Toddler Talk

Me: Johnny what are you doing?

Johnny: I'm a monster and I'm eating all the cars.

Johnny: Now I'm full!

Loved Ones and Lemonades

 Today was the second graders' turn for "Loved Ones and Lemonade".  It's a chance to have moms or dad or grandmas or grandpas come read books with their student and have lemonade and cookies. We read a few books and had a fun time together.

  

Ellie's Birthday

My beautiful Elisabeth turns 14 years old today. The two of us got to spend the afternoon together yesterday. We went out to lunch and shopping. Today we had a nice birthday dinner for her.

Happy Birthday Ellie! We are so glad you were born!

February Stuff

February is usually an awsesome month which includes Valentine's Day and mine and Ellie's birthdays. Unfortunatley, February came with the plague this year. It hit Ellie the worst and she has spent several days home from school. Bryan and I both got it on Valentine's Day. We spent the day on our death beds. No fun. I love Valentine's Day. I had wonderful plans, all of which were postponed due to my inability to get out of bed. At least we got to spend the day together. I think my kids had fun at school, but I really can't remember.

Then came my birthday on the 20th. We all had the day off thanks to President's Day.  Bryan took me out for a hot lunch date. So heavenly! He also upgraded my cell phone situation. I think he was tired of having a one-sided conversation when he called my cell phone. That night we finally made our frosted, heart-shaped sugar cookies for dessert-yummy. 

Last Sunday, Aunt Jennie hosted this month's family get-together. It is her birthday this month too. ( Happy Birthdady, Jennie!)
Here are Emilie and I with our birthday treats from Abbie and Poppy.
(Happy Brithday, Emilie!)

Here are me and my beautiful daughter as we celebrated our birthdays.

Ellie finished her Personal Progress this month. Her goal was to finish before she turned 14 and she did it! I am so proud of her! She will be recieving her Young Womanhood Recognition next week at New Beginnings.

Abbie's Tea Party

January always bring Abbie's Tea Party. It's something for all the girls to look forward to in the bleak month after Christmas. On Saturday we all gathered for the annual tea party. Abbie does not dissapoint. She puts together a very fun party. The theme this year was "A Fancy Tea Party" which was centered around a Fancy Nancy book. We had a fancy lunch, a fancy book to read, a fancy craft to make and a fancy dessert.

 Here's my craft. It's supposed to be a necklace, but I like it better as a keychain. Super cute!

The Annual Model Train Show

Jared, Johnny and I attended the Annual Model Train Show at Thanksgiving Point on Saturday. We had lots of fun when we went last year, so we couldn't miss out this year. The boys had a great time. They loved all the train displays, from the biggest down to the smallest.

The Boot

On Sunday Jared smashed his foot into his bed. It hurt for a little while but eventually it felt better and he went on with the evening. All was good until Tuesday morning when his baby toe was so swollen and hurt so bad that he couldn't even put his shoe on.

I took him to the doctor, who thought it could be broken. She set Jared up with this cool "boot" to walk in so his toe would be protcted. We then went to the insta-care to have xrays taken of his foot. He was so good while the radiologist took xrays. He thought it was pretty cool.

Fortunately, Jared's poor little baby toe was not broken. But it's still painful and swollen, so he's been wearing the cool boot this week. I think he likes wearing it though. He wears it all the time- even at home when he doesn't have to.

Farewell Twenty Eleven

When I look back over that last year it seems like very little has happened,

yet so much has changed.

We started off the year drowning in unemployment, now we are mostly employed and hope that we can continue this good trend.

We got to spend lots of time with our extended families,

both here and in California

We got to go to the beach and Knott's Berry Farm.

We went camping, hiking, fishing, and swimming

We got to visit Thanksgiving Point, Seven Peaks, Trafalga, and the Living Planet Aquarium.

We finished our family reading of the New Testament.

Jacob grew to be 6'1" and started seminary

Ellie entered her teenage years and got the attitude to match.

Joseph entered his last year of elementary school and started 11 year old scouts.

Jared got baptized and confirmed. He started cub scouts.

Johnny left his terrible twos only to enter his terrible threes. He is definitely the baby- he still drinks from a bottle and he is not potty-trained yet. Maybe in this year....

Welcome Twenty Twelve,

Bring It!

New Year's Eve

Since we were not able to visit Bryan's family in California for Christmas, we made a quick trip for New Year's. We were lucky to have Aunt Annie and Uncle Derek invite us to stay at their house. We have so much fun with them and their kids.

We had a New Year's Eve Party with some of the Medlyn family. We had lots of yummy food and fun times. Grandma even brought a pinata. So the kids ended the year by beating the Lightning McQueen pinata till it bled Tootsie Rolls and Dots.

We welcomed 2012 with the Mountain Time Zone and put everyone to bed.

 

Christmas Day 2011

There is nothing more exciting for a kid than Christmas Morning.  Since we had church at 9:30 we decided to get up early to open presents and have breakfast before. Here they are, ready to go!

 Johnny woke up with severe hives in the middle of the night. His super-sensitive skin did not agree with the detergent Abbie uses. He was feeling much better when he woke up to all his presents. We made them all go in order, youngest to oldest, opening one present at a time.

SO FUN! 

We enjoyed a beautiful sacrament meeting filled with music and testimonies. We spent the day hanging out and playing. Later we had a lovely Christmas dinner together.

It was a wonderful Christmas!