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Child #1: Micah, Child #2: Quentin, Children, Family Life, Photography

Taking a Break During Finals Week

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I graduated almost 1 year ago. Why in the world am I writing about finals week? Probably because I still feel so busy during finals week even though I no longer have school. I feel like haven’t had time to sit down this whole week. Winter semester always seems the most busiest because finals week ends up around the holidays. My husband is in graduate school and my brother is also college so “school” is still on my mind all the time. Dallin and I stayed up all night yesterday trying to get his paper done. I’m exhausted today… all I can get myself to do today is sit at the computer during my kid’s naps. I’ve also been making Christmas treats all week and today I just want to take a break!

Most of the time, sitting at the computer is relaxing for me. I love going through my computer and organizing my pictures. I have taken so many pictures since the baby! I am way behind sorting my pictures but all I do is take more pictures. During the Christmas devotional last week, President Monson said, “Christmas is a glorious season of the year. It is also a busy time for most of us. It is my hope and prayer that we may not become so caught up in the pressures of the season that we place our emphasis on the wrong things and miss the simple joys of commemorating the birth of the Holy One of Bethlehem.”

So I’m going to take it easy today and let myself sit down at the computer to do something relaxing for me. I recently discovered totally awesome natural lighting in my apartment… it’s almost like studio lighting. We have east facing windows and white curtains. During the morning when the sun is out, the white curtains provides almost perfect diffused lighting for indoor picture taking.

Thank you God for providing free lighting in my apartment shining strait onto our kitchen table! I was able to get a few pictures edited today but now my kids are awake.

What kind of things do you do when you take a break?

Child #1: Micah, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Away in the Manger… No Crib for His Bed

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We’ve done two nights of live nativity at This is the Place Heritage Park during their Candlelight Christmas event. It’s been a really neat experience to have our baby laying in a manger. I can’t imagine giving birth to a baby in a stable. There are real animals in the barn: donkey, sheep, pigs, and goats. It’s pretty stinky but we got used to it throughout the night. Can you imagine that the Savior, Jesus Christ was born in such a humble conditions? There wasn’t even room for them in the inn! We have been surprised about how touched some people are to see a live nativity.  We’re also very impressed because 99% of the Children who come see the nativity already know the story of the birth of baby Jesus and they know who Jesus Christ is. They love to see the gifts that the wise men brought for Jesus Christ. What a great experience it has been to work with shepherds and wise men.  The Spirit was there throughout the night and Micah glowed like an angel. This experience is reminding us that the reason we celebrate Christmas is to remember the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord. Come see us at the live nativity. We’ll be there two more nights Dec 30 and Dec 27 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.  There’s also plenty of other Christmas activities to do in the park.

We kept forgetting to bring a camera but a nice lady from New Zealand decided to take our picture and email it to us!

Family Life

All the Hubbards Want for Christmas…

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Dear Santa,

Every year people ask us what we want for Christmas so we thought we could write a letter to the North Pole (or on a blog… haha) and you can let your elves know what’s on our list. Here are the things we want for Christmas and to make it easy for you we put them in their price range. 🙂

FREE to $1.00

  1. Christmas Card – We would love to hear from you this Christmas! Pictures would be nice too but completely optional! 🙂
  2. Facebook Post or Email – If a Christmas card is just too hard… no worries! We just want to hear from you!
  3. Text – No email? We’ll take a Merry Christmas text any time!
  4. Phone Call – Can you believe it? Talking on a phone… wow what a strange concept. 🙂 Yes we have a land line but you can call our cell if you like!
  5. Come Visit Us – We’ll be here all Christmas break!
  6. Read the Book of Mormon – If you tell us that you’ll read the Book of Mormon we’ll be ecstatic! Whether you’ve read it before or haven’t ever… this book changes our lives everyday and we know it will bring much peace and joy to yours too! We know the principles taught in the book are true. It’s free online or we can give you a copy.  Seriously… this is the best gift you could ever give us! We would be so happy.
  7. Something Homemade – You can make us something!
  8. Home Video – Dallin & May Bo love watching funny home made videos!
  9. A Vote for Mitt Romney – This would be an awesome Christmas present for us!… Especially if you live in Iowa or knows someone who does!
  10. Soup Ladle – Ok if you insist on buying something… you can get this at the dollar store. We currently serve our soup with a wooden spoon. 🙂

