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Friday, February 03, 2012

Fun with Friends

I would usually do several different posts for all of this but they all kind of fit under the theme of friends and I already have to come up with a post for my other blog so you are getting several doses in one today.

First off we have a playdate that happened in January. We made little marshmallow snowmen and then promptly ate them. I am so glad to have friends that will come over and do these weird activities with their kids and me. Sorry she's on her side. sometimes I just get done with trying to make the computer do what I want it to.

Next up we have a group date that I organized with family and friends to go support Kirby's improv show when they came up from California to perform at Thanksgiving Point. Some good inside jokes ensued. Harold the cow, steam rises, flipping someone off means you are flirting. Haven't laughed that hard in a while. Thanks for coming with us guys!




And as is usual I have a picture of all of our friends but none of Ryan and me. Sorry guys. I am otherside of the camera shy.

We are doing much better at FHE's as of late. Partly due to some friends starting a monthly craft night. At our first one we each came with enough copies of one family home evening so we went home with seven or eight different lessons. AWESOME. Thanks Ash. You got me motivated and the juices flowing for some other ideas. This was ours this last week. We talked about how families are together forever and made paper dolls of ourselves. Talked about who was in our family too. Hard concept for a two year old to grasp. Gamma is but Zac isn't? Jamie isn't but Manni (mandi) is? So we'll try again and again. No worries we still pray for all friends and family so her bases are covered.


 And because she saw me taking pictures she had to have one so we'll throw in this in. Here is what today looks like.

Friday, January 27, 2012

top ten of 2011

I like to keep track of the top 10 things that happened to our family every year. I keep a big scrapbook and each year gets a page. Kind of fun so I thought I would share.

1. Urgent Care and Emergency Room visit within ten hours of driving home from Utah because Elise had such bad croup



2. Elise plays in the snow for the first time

3. Going to Disneyland with Grandma West


4. Elise goes to nursery

5. Trip to St George trip with friends sans children. Marvelously quiet weekend that was free to play and not worry about children waking you up in the middle of the night or scheduling playtime around naps and not having to be quiet because a baby is sleeping. Thanks again Alli! And Trisha and Kirby for watching Elise!! We still owe you big time.

6. Star Wars Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl

7. Ryan getting a new job. Yay no more busy season!!!!!

8. Moving to Utah

9. Blue Whale Watching including a showing of dolphins

10. Elise learns to talk, count and sing. Our best attempt to capture her Christmas song on film are below. She can be quite shy.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

What's Going On?

We've been potty training! I haven't changed a diaper in FIVE days. Although I've cleaned up a fair number of accidents I still am totally stoked. Elise has done really well and caught onto the idea pretty fast. We did a three day potty training method and that's pretty much all it took although the last day had the most accidents because I was trying to let her tell me when she needed the potty.
Yay big girl panties!

Also, just because it's fun I included this video. I just want to be able to remember her little cute voice and her curiosity one day when she's so much bigger. Ok so maybe her being potty trained feels like I've taken the last bit of babyhood she had away and now she's just so big.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Bowling



Round 2 Bowling. We went bowling with my family and Elise did so much better than the first time. I don't know if it was that there were less people or that she had some idea of what was expected or that grandpa bought her drinks and fries, but she really was a good cheerleader and loved when it was "Elise's turn."

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Christmas with the Wests on New Years

The Heyborne's were in town and we exchanged gifts once everyone was back in Utah and recovered. Here are some pictures of our New Years Christmas.






Gotta Love Family. Gotta Love Christmas.