Emily, Mike, and Alec boy

I took a family picture for Greg's sister while they were here for Christmas. I love Alec's expression, he wasn't gonna smile for anybody!

10 months old

The Coronado Family

Since we are all together this holiday season, we took the opportunity to get a Coronado Family picture. It was absolutely FREEZING outside, the wind was blowing so hard, Frankie was screaming the whole time (which is why you only see the back of her head), it was total chaos! Out of the 30+ shots we did manage to get a good one.

Mom and Dad

I got these pictures yesterday just as the snow started to fall. These will be on their Christmas card. Sorry, I just had to post them since they look so cute! I really like the one of my dad and his dog. He sure loves that little guy!




Their lovely Christmas tree

My husband cleaning the freezer.....

I could watch this all day long.......

Heber Valley Polar Express

First a bit of history from their website....
The Heber Valley Historic Railroad dates back to 1899 when trains served the pioneers who first settled the valley and now operates as non-profit organization. Today, vintage coaches are pulled over this beautiful vista by two 1907 Baldwin steam locomotives and three vintage diesel electric locomotives. Over 95,000 passengers ride the train each year and that number is steadily growing.

The railroad has been used in a number of motion pictures and was featured on TV episodes of "Touched by an Angel" and "Promised Land". In 1999 the Heber Valley Railroad purchased the "Movie Train". The Steam engine and ten railroad cars have been featured in 33 motion pictures over the past 20 years. The "Movie Train" is now in operation and you're welcome to come visit and ride where movie stars once worked.

My mom got my family, and my brother Phil's family tickets to ride the Heber Valley Polar Express. Once you board the train, you are served hot cocoa and cookies and the "ho-ho-hostess" (Greg was kind enough to rec commend that name in front of everyone on the train) tells you stories, the book The Polar Express is read to everyone, and the mic is open for anyone to sing Christmas carols. I volunteered Greg a few times to sing (we sat in the front row so you sort of have to expect it :) and he was such a good sport up there singing carols and dancing. I think it made my girls trip that much more fun. Hunter sang Jingle Bell Rock (might want to check the words to that one buddy) and my girls got up there, along with Makenzie and Hunter again, and sand Jingle Bells. Jingle Bells was sort of the favorite of the night among all the little kids. While on the train, the kids are visited by Mrs. Claus, elfs are always around talking with them, oh and the chef too, he was super cute. Then, the hostess throws it out there that they are nearing the north pole and to be on the look out for Santa. A few minutes later, all the kids start cheering and out the train window there is Santa waving at everyone. At this point the train has stopped because we were now at the north pole and Santa boards the train to pay everyone a nice visit. It was definitely a very cold night. When we were driving home we noticed that the temperature in the car read -1 (I guess that is a far cry from the freezing weather our friends up in Montana are getting!). Make sure that if you do go you dress the kids warm as it is still kind of chilly on the train. We were in such a rush to board the train when we first arrived that I didn't get any pictures of it. SO MUCH FUN!

Christmas card pictures

My girls finally cooperated long enough for me to get a few shots. It was a success!

Every year we have let the girls decide how we are going to decorate the tree. This is what they came up with this year.

So much for the holiday spirit!