Under $5.00

  1. Baster – We bake a lot… don’t have a baster.
  2. Toys – Anything Micah can play with or put in his mouth!
  3. Your Child: What Every Parent Needs to Know – $3.95 used on Amazon.com (No need to buy a new one! Used is great!)
  4. Magic Trees of Mind: How to Nurture Your Child’s Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence – $3.73 used on Amazon.com (No need to buy a new one! Used is great!)
  5. Your Baby’s First Year: Week by Week – $2.76 used on Amazon.com (No need to buy a new one! Used is great!)
  6. Small Mouth Canning Lids – May Bo is starting to learn how to can.

Under $10.00

  1. Frisbee – For Dallin to play with his friends.
  2. Garlic Press – May Bo spends lots of time dicing garlic by hand.
  3. Parenting with Love & Logic – $9.98 used on Amazon.com (No need to buy a new one! Used is great!)
  4. Dough Cutter – Something that looks like this where May Bo can scrap dough off of the counter.
  5. Kitchen Timer – We tend to burn our cookies…
  6. Tie – For Dallin… baby Micah spits up on his ties. HAHA!
  7. Biking Glove – Dallin lost one of his glove so if you have one laying around… all we need is one.

Under $20.00

  1. Cooking With Food Storage Made Easy Cookbook – We always need ideas for cooking with food storage and we heard this was a great cook book.
  2. Carcassonne – Board game… buy this only if you can come play with us! 🙂
  3. Bang – Card game… we love playing games with our friends! 🙂

Under $30.00

  1. Pandemic – Board game… super fun. Come play with us!
  2. Ticket to Ride – Board game… Can you tell we like to hang out with our friends?

Other

  1. Development Toys – Anything for babies over 3 months.
  2. Restaurant Gift Cards – Dallin likes taking May Bo on dates.
  3. Good Parenting Books – We need help parenting Micah!
  4. Norelco 7865XL Shaver Blades – Dallin’s shaver is dull but it might be cheaper to just buy a new shaver.
  5. Camp Chairs – When we go camping… we sit on a log. 🙂
  6. Air Mattress – This would motivate May Bo to go camping with Dallin.
  7. Other Board Games – We currently have Monopoly, Mancala, and Cranium.
  8. Christmas Decor – We’re collecting for future Christmas. Used is fine! We also know that Christmas Decor goes on sale the day after Christmas. Belated Christmas presents are just fine!
  9. Christmas Ornament – We only have silver balls. Homemade ones are great!
  10. Mountain Bike Chain – Dallin’s broke and haven’t been able to ride his bike.
  11. Canning Supplies – Jars (we hear you can find these at the DI!), we have a starter kit but we don’t have a canner. Our neighbors let us borrow theirs.
  12. Sugar Free Desserts – Dallin is watching his sugar intake so anything that is made with Splenda, Stevia, or Agave would be a yummy treat for him!
  13. Any Book by an Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – You could probably find this on your book self or find ideas on DeseretBook.com.

Way Too Expensive for Santa or His Elves but No One Said We Couldn’t Dream about it 🙂

  1. Ipad, or Motorola Xoom, or ASUS Eee Pad– This is purely a dream… “Life is but a dream” 🙂
  2. New Super Mario Brothers for Wii – Dallin just beat Super Mario Galaxy on the wii and a new video game would be great for stress relieving on Friday nights.
  3. Dance Dance Revolution II Bundle for Wii – May Bo loves DDR and is a dancing machine!
  4. Wii Fit Plus Bundle – We’ve borrowed our neighbor’s Wii board for months now. We should probably return it. We love our generous neighbors!

Love,

May Bo & Dallin & Micah

PS – We don’t know how Santa will coordinate with his elves but you can leave comments on this blog if you like! What do you want for Christmas?

PPS – Christmas is not just about gifts… it’s about celebrating and remembering the birth of the Savior, Jesus Christ. We give gifts to remind us of the greatest gift we already have which is the atonement of Jesus Christ. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. We just really want to spend time with friends / family this Christmas. We love you!