We're Baaaack!

Alright, we are officially back in business. Our computer had some major problems...after about a month of being disconnected, we are reunited with the world and it feels great! Here is what has been going on this month for our clan!

Mommy-Daughter Day

Molly and I took a shopping trip to Logan to find a Christmas dress for her. We were in the car for about 10 minutes and she said,"Mom, it is soooo nice to have you all to myself!!" We had fun conversations on the hour and a half drive...discourses on the danger of drugs (she brought it up, not me), also that just because I am getting old, I don't have to miss out on all the fun, etc. It was so fun to just be the two of us. She is growing up way too fast. We found a sweet dress that was so Molly. What do you think??

AJ Winters Elementry Christmas Program
It was great having 2 kids in the program this year. They both did an awesome job and sang their little hearts out! Brigham was actaully entertained the whole time. Spence did a Beach Boys song (complete with a motorcycle being pulled by a reindeer) and Molly did some of the classics. Fun times!

Christmas Cutting Outing

Since moving to Montpelier, we have ventured out and cut down our own tree. It is such a blast and the kids love it. I couldn't help but remember Christmas Vacation's tree outing..."I can't feel my feet...I can't feel my legs...I can't feel my hips..." as they are trudging through the snow. We went with our great friends the Marlowes and had a great adventure. It was super cold and Brigham wanted to get in the warm truck. I put him in there and headed down the trail to keep looking for the tree. When I came back, he had locked the doors to the truck and the keys were inside. No problem, I'll just show him how to unlock the door. I forgot he had his mittens on that go waaaaay up to his elbow underneath his snowsuit. Needless to say, he couldn't take his mittens off. Oh boy. Then we got the idea to have him unlock it with his teeth. After a marvelous demonstration of pulling up on the lock by yours truly, he bent down and took hold of the lock! The little turkey unlocked the door!! We were all cheering and he was all excited. Note to self...next year, keep the keys in my coat pocket.
We ended up with a great looking tree and had a blast decorating it and putting up our christmas train.

The picture below is of Brigham's "funky hat". He had the idea to put 2 hats on his head and came over to me and said," Hey mom, look at my funky hat!" Too cute!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

November Happenings and Stuff

So it's been a while since I posted last...life has been pretty busy, but loads of fun!! Bill got to play in a game with the Harlem Ambassadors (like the Harlem Globetrotters) for an Enough is Enough fundraiser. It was fun to watch them--the Ambassadors were awesome and it was great to see friends from the community be good sports for a good cause!!

On to Thanksgiving. We were so excited to go to Boise for Turkey Day. It was the Jensen family dinner this year and it proved to be another fantastic meal with even more fantastic company. After dinner the kids got to make these cute turkeys out of oreos and candy--genius . They were so cute and extra yummy too!

While we were there we had 2 baby showers--one for my niece Heather and the other for my niece Lacey. It was loads of fun and also more yummy was served and gobbled!! (Are you sensing a theme to the turkey day weekend???) The kids loved spending the night with cousins, Bill and I loved the late night visits and games with family. It was just a blast!! Saturday was my 32th birthday (can't believe I am thirtysomething already...ugh. I got to spend the afternoon shopping with my madre and then Bill and I double dated with some friends from PA school (thanks Russ and Shawna!) for dinner at Ruby River Steakhouse--one of my all time favorite places to eat. Yet again, more food was devoured!! We headed over to see Twilight with Bill's sister Tami, husband Gary, niece Heather and husband Sean. It was tons of fun--I think even the guys enjoyed it! After the movie we ended with some hot cocoa at Moxie and a serious critique of the movie, along with loads of laughs. Such a great day! Thank mom and dad for babysitting our monkeys!! We love you guys!!

While at Grandma and Grandpa's the kids got to help pull out some Christmas decorations. Among the favorites were the nutcracker collection. It was fun to watch Brigham's cute face looking at every detail of the nutcrackers. He was in awe!


On our way home to Montpelier we got to stop and visit my Grandma Dayley. It was so nice to visit with her and feel of her love and spirit. She loved seeing the kids and was insistant they take home the smucker's jam packets as a treat. I loved hearing her laugh and tell us of some of her memories of the bear lake area. It was great!

So there you have it! Now we are home and getting ready for Christmas! More posts to follow!!