From the Standard Examiner-
CLINTON -- The cliché about shoppers fighting the crowds for a good deal was true Friday.
Jeanne Hock sported a red, scratched neck and dig marks on her arm as she told of being attacked in the early morning rush over a child-sized, drivable car that she'd stood next to since 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving at the 24-hour Walmart Supercenter, waiting for the holiday sale to begin.
"I had a hold of it, and she's, like, choking me," Hock said. She said the woman who attacked her was also at the time sitting on top of her friend, Ashlee Van Voris.
"I've never been hit in my life, not over a toy," Van Voris said of the experience.
"She was underneath the box," said Mindi Fletcher, pointing to Van Voris. She said she, Hock and the woman who did the choking were on top of it.
The three Clinton women discussed their battle while standing in a checkout line 20 carts deep just moments after the 5 a.m. scheduled start of the sale.
Black Friday, as the day after Thanksgiving has come to be known, brought near pandemonium at some Top of Utah stores.
A shopper at Sears in Riverdale reported being so confused in a huge crowd of people that he gave up trying to buy a $600 washer and dryer set shortly after the store opened at 5 a.m., because store clerks could not tell him in a timely manner whether the items were in stock.
Checkout lines at Toys "R" Us in Layton were reported to reach from one end of the store to the other just moments after that store opened early Friday.
Screams rang out at 5 a.m. at Walmart when store clerks, doubling as store security, stepped away from a display of remote-controlled helicopters and cars as shoppers scrambled for their share of the bounty.
Another shopper said she was smashed by a man who pushed a cart at her as she tried to grab a toy.
"I don't think I'm ever doing this again," said Shauna Cooper, who drove from her Eagle Mountain home to reach the sale. "I'm going to take a Xanax and chill somewhere."
Alisa Graham, of North Ogden, said she had to hold up a stack of Hannah Montana guitars that plug into the television to keep them from falling down on other shoppers as they grabbed for them.
Other stores with advertised "door-buster" savings stayed busy, but without such confusion.
An orderly crowd filed into Staples in Layton at 6 a.m. Friday. The buyers of a handful of the hottest-priced items already had been determined as early arrivals were handed vouchers guaranteeing their sale.
As doors opened, these first-in-line shoppers gathered at a prespecified table where employees traded the items for the vouchers.
"It's calm here," said Danelle Birch, of North Layton. "We came for this camera, but they only had six of them. When we got here at 5:30, they were gone."
She also was at the store for a rotating digital image frame for $40, which she did find.
But Birch and her husband, Pete, managed to spend $80 more on three flash-drive memory cards, which they decided to buy while standing in the checkout line for 15 minutes.
These calm shoppers were not the only ones who were polite Friday.
There were many shoppers at even the busiest stores who made pacts with strangers to get items for each other in opposite ends of stores.
Graham was fighting the crowds on a mission of charity. She and eight of her friends had each adopted a child from the Salvation Army for Christmas.
After carefully studying the advertisements Thursday, most of the group members split up to hit stores in different areas of town.
The group targeted Davis County stores they believed would be less busy.
"We live in North Ogden, and so we typically go to the Harrisville Walmart," she said. "We heard rumors that the Clinton Walmart was less busy."
At 3:45 a.m., Roy Boy Scouts Austin and Josh Weeks started helping shoppers with the biggest loads get to their cars in the Clinton Walmart parking lot.
On the way, hoping their good deeds would help their own sales, they would tell the shoppers about the popcorn and treats they were peddling to earn their way to the national Jamboree.
Retailers were speculating that Friday's sales would be closely watched by the nation.
In a news release inviting the media to cover sales at his stores, R.C. Willey CEO Scott Hymas called this year's Christmas shopping period "the most scrutinized Black Friday and holiday shopping period in decades."
Black Friday is a reference to the first day of the Christmas shopping season and the time when retailers are assumed to be making a profit for the year, or moving from red ink to black on their books.
Brent Parkin, senior general manager for Newgate Mall in Ogden, said there is a pronounced emphasis this year among retailers to create as many sales as possible.
"I don't know if (retailers) are doing things differently, but they are trying to maximize their opportunities," he said.
"I think everyone is working hard to capture as many retail sales as they can."
GGP, the parent company that owns the mall, offered a chance to win a free computer or a flat-screen television by giving shoppers at any of their stores in the country a code and instructions for sending a text.
"Other years, we have given gift bags and opportunities to win gift cards by coming early, but we don't have to do that. They can do it by texting," Parkin said.
One trend he has noticed this year is more people shopping locally who normally shop in other areas.

"I think more are staying at home."

Horses at Grandma Ruth's

I made an attempt to take everyone to the park today to take our family picture. Let's just say it was a total disaster. Sophie had somehow forgotten how to smile, Bella was just mad about everything, and Frankie pretty much cried the whole time. We are definitely going to try again next week. This is about how happy Bella was to have her picture taken today. Better luck next time, I guess.

She loves this bottle of Desitin (no, I don't let her keep it once she gets her hands on it). I keep hiding it, and she keeps finding it. Bad hair day too :)

So Frankie has been sick with a cold forever. She had this cold for the longest time but got better last week and was doing good. All of a sudden Monday night she started coughing so bad and hasn't stopped since. She does fine all day but when bed time comes around she just coughs so bad that she gags. So, that being said she hasn't slept very well either which makes for a very cranky baby and an equally as cranky mommy! So I was at the doctor yesterday and as you know they sort of frown upon giving children under the age of 1 anything to remedy their symptoms from a cold. As I was leaving I asked the nurse if there was anything more I could do to help her sleep and she told me about this weird idea. She said at bed time rub Vick's Vapor Rub on the bottoms of her feet and put socks on afterwards. So I did it and I put her to bed thinking that there was no way that it would work. Let me just tell you that this child did not cough all night long! It totally worked! I have heard of this a few times but just rolled my eyes because I thought there was no way this was possible. She is rested today, but still pretty cranky so it should be a long day!

She is just the sweetest!

A new blog

So I have started a blog strictly for my photos. I have called it Bella Rose Photography. If anyone has any creative ideas as to how I can incorporate Frankie's name into my title let me know. The blog picture will soon change as I just wanted to start somewhere. Here is the link:

http://www.bella-rose-photography.blogspot.com

More pictures...

Park pictures

Her pants just would not stay buttoned!








Those are some serious girls!