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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Christmas Day

It was Christmas morning and as always I couldn't sleep so I (as usual) was the first one up. Because I got up at 3:00am. What can I say I'm an early riser   Unfortunatly when you get up that early there is no one else up (I'm not sure why) to keep you company, so you get board. I got dressed and did my hair so that I would be presentable in the Christmas pictures. I wrote in my journal, looked for my stocking ("Santa" hides them every year) with no sucksess, and took a couple pictures of the presents under the tree. Here they are:







Then Reed woke up at 4:57am. We set off into the house in search of our Christmas stockings.


By the time everyone was up Reed and I had found all the stockings, except mine (it's always like that). Dad gave us some hints to were they were using the answer sheet that "Santa" gave him. Finnally I found mine. Here is where the stockings were:
Dad's was in the big hawian suitcase that was holding Amber's present.
Mom's was behind the celestial room wood cabinet with big glass doors.
Natasha's was tucked safly away in the back of our entry way coat closet.
Amber's was way behind/under the three seater celestial room white couch.
Rachelle's (Mine) was rolled up in some of Dad's big work plans in the office.
Reed's was behind/on top of our small TV behind a board game in the school room.

We were all pumped up and excited, but best of all we were a happy family on Christmas Day.



Us Kids (Natasha was lost in the bathroom some were, as usaul)

Uh Oh



Amber bought the gun for Trevor, Natasha and Amber bought the gun for Dad and Reed, and Mom bought the box of 1 million BBs for all of the boys.



Mom got cocunut and lime sented shea sugar body scrub that includes free pedecures/manacures/massages until the scrub is gone from Rachelle (Me)


The girls got fuzzy socks from mom
Natasha - Plain Pink and Stripped Pink and Blue
Amber - Plain Red and squiggled + plain Red and White
Rachelle (Me) - Plain Green and squiggled + plain Green and White

The girls presents from both parents
Natasha - Black scripture quad with gold inscribed letters on it from Mom
Amber -  Silver hair cutting sissors (so Amber will cutt Dad's hair) from Dad
Rachelle (Me) - A rock? (Dad found it under a hotel while he was working and thought it might be a geod, hey, it's the thought that counts right) from Dad
P.S. The fruit loops aren't supposed to be in the picture

Yum! Mom got a giant pack of Oreo cookies from Amber and Trevor

Amber got two big horse statues and a scarf from Rachelle (Me)



Amber and Reed got robes (because they were fighting over one) from Mom

Mom got an Almond Joy (her favorite candy bar) from Reed

Mom got a nativity (that makes 65 nativities) and a poem about mothers on glass with a candle from Rachelle (Me)


Dad got Boot laces (which is what he is saying) from Reed


Mom got knee high, diamond pattered, fuzzy topped, red, green, and white toe socks from Natasha


They are awesome, but she had to have Dad help her put them on :) Love it!



Present Pictures 


Ralph Ellsworth Cluff
1. Driod (cell phone) from himself (mom wrapped it)
2. Three plaid flanel shirts (1 red 2 blue) from mom
3. Nose/Ear/Hair trimmer from mom
4. Remote control helicopter (so he can share/play with the boys) from himself
5. White and purple blow-dryer from mom
6. Air soft pistial (shares it with Reed) from Amber and Natasha
7. Foamy green hand soap from Rachelle (Me)
8. Diamond patterend, gray shade colored, sweater from mom
9. Brown boot shoe-laces from Reed
10. Reading glasses (for old men) from mom
11. Will maker (uh oh) from mom
12. one million extra BBs (for his air soft pistial) from mom

Celestia Raye Lani Cluff
1.one pair of knee high, diamond pattered, fuzzy topped, red, green, and white toe socks from Natasha
2. Deep frying pan from Dad
3. Pack of whoppers (insde joke) from Dad
4. i-Pod zebra case from Trevor
5. Velcro (to hold mom's i-Pod onto the car dash) from Dad
6.Green heat blanket from Dad
7. Light switch and remote to turn off lights without touching the light switch from dad (the electrition)
8. Cocunut and lime sented shea sugar body scrub that includes free pedecures/manacures/massages until the scrub is gone from Rachelle (Me)
9. Five clear, red lided, plastic containers from Dad
10. One spatula (the flipper kind) and two spatulas (the scrapping kind) from Dad
11. Kitchen knife (sharp!) from Dad
12. White nativity with gold edging (it's tradition to get one) from Rachelle (Me)
13. Black Klogs (shoes) with decorations on them from Dad
14. Giant pack of Oreos from Amber and Trevor
15. A poem about mothers on glass with a candle from Rachelle (Me)
16. A 1100 pound rock (Dad wanted to make sure no one could steal it) to put in our drive-way as an address rock, Dad is even going to carve the address in himself along with a note about us Cluffs 



Natasha Piilani Cluff
1. Cell Phone! (didn't see that one coming did you, no one did not even mom...oh) from Dad
2. Plain, green, fuzzy blanket from mom
3. Water proof mascara (figures) from mom
4. Gold loop earings from mom
5. Pink mexican shawl from mom
6. Black scripture quad with her name inscribed in gold letters on it from mom
7. Fuzzy socks, plain pink and stripped pink and blue from mom
8. Uggs (boots) that are brown with fuzzy insides that can fold down from mom
9. Pink jacket (stylish) from mom
10. Gloves (the kind that are doubbled one with fingertips and one without) from mom


