kindle fire for Ashlyn, Kinect Xbox for Aus and Jake, and Nintendo 3DS for Mace. Plus they got Wiii games, BYU clothes, phitens, Jimmer pictures..

Ashlyn got cute clothes, jewelry, and hair stuff.

Earlier on Christmas Eve day,

We went sledding up by our house-

the snow was glorious!

That evening we went to the Batson home along with 5-6 other families.

We celebrated Christmas eve with good food, desserts and the Nativity.

It was such a great day!

Cheers to ringing in 2012. What will that bring??

We have really welcomed Colorado as our new home and it has

brought us such joy and happiness. With a little homesickness (from me!)

we are doing great. I couldn't imagine we would live at the foothills of Boulder and Denver, have great friends for our kids, love our schools, our ward, and all of our activities.

We have just loved exploring Boulder, Estes Park, Georgetown, Granby, Silverthorne, all of the Colorado ski cities. We enjoy the hikes, the views, the fishing and all the wonderful things Colorado has had to offer. WE would never change our course or direction, us Stott's have learned so so much. We left our comfort zone in Utah and we branched out and have seen an entire new world, new cities, met new people, new friends and it has given us so many wonderful experiences and opportunites. Of course we have our miss Utah moments! But we have tried to embrace Colorado as our home

and make it just that.

Excited for 2012!

-LOVED Utah over the christmas break! I have a few pics from that-

I am so so grateful for my family and friends in Utah, I could never do

this without them.

Thank you for all your continual support and LOVE!

Love you!