This is my stocking I've had my whole life...and now you know my real age!
Here is a picture of all of them together. I love this mantle they hang from--my Grandpa Cottrell (aka: Waterwheel) made it for me years ago when I was on my mission. He made so many beautiful mantles over the years. We built this fireplace just for this mantle and for the prize-winning deer head (obviously not pictured) which Daren's grandpa shot almost 50 years ago. It's a beautiful setting for our Christmas stockings, if I do say so myself!!
And if I would have written yesterday, I would have said that along with Christmas in the month of December, there is also a lot of college football being played. Utes got the word last night that they are playing in the Sugar Bowl on January 2 against Alabama--a battle of the crimson colors! It should be a tough, but great game. Bad news is that it's in New Orleans, which is a little further away and harder to get to than Arizona where they played in the Fiesta Bowl four years ago. We made it to that one with our then 9-month old twins in tow, but sadly we won't be able to make it this time. Still, we will be cheering loud here--GO UTES!!!!!
Here is a picture of all of them together. I love this mantle they hang from--my Grandpa Cottrell (aka: Waterwheel) made it for me years ago when I was on my mission. He made so many beautiful mantles over the years. We built this fireplace just for this mantle and for the prize-winning deer head (obviously not pictured) which Daren's grandpa shot almost 50 years ago. It's a beautiful setting for our Christmas stockings, if I do say so myself!!
And if I would have written yesterday, I would have said that along with Christmas in the month of December, there is also a lot of college football being played. Utes got the word last night that they are playing in the Sugar Bowl on January 2 against Alabama--a battle of the crimson colors! It should be a tough, but great game. Bad news is that it's in New Orleans, which is a little further away and harder to get to than Arizona where they played in the Fiesta Bowl four years ago. We made it to that one with our then 9-month old twins in tow, but sadly we won't be able to make it this time. Still, we will be cheering loud here--GO UTES!!!!!
p.s. Happy Birthday to my mom today!! Love you!
3 comments:
Go Utes! Can't wait for the bowl games coming up. Should be a lot of fun.
I love your boys' stockings. They are so cute!
I never knew that your grandpa made that mantle. What a treasure, very impressive!
Thanks for the happy birthday. Also, it's kind of nice to know how much your old Christmas stocking means to you, sweetheart.
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