Amber Lani Cluff
 1. Carosel horse wind chime from mom
2. Gloves (the kind that are doubbled one with fingertips and one without) from mom
3. Fuzzy socks, plain red and squiggled + plain red and white from mom
4. Blue & silver shades of eye-shadow
5. Silky scarf (her favorite kind) from Rachelle (Me)
6. Two black stockings with rose and squiggles designs from mom
7. Plain, green, fuzzy blanket from mom
8. Pencil set that included colored pencils, drawing pencils & water-color pencils (shares it with me) from mom
9. Two good-sized leather horse statues, one back one brown from Rachelle (Me)
10. Silky black robe with dragon design on back from mom
11. Barn gloves (the kind without fingertips) from mom
12. Shine balck scarf (used to be zebra gloves) from mom
13. Cover-up from mom
14. Silver sissors (to cut Dad's hair with) from Dad


Rachelle Kalani Cluff
1. Plain, green, fuzzy blanket from mom

2. Lepord print wallet from mom
3. Neon highlighters (blue, pink, yellow, & green) from mom
4. Finger-nail clippers (so we don't steel Dads) from Dad
5. Fuzzy socks, plain green and squiggled + plain Green and White
6. White ankle socks from mom
7. Toy hand-cuffs (share with Reed) from mom
8. Egg shapped rock (Dad found it under a hotel when he was working and thought it might be a geod, it wasn't, but it is the thought that counts) from Dad

9. Pencil set that included colored pencils, drawing pencils & water-color pencils (shares it with Amber) from mom
10. Griddle (not suprising sence I make breakfast every morning) from mom
11. Neon orange (fat) shoe-laces




Trevor Richard Cluff
 1. Two clip-on ties from mom
2. Plain, green, fuzzy blanket from mom
3. Remote control heilicopter (share with Dad and Reed) from Dad
4. Mummy bag (sleeping bag for scout trips) from mom
5. Air-soft pistal from Amber
6. one million BBs (for air-soft gun) from mom
7. Rechargeable batteries from Dad
8. Key wrench from Dad 

Reed Paul Cluff
1. Black robe with silver linig from mom
2. Red and silver scooter from mom
3. Key wrench from Dad
4. Two clip-on ties from mom
5. Plain, green, fuzzy blanket from mom

6. Toy hand-cuffs (share with Rachelle) from mom
7. Air soft pistial (shares it with Dad) from Amber and Natasha
8. Rechargeable batteries from Dad
9. Remote control heilicopter (share with Dad andTrevor) from Dad

Family Gifts
1) Waffle maker
2) Giant wind chime
3) Moose-munch
4) Almond Rocha
5) 2 packs of Chezzits
6) Life, Pops, Fruit Loops
7) Sonicare toothbrushes
8) State game
9) Chocolate covered almonds and carmel
10) 2 brooms

Grandma Cluff's gifts to us
Dad = Carmel Popcorn
Mom =
Natasha = Jelly beans
Amber = Carmel popcorn
Rachelle (Me) = Chocolate covered marshmellows
Trevor = Remote control heilicopter
Reed = Remote control heilicopter

All in all this year was a great Christmas!!!














Monday, January 10, 2011

Christmas Eve Part 2

After a good day of snowmobiling the whole family hunkered down in the celestial room and opened one present as is tradition.



Dad got a spark plug wrench




Mom got a homemade decorated pine cone tree from Reed




Natasha got two sets of earrings


Amber got the kind of gloves that have fingerless and fingers and you put them together from Rachelle (Me)
Rachelle (I) got a Red Columbia® Multi-Function Tool with LED Light from Reed

Reed also got a Columbia® Multi-Function Tool with LED Light only blue from Natasha



After we played a couple of games and watched a movie we hung our stockings and went to bed.


Sunday, January 2, 2011

Christmas Eve

In the morning Dad, Natasha, Amber, Rachelle (Me), Trevor, and Reed all went snowmobiling. The place we went to was called McDonald Basin. There was alot of powder and so that meant carving and getting stuck. We had a blast!

 
Natasha

Dad carving up the snow


Trevor took a turn caving with Dad....


He got dumped



Now it was Natasha's turn to take her chances and go carving with Dad




She lasted for a little while

 

But she soon followed in Trevor's steps and...




got dumped



In the prosess of dumping Natasha, Dad dumped himself






It serves him right :)




Trevor



Trevor with Amber and Reed





Dad stuck






Amber stuck





This is a picture with a story behind it......


You see Dad was trying to teach Natasha how to carve and while she was in the middle of an extra big carve....


She and Dad slipped right off the machine, they layed there in the snow laughing while.....


the snowmobile flipped back onto its skis and started caosting down hill toward this little stream.....


and so before anyone could stop it, it dived striaght into the ditch of water (stream)!


It took us a good 45min. or more to dig it out and fill in the stream with snow, but we did it and all was well. Except for the part that when we got home Dad noticed that this machine would not be going any were for quite some time. It was BUSTED!!!