1. Baby Sneezy when I was little oh man I can still picture her and smell her... I liked her so much I asked for a new one the next year.
2. Light Brite and Santa wrote my name on it so it was all a glowing when I came out Christmas morning... (I actually sneaked out that year and saw it in the middle of the night, I could not sleep for the rest of the night... that was the year I really saw Santa, but the summer before I had seen Smokey the Bear waving to me in the camper window so... I'm not sure what my mom was sprinkling on my dinner??.... and by the way I typed snuck and it is not a word so surprisingly I think sneaked is correct)
3.Rub-a-dub dolly Oh her cute curly hair and blue eyes, and the bath robe I wish I still had her!
4. Star, the barbie with her totally awesome roller skates and red silky jacket she was so cool and that curly hair oh she was it!!
5. Roller skates, I got them a few years in a row... My friend and I were like roller skating champions.... if you didn't know... in fact one year we thought of signing up for this roller derby thing but didn't because we would just win too easily. This was seriously our thoughts and an actual conversation. One year I got these so cute white with orange stripes skates... so cool! (3rd grade it wasn't last year if you were thinking that)
6.My record player, it was black and white and could probably sing along with Donna Summers it was played so much.... I'm talking the Wanderer record not Hot stuff.... a little Deonne Warwick is that her name and that's what friends are for... Willy Nelson on the road again and Still Rock and Roll to me came on the 7up record I got from my Dads work it was pretty awesome as well.. and good ole Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 was a nice added addition along with Blondie's Rapture feature in the year to come. I cried and cried when that record player broke... now I was stuck listening to just KRSP and requesting King Tut or Disco Duck....
7. My tape player, the little black and silver one you could record things on.... that was the greatest I loved to tape commercials of all things and listen to them over and over. (Julie or Journey through the glass the best Mormon commercial ever) We also played talk show/or radio host and did interviews on that thing... oh how I wish I had copies of those!
8. Whicker shelves those arched ones from like Jabberwockey or something like that, I asked for those for a few years before I got them, I don't think my parents thought I was serious... when I finally got them, we were walking out to open presents and I saw them through the window, I didn't want to ruin the surprise so I didn't say anything, and just opened my other presents... my parent then got all bent out of shape saying I was being a brat acting like is that all.... and they were like you have another present so rudish.... we still argue today over whether or not I had actually seen them or if I was pouting that I did not get them... I really and honestly saw them through the window! I just wanted to decorate my room is that weird for a kid... probably!
9. My ghetto blaster, It was awesome it had a dual tape deck and you could record from one to the other... My friend Michelle knew I was getting this and made me all these different tapes to listen to.... You know John Denver, Oingo Boingo, The Smiths.... The Cure... some awesome groups I must say....
10. Every Christmas with Tom is the best, he is such a good gift giver, he watches and knows the things you will want and I always feel bad that he does it so much better then I... that is why I have been so excited the 3 whopping times I have surprised him.... Some of the top gifts from him would be the very first Santa he gave me when we were dating/breaking up.... The Santa he gave me the first year we were married. Our trip to Nauvoo, My serger, American Girl dolls... He always gives nice gifts and makes them look all cute. Our first Christmas I cried because I thought I had a lot for him and he gave me 10x more I felt stupid!! I love how thoughtful of a giver he is though, I believe Canyon has inherited this trait oh how lucky his wife will be.
11. My lockers my dad made me... I was totally surprised and had wanted them for so long... they were made to fit perfectly in my garage and painted by my mom. Love them!!
12.My black bike I got in like 5th grade I wanted a ten speed so bad, but my dad has lost his job and things were beyond tight... some how they still pulled it together and got me a bike.... I found out later it took a lot of searching and a missionary who had bought a bike and found out he couldn't take it gave them a crazy good deal. I know that Christmas was so hard for my parents but they made it so great for all of us and we had no idea all the stresses they went through to get us stuff. I know it is because of my parents that I love Christmas so much!
So there you go you can laugh at my nerdyness.. it's ok... this has been the most fun post to do, the little walk down memory lane I wish I could go back to each of these Christmases just for a minute, or just to see the toys again and show my kids....
What are your favorite gifts??
S.O. Winter Area Games
12 years ago
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Why did this post make me cry? I loved it! I think because I can see your excited face and hear how happy each thing made you.
Christmas was always so magical around my home. And it wasn't until I became an adult that I saw, like you, just how difficult it must have been, and what great lengths my parents must have taken to make each one magical.
One year when I was 6 I believe, my parents drove us up to Utah to see my mom's parents, and the snow for the first time that I can remember. All of us kids were so excited! And that year the snow did not disappoint. We woke up Christmas morning at my grandparents' house and it was a winter wonderland outside! And for our Christmas gift...we got to spend 5 whole days in Park City learning how to ski. So we headed up there, stayed in a condo right on the resort with my mom's brother & sister and their families (one of the ones you could ski to) and my parents put Brittany and I in ski school for 3 days. It was seriously thee funnest time ever. My parents have the best picture of all of us (extended family and all) on the mountain, in our neon ski suits, goggles and rockin shades. Oh yes and my dad was still rockin the mullet that none of us realized was a mullet until after he cut it. We had a blast! That was Brittany's & my first year skiing and we loved it so much. Skiied every year since then, but as soon as Cam and I got married though...we said bye bye to it because it is so dang expensive. Maybe that's why I'm so excited to get the boys into snowboarding. I can't wait to share those experiences with them. We've learned about a bunch of deals and ins and outs of getting there the inexpensive way so I'm praying for an awesome season with the boys...if we ever get snow that is. (I can see you cringing right now about the "S" word. ;-))
I always love how Cam takes the boys to find me just the right gift too. They always come up with something that they've heard me say I want and I know Cam has secretly stashed money away even when we are struggling. Last year it was my grey Uggs. I know...so insignificant to most...but they had all heard me talking about them and knew that would be something I would love. I wear the crap out of those suckers.
The first year that Cam and I had been dating (so our 2nd Christmas), Alec was 6 and he and Christie went shopping for me. He decided he wanted to get me perfume...so they went to all of the department stores and he would smell each and every perfume they had until he found me the perfect one. The ladies at the counter were laughing so hard at him because of his funny little voice that he talks out of his nose saying "oh no that's not the one." Or, "ya I think she'll like this one." The very first one he got me was Ralph Lauren. He had gotten me perfume every year up until this year and never ever disappointed me. I knew the day would come when it would end because he's too old to be buying his sis-in-law perfume...but that was one of my very favorite things I looked forward to each year.
So last year, this really awesome friend of mine gave me my very first sewing kit ever (unless you count the little ones you take home from hotels in the packets) in hopes that I would be receiving my very own sewing machine. This is after she spent every spare ounce of time she had helping me make my very first thing I had ever made. I will always ALWAYS remember that Christmas and how much all of her time and knowledge and thoughtfulness helped me. She really is my favorite friend ever.
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